The document discusses the effects of New Zealand's level 4 lockdown specifications on students which were developed together by the Ministries of Health and Education based on recommendations from those ministries in response to coronavirus transmission in other nations. While New Zealand had under 1,500 cases, the "go hard and go quickly" approach to lockdown had unforeseen consequences for teaching and learning across all levels of education.
The document discusses the effects of New Zealand's level 4 lockdown specifications on students which were developed together by the Ministries of Health and Education based on recommendations from those ministries in response to coronavirus transmission in other nations. While New Zealand had under 1,500 cases, the "go hard and go quickly" approach to lockdown had unforeseen consequences for teaching and learning across all levels of education.
The document discusses the effects of New Zealand's level 4 lockdown specifications on students which were developed together by the Ministries of Health and Education based on recommendations from those ministries in response to coronavirus transmission in other nations. While New Zealand had under 1,500 cases, the "go hard and go quickly" approach to lockdown had unforeseen consequences for teaching and learning across all levels of education.
The specifications of the level 4 lockdown in New Zealand were developed in
conjunction with the ministries of Health and Education. Recommendations from the Ministries of Health (2020a, 2020b) and Education (2020b) were developed in response to similar coronavirus community transmission in other nations. While the number of infectious cases in New Zealand was small (less than 1,500), the decision to "go hard and go quickly" (Prime Minister's Covid-19 daily announcement, March 23, 2020) had unforeseen and unprecedented consequences for teaching and learning at all levels of education (Ministry of Education, 2020c; Ministry of Education, 2020d).