More qualifications and graduates than ever before
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
The New Zealand tertiary education system delivered more graduates and qualifications than ever before in 2012, Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce says. Profile & Trends 2012, released today by the Ministry of Education, shows that 162,000 qualifications were completed in the New Zealand tertiary education system last year. The number of qualifications completed by domestic students increased by 3.2 per cent from 2011 to 2012, with degree and higher qualifications up by 4 per cent. ...
Value of international education continues to grow
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
The value of international education to the New Zealand economy continues to grow with a new report released today showing it contributed $2.6 billion and 28,000 jobs in 2012/13. The Economic Impact of International Education 2012/13 report by Infometrics and commissioned by Education New Zealand, shows the valuation of international students studying in New Zealand was $2.5 billion and the sale and delivery of New Zealand’s education services and products offshore was $104 million. ...
Tertiary Education Commission board appointments
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce today announced two appointments to the Tertiary Education Commission board. Business New Zealand Chief Executive Phil O’Reilly and businesswoman Vanessa Stoddart have been appointed as members of the Tertiary Education Commission. “Mr O’Reilly and Ms Stoddart bring substantial leadership, governance and business experience to their roles on the Tertiary Education Commission board," Mr Joyce says. ...
Appointments to Education New Zealand board
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
Two appointments to the Education New Zealand board have been announced today by Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce. Dr Neil Barns has been reappointed as a member of the Board for a three-year term and Frances Valintine has been appointed as a board member to replace departing member Jenny Alford. ...
Parata closing school on assumptions not facts - lawyer
The High Court in Christchurch has been told the Minister of Education based her decision to close Phillipstown Primary School school on assumptions, not facts.Phillipstown School in court to prevent merger
Phillipstown School's principal was subjected to "gratuitous, irrelevant and unfairly prejudicial" comments by Education Minister Hekia Parata on the closure of his school, a court heard.Christchurch school in court over closure
A Christchurch school is taking the Government to court today in a legal battle against its closure.Phillipstown School was told by Education Minister Hekia Parata that it will close and merge with nearby Woolston School next year.The...Minister unaware of school's ethnic make-up - principal
Radio New ZealandA Christchurch school threatened with closure has told a court it was criticised by the Minister of Education because some students didn't understand her when she spoke to them in Maori. Phillipstown school is seeking a declaration from the High Court ...
Tearing of cultural fabric feared if school closed
Radio New ZealandA Christchurch school threatened with closure has told a court it was criticised by the Minister of Education because she said some students didn't understand her when she spoke to them in Maori. Phillipstown school is seeking a declaration from the ...
Schools shun discipline to cut red tape
Teachers are shying away from disciplining badly behaved students because there's too much paperwork involved, a regional teachers' leader claims.Foreign students a $2.5b bonus
Educating foreign students brought $2.5 billion to the New Zealand economy in the 2012/13 financial year.
PPTA members will be exploring solutions to threats “aimed squarely at the heart of public education” during the association’s annual conference this week.
Manager Lex Hamill said every student had been audited, the curriculum had been reviewed and plans were in place to lift achievement. A number of financial and employment reviews had also been done to free up a "significant" amount of money for ...
Charter schools and National Standards will be gone next year if Labour and its likely support parties win the next election. Education spokespeople from Labour, the Greens and New Zealand First received a strong round of applause when they spoke at ...
Massey University Extramural Students' Society president Jeannette "JV" Chapman is at the centre of the saga, which has seen the annual meeting failing to get a quorum, the departure of executive members, allegations she earns more than $50,000 ...
There is also huge potential for interactive lessons and 'flipped-classroom' scenarios, which would allow students to do more learning at home, so that assignments can be completed in class with the teacher's support. Many schools are committing to ...
Managers tackles four Waikato schools' troubles
Stuff.co.nzManager Lex Hamill said every student had been audited, the curriculum had been reviewed and plans were in place to lift achievement. A number of financial and employment reviews had also been done to free up a "significant" amount of money for ...
NZEI welcomes opposition education policy direction
Scoop.co.nz (press release)Charter schools and National Standards will be gone next year if Labour and its likely support parties win the next election. Education spokespeople from Labour, the Greens and New Zealand First received a strong round of applause when they spoke at ...
Students insist on answers
Stuff.co.nzMassey University Extramural Students' Society president Jeannette "JV" Chapman is at the centre of the saga, which has seen the annual meeting failing to get a quorum, the departure of executive members, allegations she earns more than $50,000 ...
Lessons to be learnt with BYOD
Techday NZThere is also huge potential for interactive lessons and 'flipped-classroom' scenarios, which would allow students to do more learning at home, so that assignments can be completed in class with the teacher's support. Many schools are committing to ...
Educational animations on a budget
Nelson IT expert John Herd has just completed a 30-minute educational animation for a Vanuatu NGO – and believes the concept has big potential as a learning resource in schools.Steps to stop bullying
Stuff.co.nzSchools, including Onepoto Primary, Northcote Intermediate and Hato Petera College, will be involved in the pilot. North Shore ... A Victoria University researcher found that 94 per cent of staff surveyed had witnessed bullying in their schools. Almost ...
On not teaching books by women
Stuff.co.nz (blog)The whole point of universities and academia is to foster critical thinking. Gilmour isn't an 800-year-old dinosaur who has been deposited via some kind of time travel trickery into our century. He presumably knows something about feminism. The direct ...
School abolishes its fees
Stuff.co.nzPupils will be getting the closest thing to a free education as a Henderson school attempts to help struggling families. Annual school fees will be abolished at Henderson South School from next year. Principal Trevor Diamond says school fees are often ...
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