Thursday, 26 September 2013

New teaching education initiative aimed at strengthening profession

Hekia Parata | Education

Education Minister Hekia Parata announced today that the Government is partnering with the Universities of Auckland, Waikato and Otago to provide new postgraduate level initial teacher education (ITE) qualifications from next year. “The Government is focused on strengthening the teaching profession as a central part of a larger strategy to lift overall education system performance. Improving the quality of ITE provision is an important element of that strategy,” Ms Parata says. ... 

Initiative targets Māori and Pasifika employment

Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment

Requests for Proposals are being sought for the expansion of the Maori and Pasifika Trades Training Initiative from the current 600 places to 3000 places. Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce and Associate Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Tariana Turia are leading the Maori and Pasifika Trades Training Initiative, which supports 18 to 34-year-olds to gain trades qualifications and apprenticeships, with the goal of a level four trade qualification and employment. ... 

Principals say the new truancy service is failing

Susanne Jungersen, principal of Porirua College; Angela Roberts, president of the PPTA; and Katriona Casey, Ministry of Education Deputy Secretary for Regional Operations. 

School truancy service fails the test

Teenagers are "roaming the streets causing trouble" as a new truancy service takes weeks to track down students missing from school. 

Students take the stage for Maori speech comp

High school students from around the country have been taking the stage in Hamilton for the national Maori speech competition, Nga Manu Korero.

Brethren school seeks integration

Radio New Zealand
The Westmount Education Trust says integration has worked well for Catholic, Jewish and Islamic schools and would be good for Westmount School. It says it would give the school greater opportunities to share its teaching methods and allow its students ...

New Te Aute college principal officially welcomed

Radio New Zealand
An official welcome for the new principal of the well-known Maori Boarding school, Te Aute College, will be held on Thursday morning. Shane Hiha ... Ms Ellis was brought in to deal with a range of problems, including a falling school roll and education ...

Kindergarten gets top sustainability marks

The Nelson Mail
Nelson South Kindergarten was named an overall winner in the 2013 Mother Earth Reward competition this week, earning them a $2500 cash prize to spend on even more eco-friendly educational projects. The centre says it will use the money to install ...

Polytech facing a big deficit

Stuff.co.nz
Aoraki Polytechnic could fall 400 students short of its target of 1773 for the current year, with a potential deficit of $2 million. Challenging times have continued for the institution, which is facing its third year of student losses and its second ...