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Education experts are calling for a 10 per cent increase in grades for students forced to learn remotely due to their schools being affected by RAAC.
Students forced to return to pandemic-style learning for two months due to the RAAC in their schools have been told this won't be taken into consideration when their exams are graded.
St Leonard’s Catholic School in Durham has been told it cannot assess its own pupils’ grades at GCSE and A-level.
Pupils at St Leonard's Catholic School have been learning from home or been moved to other schools.
“We have noticed there is always people coming and going, and it does seem like New Zealanders are still willing to travel their own country," she said. “So if we make the most of the New Zealanders who are travelling and get the support of the locals, by the time hopefully the borders open and the cruise ships are coming back, we will be all ready to go. Brya Ingram/Stuff Taylor, left, and Daniel Hamilton said if they could survive without international tourists it could only get better. “Everyone is telling us when cruise ships used to be here you could never move around in the str...