A problem with NZQA's systems overnight slowed this morning's digital NCEA exams, with some students having to switch to paper part way through.
Secondary students are sitting NCEA Level 2 English and scholarship chemistry exams today.
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority said its digital exam platform “experienced issues this morning, related to the transfer of student responses from the exam platform to our marking platform overnight”.
Exams begin at 9:30am for morning exams, and NZQA said the problem was resolved at 10.35am.
"Derived grades will be available for students who are unable to complete their exam, or whose performance was impaired by the disruption," an NZQA spokesperson said.
One parent said the disruption was "wholly unacceptable".
"The fact that there's no accommodation for time or a resit opportunity when its a system issue is competition unfair to the kids who have worked hard to prepare for these exams."
The disruption comes a day after students at Christchurch’s St Andrew’s College experienced problems with their digital exams, though NZQA believed this was caused by a local network issue.
There are 127 NCEA and New Zealand Scholarship exam sessions this year, with exams concluding on the morning of December 4.
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