Minister to visit UK, Ireland and US Education counterparts
Hekia Parata | Education Education Minister Hekia Parata will travel to the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States next week for bilateral meetings with her counterparts. “These meetings are an opportunity to raise further awareness of New Zealand’s education brand, and promote our education system. It will also be a chance to discuss topics of relevance to our education system such as equity in education, improving the quality of teaching, and effective civics education,” says Ms Parata. ...Ministry of Education Seddon Earthquake update
The Ministry of Education has today started assessing damage to schools and other education facilities following Sunday’s earthquake.Social workers in an extra 385 schools
Paula Bennett | Social Development All low decile primary schools will have social workers to help protect and support children, by the end of the next school term. “I’m really pleased we’ve been able to expand the number of social workers, adding an extra 149 frontline staff around the country.” “Social Workers in Schools (SWiS) do an outstanding job of protecting children, they’re a vital frontline response to preventing and addressing abuse and neglect,” says Mrs Bennett. ...Education a starting point
Stuff.co.nzThe policy change allowed partners of PhD students to apply for open work permits and their children to be enrolled at schools as domestic students. Government-funded New Zealand Education promotes the country overseas as a destination for study on ...
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The Otago University Students' Association is taking its fight for better-quality student flats to Parliament. ... The Otago University Students' Association is taking its fight for better-quality student flats to Parliament. President ...Massey to offer free online courses
Stuff.co.nzHow does a complimentary university education sound? Massey University is boldly going where other New Zealand universities haven't yet dared - announcing plans to open up its academics' expertise to the cyber world - for free. Massey's vice-chancellor ...
Girls performing better than boys
Stuff.co.nzMr Leckie says that national standards have been an extremely frustrating exercise for teachers. "More than $40 million of public money is being wasted on producing national standards data. But teachers and schools already know which students are ...
Unruly kids 'dumped' on schools
Stuff.co.nzSchools are being ordered by the Ministry of Education to take back children kicked out for bad behaviour, ranging from theft and vandalism to drug abuse and assaults on teachers and classmates. Family First's Bob McCoskrie said schools were being ...
Maori and male leavers failing
Stuff.co.nzData released by Education Minister Hekia Parata yesterday shows Manawatu-Whanganui secondary schools are lagging in all areas of NCEA attainment, measured against the national average - but showing improvement nonetheless. On the flipside ...
Graduates fear career in peril
Stuff.co.nzFive Southland teaching jobs are listed on the Ministry of Education's Education Gazette website, where schools must post vacancies - two for experienced early childhood teachers, two for registered teachers for a head of department role and a ...
International Students Bring Long Term Benefits... | Stuff.co.nz
Students from overseas are valued by New Zealand universities for the high fees they pay and the cultural diversity they bring to campus life. ... Pizza delivered student a big slice of success · Has Xero reached its peak?Focus should be learning and teaching not testing and typing ...
“National testing has proven a failure everywhere else around the world. This is yet another example of the National party importing failed ideological experiments, rather than focusing on what works here in New Zealand,” ...Minister Holding Out On Data Purpose
Scoop.co.nz (press release)“The level of distrust between the sector and the Minister is at an all-time high after the debacles of class room size, Novopay, charter schools, Christchurch school closures and the continued fascination with the flawed National Standards,” says Ms ...
Bennett wants kindy teachers to dob in beneficiaries
Scoop.co.nz (press release)Bennett wants kindy teachers to dob in beneficiaries. The National Government is expecting early childhood education (ECE) centres to monitor the attendance of beneficiary children and to "dob in" parents whose kids don't always attend so their ...
Minister Holding Out On Data Purpose
Scoop.co.nz (press release)“The level of distrust between the sector and the Minister is at an all-time high after the debacles of class room size, Novopay, charter schools, Christchurch school closures and the continued fascination with the flawed National Standards,” says Ms ...
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