Chris Abercrombie
President of the PPTA (Post Primary Teachers' Association), representing secondary teachers and principals and speaking on education policy, classroom impacts and teacher perspectives.
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Mar 26, 2026 • 25min
New NCEA plan, tight deadline: What the overhaul leaves teachers still asking
Chris Abercrombie, president of the PPTA and representative of secondary teachers and principals, shares his frontline perspective. He discusses the rushed timeline and missing nuts-and-bolts details, the risks to teacher workload and school specialisms, concerns about compulsory English, maths and science, and how AI, neurodiversity and vocational pathways fit into the overhaul.
