The Education Minister says delaying NCEA changes has nothing to do with recent strike action by principals.
Jan Tinetti today announced new maths and literacy tests will be introduced next year, but other planned changes for NCEA levels two and three will be pushed back a year.
She says shifting the timeframes allows breathing room to focus on establishing key skills for students, and it's unrelated to negotiations with principals.
"The principals who are doing work to rule are primary principals, this is around secondary schooling. Mainly, secondary school principals have already settled their negotiations. So no, this is not related."
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