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In fact, the Bard has never played a compulsory part in the New Zealand curriculum. The Ministry of Education said the coming changes "remove a specific optional question on a Shakespeare play at English level 3 NCEA [National Certificate of Educational Achievement]". "Writing an essay about a Shakespeare play will no longer be the sole assessment outcome for teachers and students," it said. However, "students can still study and be examined on Shakespeare".
