Classics teachers say they are bitterly disappointed but not surprised by an announcement to drop Classics from NCEA level 1, and cut Latin from NCEA entirely.
The Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced a series of changes to NCEA Level 1 yesterday to address what he described as an increase in "specialisation", which was causing students to narrow their options too soon.
Alongside the changes to classics, chemistry and biology are being combined into one subject, and physics combined with earth and space science.
Rob Griffiths is the president of the association of classical teachers.
