Monday 8 July 2013

Tuesday, 9 July 2013

More young NZers succeeding in education

Steven Joyce | Education
More young New Zealanders are succeeding in education with further progress towards achieving the Government’s Better Public Service [BPS] results targets. Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce and Education Minister Hekia Parata say the Government’s drive for greater NCEA success is showing strong results that are making a real difference for young people. Result 5: Increase the proportion of 18-year-olds with NCEA Level 2 or equivalent qualification ...


New Zealand children getting better start to life

Tony Ryall | Education
New Zealand children are getting a better start in life as a result of progress towards the Government’s Better Public Services results, social sector Ministers Tony Ryall, Paula Bennett and Hekia Parata say. “This National-led Government is committed to ensuring New Zealand children are safe and healthy,” Health Minister Tony Ryall says. ...


Student failure claims inaccurate and simplistic - PPTA

The Post Primary Teachers Association have released research they believe shows it is inaccurate and simplistic to say one in five New Zealand students is failing in education.Independent researchers Liz Gordon, who was a former... 
New Zealand schools have less of a mix of rich and poor students than in the past, a new report shows.Principals have reported the growing division, and say some parents are driving their children large distances to avoid local... 

Teacher aides increasingly caring for and educating special needs children

Shelley Mercer, mother of a boy with Asperger's syndrome; Phillip Harding, president of the NZ Principals Federation, which represents primary and Intermediate school principals; and Brian Coffey, Group Manager Special Education Ministry of Education. 

Barnardos confident in its home-based education service

Following today’s Ministry of Education announcement that a planned review of the sector will be deferred, Barnardos, a leading provider of home-based education for over 35 years, is confident in the quality of its own service. 


Government brings reading home

For 17 years the Government has been adding to home libraries around the country thanks to its support of the Duffy Books in Homes programme. 

Braille books given to school

In a room full of books, Giana Edwards finally has something she can read. 

Bringing the Kiwi classroom into the digital age

Modern learning requires modern classrooms, and that's what Campbell Live is looking at tonight. 
Fulbright New Zealand calls for applications to its range of exchange awards for New Zealand graduate students to study or research in the United States of America during the 2014-2015 American academic year. 


Change works well for Zayed College

Auckland stuff.co.nz
Good work is being done to track year 7 and 8 students' National Standards progress, the report says. ERO will continue to work with the school over the next one to two years. Ad Feedback. - © Fairfax NZ News. | Saved Stories | Saved Stories. | Saved ... 

Drug trouble at Sacred Heart Girls' College

Stuff.co.nz
A group of students from Hamilton Catholic school, Sacred Heart Girls' College, have been stood down for an alleged case of serious misconduct involving drugs. Board of Trustees chairman David Kraakman said five girls, aged under 16, were stood down ...

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