Kaye to visit US for Google Education Symposium
Nikki Kaye | EducationAssociate Education Minister Nikki Kaye will travel to the United States today to attend Google’s first Global Education Symposium. The symposium will be held at Google’s California headquarters. It will be attended by 40 education leaders including Ministers, Secretaries of Education and senior officials from Malaysia, India, Brazil, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and the United States. ...
Education Secretary on the challenges facing the Ministry
Peter Hughes took over as Education Secretary earlier this year after the departure of Lesley Longstone, who ended her contract after a breakdown between herself and the Minister, Hekia Parata. He inherited a Ministry in the midst of the Novopay debacle, controversy over mergers and closures of Christchurch schools, teacher unions unhappy over National Standards, public sector funding cuts and a public sector trust and confidence survey which ranked it last out of about 40 government agencies.Union eyes probe into school interventions
NZ CityRadio New Zealand reported that the part-time commissioner of Moerewa School, Michael Eru, had been paid $95,000 for 80 hours a month between April last year and May 2013 and claimed expenses of $53,000 from the Education Ministry. Mr Goulter says ...
Govt eyes school lessons to stop rape
Prime Minister John Key says the Government is looking at rape prevention education but when it comes to sex education in schools it would have to tread carefully.Some parents would feel that more information and debate in that...Pupils' deaths spark crisis meetings
Stuff.co.nzAs exams began at the college yesterday, a mental health expert, police, district councillors, Maori health providers and Ministry of Education staff held meetings to address concerns for its roll of 300 pupils. Simon Shaw, clinical director of mental ...
Big development at Southern Cross
Auckland stuff.co.nzThe schools were chosen because of anticipated population growth in the areas, Education Minister Hekia Parata and Associate EducationMinister Nikki Kaye said at the announcement. ... having modern learning environments just makes the whole process of ...
Lessons over for four Waitara HS staff
Stuff.co.nz"I felt most at home in the classroom," she said. Mrs Watts, who planned to kick-start her retirement with a bit of sailing, said she enjoyed the relationships she had built up at the school with both the students and the staff. "You get that lovely ...
Technology drives Dunedin's education industry
3News NZ"In the classroom we've got books, I can give the vocab, I can give them grammar but we've now got this opportunity of actually going back home and practicing it and, almost playing games," says Lucie Taylor, Clifton Lodge School language teacher.
A new education professional body – EDUCANZ
The Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand (EDUCANZ), is a cornerstone of the Government’s programme to raise the status of the profession, and publicly recognise the value it contributes to New Zealand.Students join call for public debate on tertiary education
Scoop.co.nz (press release)“We have also been heartened by cross-party support received at the weekend from the Labour, Green, NZ First and Maori parties for changes to the ways that students and the student voice are supported. We believe the negative and worsening situation ...
Students back union's plan for tertiary education
Today Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association President Rory McCourt supported the Tertiary Education Union's $1b plan for fixing New Zealand's university and polytechnic sector, announced today at the union's annual conference. McCourt ...Surface boost for schools as Microsoft selects Expert Educator candidates
Techday NZWith Baradene College also selected to take part in the Mentor Schools Program, members of both programs will become part of an exclusive one-year initiative that recognises pioneer educators and school leaders using technology to transform education ...
Childcare centre to close
Stuff.co.nzThe Hargest Community Childcare Centre will close next month, ending 30 years of education and play opportunities for children in the area. A letter from the trust responsible for the centre was sent to parents last week. The letter cites declining ...
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