New education strategy for prisoners
Anne Tolley | Corrections Corrections Minister Anne Tolley says there will be fewer victims of crime, and further reductions in reoffending rates, as a result of a new education strategy for prisoners. “We know that the majority of prisoners can’t read or write properly, and that this is a serious driver of crime,” says Mrs Tolley. “Lack of education means they can’t function in society, can’t access employment or training, and often return to crime.” ...
Labour market data out today continues a trend of growing employment as the economy recovers, Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce says. Under the Household Labour Force Survey, employment growth was up by 0.4 per cent in the quarter and 0.7 per cent in the year to June; while unemployment rose 0.2 per cent in the quarter to 6.4 per cent. The Quarterly Employment Survey, also released today, showed an extra 65,400 jobs in the economy over the last two years. ...
NZQA watching seven schools because of NCEA failures
The Qualifications Authority is refusing to accept NCEA internal assessments from one school and is monitoring six others because they're not meeting its rules.Reading recovery failing
The Dominion PostHowever, just-published research by Massey University's Institute of Education suggests the programme has completely failed to achieve its target of reducing the "long tail" of literacy underachievement. What is more, the institute says the failure has ...
Ministry extends Microsoft Schools Agreement to 2015
Techday NZ“Technology should enable collaborative learning and give students access to amazing resources, not take educators away from the classroom to roll it out. So we've created a deployment kit that basically does the heavy lifting involved for schools in ...
Health and Safety Report glosses over Education and Training
Scoop.co.nz (press release)“Training gives workers a deeper understanding of their work, and why they need to follow safety procedures,” says Mark. “To invest in safer workplaces we must invest in trainingour workforce. Embedding compulsory health and safety training into ...
Nelson doing 'just fine' in combating truancy
Nelson Mail"We've still got our local truancy officer and our programme called Rock On, which involves police education at school, letters home with truancy referrals, followed by a police letter, all to prevent truancy." Mr Olley said the reason the changes had ...
Stats show govt picking on teachers and tutors
The government is using education professionals as the blunt club to suppress wages in New Zealand, says TEU national president Lesley Francey, in response to news that pay for education professionals rose just 0.7 percent last year compared to 1.7 percent ...Mayor welcomes big step for Auckland Education
The Mayor officially opened COMET Auckland’s new offices in the city centre yesterday, cutting the ribbon and marking a significant step in improving educational standards across Auckland. Mid,Far North schools collect $8400 NRC environmental award
Pakaraka School has become one of the first mid-North schools to receive its funding from this year’s $20,000 Northland Regional Council Environmental Curriculum Awards (ECAs).
A generous donation from the estate of a Takanini couple will provide grants to assist Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) nursing students suffering financial hardship.
This inaugural lecture will focus on Agency in Literacy Learning and Leadership: Possibility-Driven Research 19 September 2013
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