Partnership Schools second round announced
Hekia Parata | EducationEducation Minister Hekia Parata today announced a second Partnership Schools | Kura Hourua application round to continue the impetus for raising achievement for all children and young people. “In education, one size doesn’t fit all. Partnership Schools provide further options for young people and their families, giving them the choice of the type of education that best suits their own specific learning needs,” Ms Parata says.
$10 million investment in Murupara Area School
Nikki Kaye | EducationAssociate Education Minister Nikki Kaye today announced that Murupara Area School would be included in the Government’s major school development funding initiative. “While detailed costs are yet to be finalised, at least $10 million will be committed to redevelop and extend the Murupara school site to upgrade infrastructure, remediate facilities and accommodate an extended roll and curriculum,” Ms Kaye says. ...
Novopay end of year proceeding well but challenges remain
Steven Joyce | EducationMore than 90 per cent of schools have now entered their pay data for the end of the school year via an upgraded version of Novopay Online, Minister Responsible for Novopay Steven Joyce says. “By the close of Monday – the deadline for inputting end of year payments – 91 per cent or 2228 schools had completed that process. That compares to just 45 per cent or 1112 schools at the same time last year and is also above the average of past years under the previous provider,” Mr Joyce says. ...
Govt releases reports on Pay Periods 16 & 17
Steven Joyce | EducationMinister Responsible for Novopay Steven Joyce today released the reports on complaints and notifications in regards to Pay Periods 16 and 17 of the schools’ payroll. Pay Period 16, which was paid on the morning of 30 October, paid 88,766 people a total of $173.6 million. The report shows that complaints and notifications were received regarding 0.084 per cent of staff across the country, 11 staff were notified as not paid, 34 were overpaid, and 26 underpaid. Affected staff were from 58 schools or 2.36 per cent of schools in the payroll system. ...
New construction school for Wellington
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and EmploymentTertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce today announced that the Wellington Institute of Technology and Whitireia New Zealand will be investing $13.6 million in a new Regional School of Construction for Wellington. Speaking at the launch of the Construction Sector Report at WelTec, Mr Joyce said the new initiative will consolidate engineering and construction programmes around the region into two main hubs centred in Petone and Porirua. ...
Parata: Christchurch Education Renewal Property Programme
While some of the city's schools demonstrated NCEA achievement higher than national averages,achievement rates for schools were generally below the national average of similar schools elsewhere. ...Now – after more than 12 months of intensive consultation and decision making about the shape of theeducation network and a considerable amount of detailed assessment and analysis of our existing infrastructure- we have reached the point where we can really ...Speech to Annual ITO Qualifications Forum - LIST MP HEKIA ...
Like many developed countries, our education system has well-established and well-understood pathways for progression to degrees and academic achievement. While it is vital that we continue to excel in this area, the ... Every young person must have the essential foundation of a coherent and useful NCEA Level 2 qualification or better - ideally by the time they leave school, but certainly by the time they turn 19. A higher proportion of our young people need to be ...School future proofed
Auckland stuff.co.nzEducation minister Hekia Parata announced this month that Freemans Bay School will be redeveloped to accommodate its increasing roll and repair leaking buildings. The school will retain two facilities - a Reading Recovery room and a two-storey block ...
Govt funds new construction school
Stuff.co.nzThe Government is to invest $13.6 million to help build a new construction school in Wellington in order to boost the number of skilled tradespeople as it looks to curb the 'boom and bust' nature of the construction sector. Tertiary Education, Skills ...
New $13.6m regional construction school to have two hubs – Petone and Porirua
Almost $100,000 of taxpayers' money has so far been spent onEducation Minister Hekia Parata unsuccessfully defending in court her decision to close and merge Phillipstown School with another. Information received by The Press through the Official ...
Parata's blunt axe has costly handle
Stuff.co.nzAlmost $100,000 of taxpayers' money has so far been spent onEducation Minister Hekia Parata unsuccessfully defending in court her decision to close and merge Phillipstown School with another. Information received by The Press through the Official ...
Principals want power to search students' bags
Stuff.co.nz"We can't touch things like Facebook, yet it spills into the classroom all the time." In the past five years, he had received one complaint from a parent about a student being searched, yet he had received 10 complaints from parents frustrated that ...
Partnership schools letter gets support
New Zealand HeraldShe is urging the minister to firstly consult with Northland schools, whanau and community about alternative solutions to the low rate of Maoriachievement. Government-funded like state schools, charter schools are not operated by the Ministry of ...
Auckland makes list of best cities for students
Auckland has been ranked among the top cities in the world for students to pursue a university education.The City of Sails was listed as the 18th best city by London-based Quacquarelli Symonds in its annual Best Student Cities ranking...Kiwi ingenuity leading the way in improving learning
Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu (formerly The Correspondence School), has been assisting children's learning and development around the country for over 90 years. They remain leaders in supporting remote learning.Foreign students on the rise
International students are returning to New Zealand, latest Immigration New Zealand figures show.More than 78,445 international students have been approved to study here in the year to October.Although slightly down from the 80,743...Principals want more powers to combat cyberbullying
Former president of the Secondary Principals' Association, Patrick Walsh, who has surveyed principals about the misuse of social media, wants schools to have more powers to crack down on cyberbullies and those who share recordings of physical and sexual assaults.Te Wānanga o Aotearoa honoured by Workplace Wellness Award
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa Te Taiurungi (chief executive) Jim Mather said he was honoured on behalf of the institution to be awarded joint winner at New Zealand Workplace Wellness Awards.More work needed to improve wellbeing among school students
More education work needs to be done to improve the importance of teaching the skills of happiness in schools, a University of Canterbury (UC) researcher says. Dr Annie Soutter says her research suggests that more needs to be done to give effect to important ...Calls for increased childcare funding
Otago Daily TimesThe goal is to ensure by 2016, 98 per cent of all children starting school have attended early childhood education. Participation has risen to 95.7 per cent, but the Ministry of Education still has a way to go, particularly with Maori and Pacific ...
Kohanga Reo audit ordered
Otago Daily TimesEducation Minister Hekia Parata says an independent audit of allegations of the misuse of funding at a subsidiary of Te Kohanga ReoTrust is charged with ensuring no public funds had been misused, and checking the financial controls in place. Ms Parata ...
Review into Kōhanga Reo Spending Underway
Independent review of Kohanga Reo board begins
Kohanga Reo funding review underway
Education about people, not profits
Scoop.co.nz (press release)“Not content with introducing privately run charter schools, the Government is now considering using Public Private Partnerships for all of the school rebuilding work required in Christchurch,” Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins said. “Clearly there ...
Unitec cuts 50 design staff
Tertiary Update Vol 16 No 40 The disestablishment of 50 positions in the Design and Visual Arts Department at Unitec will lead to job losses for more than half the department’s staff. Many students and community members are furious, with one student’s parent saying she will be asking for her money back. The faculty dean [&hellipTop teacher wins award
Auckland stuff.co.nzOfficeMax general manager of education Suzanne Flannagan says the programme was adapted from a global A Day Made Better programme started in the United States in 2007. "This is the third year the programme has been running in this country and we ...
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