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$69m online learning cash injection

The package marks a substantial investment in NCEA Online exams from the government.

<p class&equals;"intro">&dollar;69 million will be used to help all schools offer online exams by funding network upgrades&comma; ICT and cyber security support&comma; and creating digital identities secondary school students can use to access NCEA Online&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A &dollar;49 million expansion of the Te Mana T&umacr;hono programme will offer all state and state-integrated schools the opportunity to upgrade their network hardware by 2024&comma; and will expand the programme to offer cybersecurity support&period; You can find out more about this on the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;education&period;govt&period;nz&sol;school&sol;digital-technology&sol;your-schools-ict-network&sol;te-mana-tuhono&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Te Mana T&umacr;hono<&sol;a> webpage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;This will give schools confidence they can offer their students a safe and secure online environment to take their NCEA exams online&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the government said this week during its announcement&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An additional investment of &dollar;20 million will be made over four years on digital identities for secondary students to enable them to access digital practice exams&comma; sit NCEA exams online and check their NCEA results when they are released&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This will help reduce students’ stress around exam time&comma; reduce the administration schools need to do to manage logons&comma; and ensure the ongoing integrity of digital NCEA exams as more students take online exams&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This will make it easier for students to sit their exams securely online and will reduce the amount of work schools need to do to offer NCEA Online&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;schoolnews&period;co&period;nz&sol;2020&sol;08&sol;bring-on-the-money-covid-19-costs-covered-with-new-funding-announcement&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank"><strong>Additional school funding was announced this week&comma; targeting post-covid recovery&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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