Education Delegation to travel to Asia
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata has invited a delegation of education sector leaders to travel to Hong Kong and Singapore in mid-October to look at jurisdictions in the Asia Pacific region which are rated highly in Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) rankings. ...
Education Minister Hekia Parata will attend the OECD Education Ministers’ meeting in Istanbul on “Fostering Relevant Skills and Employability through Education”. The meeting is one of a few international education forums which has a high attendance by Ministers of Education. Over 30 Ministers of Education are expected to attend. “This is a forum to share good practice and discuss challenges faced by leading education systems across the world. ...
Industry Training and Apprenticeships Bill introduced
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
The Industry Training and Apprenticeships Amendment Bill, introduced to Parliament today, is a vital part of the Government’s investment in industry training, Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce says. “In the 10 years to 2010 Government funding for Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) almost trebled. Unfortunately funding increases were not matched with sufficient accountability for the funding,” Mr Joyce says. ...
For this reason the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) is worried that some schools are no longer making science compulsory at level one of NCEA, cutting off students' options for future study and rewarding careers. This is a ...
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The bottomless money pit of the charter schools experiment has been exposed, with government documents showing that the initial $19 million to set up five charter schoolsmay not be enough. Ministry documents released yesterday reported that the ...
Science key to NZ's economic future
Stuff.co.nzFor this reason the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) is worried that some schools are no longer making science compulsory at level one of NCEA, cutting off students' options for future study and rewarding careers. This is a ...
Policies root of school failures
Stuff.co.nz"In schooling, we know the quality of teaching has the biggest in-school impact on student performance [and] to improve the quality of teaching we need to support professional development for teachers and reward teaching excellence." Ad Feedback.
New Bill continues rejig of apprenticeships system
The Government moved to complete its overhaul of the apprenticeships and skills training system this week, introducing legislation that tightens up oversight of Industry Training Organisations.Tertiary Education Minister Steven...Extra money for charter schools
Extra money may be needed to set up the first charter schools as official documents reveal more about the contentious schools and why some applicants, including Destiny Church, were rejected.Documents outlining the decision process...More cash needed for charter school money pit
Scoop.co.nz (press release)The bottomless money pit of the charter schools experiment has been exposed, with government documents showing that the initial $19 million to set up five charter schoolsmay not be enough. Ministry documents released yesterday reported that the ...
Attempt Does Not match The Facts
Scoop.co.nz (press release)“If Ms Parata wants to increase equity in the system, she could start by funding public education to the level of other systems that she so admires, rather than experimenting withcharter schools and National Standards,” said Mrs Nowotarski. “A basic ...
Maori Judas goat for education reform
waateanews.comNew Zealand First leader Winston Peters is unimpressed with the inclusion of two Maoritrusts in the first group of charter or partnership schools. He says the schools, demanded by the ACT Party in its support agreement with National, is about ideology rather ...
Teachers Offered Ideashare Workshops
Scoop.co.nz (press release)EIT's ideaschool aims to build stronger links with local arts educators in offering a series of professional development workshops to secondary school teachers in Hawke's Bay. Focusing on arts, design, fashion, music and screen, the ideashare workshops ...
Big pay rises for bosses out of touch with tertiary education priorities ...
Tertiary Update Vol 16 No 33 With no fanfare and little coverage the State Services Commission last week released its annual report on.Staff out to save Northland arts programmes | TEU - Tertiary ...
Aurora's model ideal, say teachers
Stuff.co.nzLinks@Aurora, the social services centre at the college, was assembled from remodelledclassrooms in 2008, and houses a health nurse, physiotherapist, careers adviser and a social worker, with an administrator employed fulltime. The centre also has ...
Students fighting against closure
Northtec's Kerikeri campus offers distinct areas of training in the arts which are either unavailable or not readily available elsewhere in the country. For instance Kerikeri is the only campus in New Zealand offering non-toxic ...
International students ignore advertising campaign | TEU - Tertiary ...
The Dominion Post reports Education New Zealand, the crown agency responsible for attracting international students to New Zealand, more than.International students at a private training school shut down by the Qualifications Authority are petitioning it to keep the school open.
St George Institute of Learning in central Auckland was struck off the authority's register...My ECE to Help Parents Make Informed Early Eduction Choices
New Zealand’s parents will be better informed about early childhood education with the launch of the My ECE website (www.myece.org.nz) today.Waikato-based teacher earns kudos
Paeroa College’s Tina Youngman was the winner of the Wintec Secondary Science Teacher/Educator/ Communicator Award at The KuDos Awards evening last night. Tina’s successful contribution to increasing the numbers of students who study science at Paeroa College has earned ...Wellington schools to go solar
Stuff.co.nzWellington City Council and Genesis Energy are splitting the cost of the $288,000 project, which will see 16 primary and intermediate schools kitted out with solar photovoltaic panels over the next three years and supported with an education programme ...
Inspiration Education launches in Palmerston North
Inspiration Education, a Wellington based High School tutoring service recently expanded its operations into Palmerston North, offering tuition for NCEA subjects including Maths, English, Economics, Accounting and the Sciences.Villa Education Trust: South Auckland Middle School
The Villa Education Trust is delighted to announce the appointment of Bryce Anderson as the Community Liaison Manager for South Auckland Middle School being established to begin at the start of the 2014 school year.Students pave way for online voting
Auckland stuff.co.nzGiving students a taste of democracy is the idea behind the Auckland Council initiative Kids Voting 2013. Baradene College year 7 and 8 students are among more than 8000 Auckland students taking part. In a New Zealand first students will get to cast ...
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