Parata criticises Opposition over use of charter schools term
New Zealand HeraldWhen Green MP Catherine Delahunty asked Ms Parata how the ministry knew charter schools would reach the right demographic - underachieving Maori and Pacific students, Ms Parata further reminded her. "First of all they are partnership schools, or kura ...
TEI council appointments and reappointments
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce today announced appointments to seven tertiary education councils. There are six new council member including two new appointments to the council of the Victoria University of Wellington. There are also new council members and reappointments to six polytechnic councils. The appointments and reappointments of council members are: • Victoria University of Wellington council: new appointments of Mr Neville Jordan and Mr Neil Paviour-Smith, both appointed to 31 May 2017 ...University to keep places for poor students
New Zealand Herald... for the country, the University of Auckland council has supported a proposal to improve access to higher education for students from lower socio-economic backgrounds, regardless of ethnicity. At present, the targeted admission programme allows for ...
Novopay: Special focus on teachers affected by Christchurch changes
Plans are underway to ensure final payments for up to 50 teachers who could lose their jobs in the Christchurch education restructure are properly processed by Novopay.Labour's acting education spokeswoman Megan Woods asked Education...OECD shows NZ’s lagging investment in public education:
Tertiary Update Vol 16 No 21Teachers aren't to blame for low achievement, says ERO
Newstalk ZBA report out from the Education Review Office today suggests teachers are not to blame for low achievement levels in some students. New national standards data shows Maori andPasifika pupils are performing worse than others. Today, the ERO has ...
Graduates earn less in NZ - OECD report
New Zealand continues to have high levels of participation in tertiary education but graduates can expect to earn far less than those in other developed countries, according to the latest OECD report.The Education at a Glance report,...Recordings encourage students to stay home
Students skipping lectures in favour of watching recordings online have been flagged as a concern in a review of the University of Auckland's Bachelor of Commerce degree.The university's council has been updated on progress towards...Fulbright marks anniversary year with record numbers
Fulbright New Zealand marked its 65th anniversary last night by honouring a record annual cohort of exchange grantees. 83 New Zealand and US graduate students, academics, artists and professionals were honoured as Fulbright grantees at the organisation’s ...ChildForum Early Childhood Network
Confidence in the early childhood education sector remains low, according to a new survey by national early childhood network, ChildForum.Hamilton School makes case for state integration
Stuff.co.nzThe school, which is year 1 to 13, also has the capacity to grow its roll of 290 to at least 450 pupils and, with extra classrooms, could cater for up to 800 pupils. Mr Bezuidenhout said 99 per cent of parents voted in favour of integration. However ...
Historic classroom faces end
Otumoetai Primary is planning to get rid of a classroom that has been on the site for 115 years.Principal Geoff Opie said the school had been left with no choice because it needed two new classrooms to cater for a large number of...Mid-Year Intake For Future-focused Graduate Programme
People studying to implement sustainable practice in their communities and workplaces will meet in Wanaka in late July, as part of a Graduate Diploma offered by Otago Polytechnic’s Centre for Sustainable Practice.23 schools share $20,000 Northland Regional Council awards
Projects involving everything from disappearing native frogs to re-emerging kiwi are among 25 school initiatives to share this year’s $20,000 Northland Regional Council Environmental Curriculum Awards (ECAs).Tech boost for West Coast schools
Techday NZOver the last three years 31 schools in the region have invested $461,000 on newclassroom technology, including 265 new computers, 135 tablets, upgraded wireless networks, digital cameras, interactive whiteboards and data projectors. Development West ...
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