$27 million investment in education initiatives aimed at priority children
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata has today announced the Government is investing $27 million in education initiatives targeted at priority children. Ms Parata says the initiatives are targeted at children who are falling behind for a range of reasons. ...
There is a further $3.15m over two years to work with over 100 schools to increaseNCEA level 2 achievement and help students transition to tertiary study, training or employment, and $1.75m over four years to support teen parents in mainstream schools.
The money includes $8 million on a second shot at the Maori Education Strategy, which the Auditor-General said was poorly introduced five years ago. There is also $5 million for a new programme the government says merges the best points of successful ...
Funding will begin on 1 January 2015 for a six-year period to 2020. The Royal Society of New Zealand has been contracted by the Tertiary Education Commission to establish necessary processes to make funding recommendations to the TEC. Information is ...
Labour on Wednesday questioned the status of charter schools under the new laws, saying Social Development Minister Paula Bennett should be upfront about whether her child protection policies covered them. A spokeswoman for the minister told NZ ...
Dorothy Burt, professional development co-ordinator for Manaiakalani, says in the early years a lot of effort was placed on proving that students could be engaged to learnthe literacy skills they need through the use of digital technologies. And as...
Schools across New Zealand have seen the benefits of deploying Allied Telesis networks within their schools for a number of years with the roll-out of the School Network Upgrade Program (SNUP) conducted by the Ministry of Education. The SNUP project ...
Govt strengthening Centres of Research Excellence
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
The Government is investing in stronger Centres of Research Excellence to boost innovation and research-led learning in New Zealand’s universities, Minister Steven Joyce announced today. Additional funding in Budget 2013 of $9.5 million is being backed up by a clearer mission statement and stronger performance expectations for the centres. “Centres of Research Excellence play an important and unique role in supporting world-class research, with positive economic and social and benefits to New Zealand,” Mr Joyce says. ...
Proposed changes to the Performance-Based Research Fund will save time and reduce compliance costs for researchers and institutions while continuing to reward research excellence, Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce says. ...
Jack Matthews joins Network for Learning Board
Nikki Kaye | Education Associate
Education Minister, Nikki Kaye, has today announced Jack Matthews will be joining the board of Crown-owned company Network for Learning (N4L). Mr Matthews is known in New Zealand as the driving force behind the rollout of Saturn’s (now Vodafone’s) hybrid fibre-coax cable network in Wellington and Christchurch. Most recently he was Chief Executive, Metropolitan Media at Fairfax Media in Sydney and prior to that he was Chief Executive of Fairfax Digital, which manages all online media, including TradeMe, for the group. ...
Education gets $27m funding boost
NZ CityThere is a further $3.15m over two years to work with over 100 schools to increaseNCEA level 2 achievement and help students transition to tertiary study, training or employment, and $1.75m over four years to support teen parents in mainstream schools.
Govt announces initiatives for education under-achievers
Radio New ZealandThe money includes $8 million on a second shot at the Maori Education Strategy, which the Auditor-General said was poorly introduced five years ago. There is also $5 million for a new programme the government says merges the best points of successful ...
Govt strengthening Centres of Research Excellence
Invest in NZFunding will begin on 1 January 2015 for a six-year period to 2020. The Royal Society of New Zealand has been contracted by the Tertiary Education Commission to establish necessary processes to make funding recommendations to the TEC. Information is ...
Charter school teachers will be screened
NZ CityLabour on Wednesday questioned the status of charter schools under the new laws, saying Social Development Minister Paula Bennett should be upfront about whether her child protection policies covered them. A spokeswoman for the minister told NZ ...
Helping Educate under-25 Tertiary Students
EIT has spearheaded a significant multi-educator research project aimed at enhancing the teaching of younger students attending tertiary institutions nationwide.Student engagement drives technology use
Techday NZDorothy Burt, professional development co-ordinator for Manaiakalani, says in the early years a lot of effort was placed on proving that students could be engaged to learnthe literacy skills they need through the use of digital technologies. And as...
Allied Telesis delivers more for Education in New Zealand…
Techday NZSchools across New Zealand have seen the benefits of deploying Allied Telesis networks within their schools for a number of years with the roll-out of the School Network Upgrade Program (SNUP) conducted by the Ministry of Education. The SNUP project ...
Children have fewer practical skills, and so do the teachers
Technology teachers say children are arriving at secondary school with fewer practical skills than in the past with many 12 and 13 year olds unable to tell the difference between a chisel and a screwdriver.Bryan Bruce: Charter schools' murky screening policy ripe for abuse
Paula Bennett's drive to improve the safety of our children against sexual abuse raises some important questions about the vulnerability of pupils who will soon find themselves attending one of the new public/private partnership schools...Review of the Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF)
An overview, general information and timing for the review of the Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF)Kawerau Students offered new experience
Following ISKawerau’s April seminar on the opportunities and challenges of employing locally, local industry are taking the lead in providing a wide range of work experience opportunities for students residing in Kawerau. The programme will provide up to ...Doors Open on New Merger School
Kahurangi School will be officially opened on Friday 6 September at 1.00pm, by local MP and long-time supporter, Hon. Annette King.Extra help at school pays off | Otago Daily Times Online News ...
The recently published Education Review Office report, Increasing Educational Achievement in Secondary Schools, involved 16 schools who identified a target group of Year 12 students unlikely to achieve NCEALevel 2 by ...NorthTec seeks to achieve operational sustainability goals
NorthTec has embraced a key green initiative by seeking ways to provide long term sustainability and leadership in the way it operates as Northland’s largest tertiary education provider.Strong Pacific Focus for Postdoctoral Researcher
Oceanic linguistics specialist Dr Farzana Gounder has been awarded a 2013 Postdoctoral Fellowship Award by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences which will allow her to dedicate a whole year to research focussing on narrative and identity constructions ...
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