The government introduced new reading, writing and maths requirements for years 0-8 last year. Photo: Supplied
The Education Review Office (ERO) has found that most,, but not all, schools are teaching reading, writing and maths for at least an hour a day each.
The government introduced the requirement for schools with students in years 0-8 last year.
The ERO told RNZ it visited 685 primary schools last year and found 11 were not meeting the hour-a-day requirement - about 2 percent.
It said school boards were expected to attest to whether their school was meeting the rule.
"School boards attest to their compliance with the hour-a-day rules (Board Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklists), which we check during ERO's regular review process," it said.
"Part of our enquiry includes inspection of the school's plans, programmes and their assessment of student progress and achievement in reading, writing and mathematics."
The review office said it expected schools to comply with any recommendations it made in school review reports within a reasonable timeframe.
"ERO reports any non-compliance to the Ministry of Education."
The Principals Federation said schools were already teaching reading, writing and maths for at least an hour a day before the government introduced the rule.
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