New appointments to TEI councils
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce today announced appointments to seven tertiary education institution councils, which include nine new council members across university and wānanga councils and a new appointment to the Open Polytechnic council. “I am pleased to welcome these high calibre council appointees into their new roles and to welcome the reappointment of a number of council members in recognition of the high-quality governance they have been providing to these institutions,” Mr Joyce says. ...Ministry ordered to release names of charter school applicants
The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the Education Ministry release the names of 36 applicants wanting to set up charter schools.In a report released today Ombudsman Professor Ron Paterson has ruled there were no grounds for...Destiny Church declined for charter school
3News NZ"We've been in the process all year, and shaping up a robust proposal with all the other applications," church spokesman Richard Lewis told NZ Newswire. "It's disappointing to get the news that it's been unsuccessful." Referred to by the Government as ...
62,000 kids absent from class
Parents who remove their children from classes to take cheap flights and holidays are part of the reason 62,000 Kiwi kids miss school each week.Principals say rich and poor families are pulling their youngsters from school for travel...Shortening the skills gap
New Zealand HeraldMore needs to be done to employ Maori and Pacific Islanders, more job-based training should to be put in place, and employers will have to work harder to retain their best staff. These are the views of Phil O'Reilly, chief executive of the peak ...
Growing Support for Rural Schools
Rural schools around the country have been able to boost resources thanks to the help of farmers and fertiliser company, Hatuma Dicalcic Phosphate Ltd.SIT's low performance uncovered
Stuff.co.nzThe Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) released its 2012 performance information this week which measures tertiary providers against four educational performance indicators (EPIs) including course completion rates; qualification completion rates; ...
Otago University graduates to the top
The University of Otago has comprehensively topped other New Zealand universities in the latest league tables measuring student performance.The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) released its 2012 performance information tables...Waikato kids embrace early childhood education
Waikato TimesOverall, 95.8 per cent of Waikato children have participated in early childhood education(ECE) by the time they start school, just above the national average of 95.7 per cent. While participation remains lowest for Maori (92.1 per cent) and Pasifika ...
Industry Training Continues to Perform Well
Scoop.co.nz (press release)“The different dynamics that operate between classroom-based learning and on the job training in an actual workplace make it difficult, if not nonsensical, to have the same performance criteria across all tertiary education institutions.” The ITF ...
Environmentally friendly school gets special award
Stuff.co.nzThe competition underwent a major overhaul this year and drew sponsorship from businesses, including Fonterra, Dow Agrosciences, Port Taranaki, Methanex and the Taranaki Daily News, in the education section. TRC chairman David McLeod said the ..
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