Wednesday 23 October 2013

Wednesday & Thursday, 23-24 October

Pasifika students Power Up for success

Hekia Parata | Education
Over 1600 Pasifika students, parents and family members have signed up to a new programme to boost the number of Pasifika students achieving NCEA. Education and Pacific Island Affairs Minister, Hekia Parata, who visited a session in Porirua last night, says Pasifika Power Up for NCEA, is connecting Pacific parents, families and communities with their children’s learning. ... 

Focus shifts to recovering overpayments

Steven Joyce | Education
The entire backlog of around 15,000 outstanding overpayments since Novopay went live last year has been calculated and the focus is now on recovering that money. “Completing the calculation and processing of overpayments is a significant step in the remediation work underway to clear the backlog of issues with Novopay,” Minister Responsible for Novopay Steven Joyce says. ... 
Minister Responsible for Novopay Steven Joyce today released the reports on complaints and notifications in regards to Pay Periods 13, 14 and 15 of the schools’ payroll. Pay Period 13, which was paid on the morning of 18 September, paid 90,390 people a total of $177.35 million. ... 

Ministry gets back on track

Stuff.co.nz
A blunter assessment would say that the relationship has been horrendous. And while Hughes said he was talking not just about Christchurch but across the board, it is in Christchurch that things have sunk to their lowest ebb. For not only has ...

'Pet project' scholarship is under fire

Stuff.co.nz
Millions of taxpayer dollars have been poured into a private school scholarship programme, but a quarter of its students have failed to make the grade of NCEA level 2. More than $11 million had been spent providing Aspire scholarship students with $16 ...

Parents Warned National Standards Misleading

Parents Warned National Standards Misleading ‘A new set of league tables ranking primary schools according to their national standards results will soon be made public,’ said Philip Harding, President of the New Zealand Principals’ Federation. ‘Let’s ...

Independent review of Kohanga Reo board begins

Radio New Zealand
Education Minister Hekia Parata has confirmed on Monday that an independent review of public funding to Te Kohanga Reo National Trust Board is underway. Hekia Parata. NATIONAL PARTY. The review has been set up following allegations that the trust's ...

Minister tells kohanga they are not target in review

Radio New Zealand
Education Minister Hekia Parata says individual kohanga reo are not targets in a Government review of spending by the publicly-funded Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust Board. An independent review of the trust board has been set up, following the alleged ...

Minister Fails Duty of Oversight for Kohanga Reo

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“The Minister admitted in the House today that the first he heard of serious allegations of financial mismanagement associated with the National Te Kohanga Reo Trust was the day that Maori TV aired their story on Monday the 14th October. Later today he ...

Law with Mai Chen

Mai Chen discusses Christchurch school closures and mergers. 

Further evidence Christchurch education plan driven by ideology

Census figures showing that more than half the communities in Christchurch facing school closures have grown in population is further evidence that the government’s plans are based on ideology, not what’s best for children and communities.

Commonwealth Education Trust to invest in New Zealand

The Commonwealth Education Trust is establishing a new corporate presence in New Zealand and has announced today the appointment of Dr Sue Watson as Chief Executive Officer. Dr Watson takes up her role in February 2014. 

Gardens great for growing minds

Getting year three and four students into a school vegetable garden is an amazing idea that should be rolled out to more schools.

Centre to close

Stuff.co.nz
The centre made the announcement after the Tertiary Education Commission changed funding for the 2014 year. HTC Trust chairperson Peter Keller said the centre could not continue to be viable under the new funding system. Tertiary Education, Skills and ...

Vanguard Military School Appoints Principal

One of the first five Partnership Schools | Kura Hourua, Vanguard Military School, is today proud to announce the appointment of Rockley Montgomery as its Principal.

Have your say on ICT qualifications

Techday NZ
Calls for review of national standards. Educate Recommendations from an advisory group point to a lack of confidence in ... Don't forget – Check Point's NZ Security Tour this week. Sponsored IT Brief Threats across the technology industry are evolving ...

Centre gives hands-on learning

Auckland stuff.co.nz
Papakura High School offers its students a number of Vocational Pathway streams in addition to its academic streams at NCEA Level 2. Some of the vocational streams include hospitality, tourism, health and engineering. Thirteen students are now on ...

Bay school to teach the world

New Zealand Herald
A local principal will be representing his school on the world stage next week after being selected from hundreds of educators across the country to attend the World Innovation Summit for Education in Qatar. William Colenso College principal Daniel ...

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