Special needs students 'missing out'
Stuff.co.nzThe New Zealand Council of Education Research found that almost 40 per cent of primary school principals surveyed said there was insufficient support for students with special needs in their schools. South Canterbury Principals' Association chairman ...
Positive behaviour initiative is raising achievement
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata is pleased with a recent report showing a programme to address problem behaviour in schools is getting positive results for students across New Zealand. “In Budget 2013, this Government invested a further $63.5 million over four years to the Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L) initiative,” says Ms Parata. ...
About 90 per cent of those at the meeting supported having two schools on two sites, keeping single sex education. Only about 20 people supported a move to co-educational schooling. The main issue was the lack of space on the Marlborough Girls' College ...
Tribal leaders nationwide are rallying to put Maori education at the top of their priority lists. The Iwi Chairs Forum, attended by about 36 iwi leaders in Gisborne last week, passed a resolution to increase and accelerate investment into Maori-medium ...
Phillipstown School has not resumed consultation with its community about its proposed merger because it believes the Education Ministry has been using flawed information "strategically designed to choke us". Principal Tony Simpson is calling for an ...
A Fairfax Media investigation has found that in 2010 staff involved in the Ministry of Health's Health Promoting Schools programme visited Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Oparure near Te Kuiti and handed out survey forms asking children what they liked and did ...
That includes $17 million that was budgeted for student achievement and $33 million that was budgeted for industry training but not spent. "$17 million is nearly one million each for every polytechnic in New Zealand," says Houkāmau, who works at ...
Six Waikato teachers have also been barred from the classroom for having inappropriate sexual relations with students, including one case of underage abuse. This follows revelations by the Times last month that South Waikato school teacher Rueben James ...
Education Minister Hekia Parata today announced a review of the Ministry of Education’s Professional Learning and Development (PLD) expenditure in the schooling sector. “The Government invests more than $70 million each year in PLD to improve the skills of our teachers and education leaders. However, the long-term level of underachievement in our education system will not be shifted by doing what we have always done,” Ms Parata says. ...
Minister Responsible for Novopay Steven Joyce today released the report on complaints and notifications in regards to Pay Period 18 of the schools’ payroll. Pay Period 18, which was paid on the morning of 27 November, paid 89,785 people a total of $176.64 million. The report shows that complaints and notifications were received regarding 0.079 per cent of staff across the country, eight staff were notified as not paid, 38 were overpaid, and 25 underpaid. Affected staff were from 62 schools or 2.53 per cent of schools in the payroll system. ...
'Positive' feedback to proposed Teacher Council changes
Feedback around proposed changes aimed at opening up Teachers Council disciplinary tribunal proceedings have so far been positive, the council says.If implemented the changes would do away with automatic name suppression rules currently...Keep colleges apart
Stuff.co.nzAbout 90 per cent of those at the meeting supported having two schools on two sites, keeping single sex education. Only about 20 people supported a move to co-educational schooling. The main issue was the lack of space on the Marlborough Girls' College ...
Iwi leaders put education at the top of list
Radio New ZealandTribal leaders nationwide are rallying to put Maori education at the top of their priority lists. The Iwi Chairs Forum, attended by about 36 iwi leaders in Gisborne last week, passed a resolution to increase and accelerate investment into Maori-medium ...
Te Manu Korihi News for 3 December 2013
A member of the education panel of the Iwi Chairs Forum, Haami Piripi, says tribes aren't ruling out investing in Charter Schools down the track; Labour wants to gain the support of Maori voters, and is meeting with various iwi throughout the country to build links; Laid-off Tachikawa sawmill workers in Rotorua are relieved they'll get a partial payout within the next two weeks to help towards Christmas expenses; Organisers of the 2014 Ngapuhi Festival are expecting a crowd of up to 40-thousand people to arrive in Northland next month to see some of the best international indigenous artists exhibiting their works.'Strategic blow' halts consultation
Stuff.co.nzPhillipstown School has not resumed consultation with its community about its proposed merger because it believes the Education Ministry has been using flawed information "strategically designed to choke us". Principal Tony Simpson is calling for an ...
NCEA exams end today
More than 143-thousand students sat 116 exams in the past four weeks, and four more, the last exams of the season, are taking place this morning.School survey raised sex abuse concerns
TVNZA Fairfax Media investigation has found that in 2010 staff involved in the Ministry of Health's Health Promoting Schools programme visited Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Oparure near Te Kuiti and handed out survey forms asking children what they liked and did ...
Tertiary education underspend worsens funding cuts
Scoop.co.nz (press release)That includes $17 million that was budgeted for student achievement and $33 million that was budgeted for industry training but not spent. "$17 million is nearly one million each for every polytechnic in New Zealand," says Houkāmau, who works at ...
University academic awarded fellowship to study mentoring
University of Auckland academic Dr Pat Bullen has been awarded the 2014 Vodafone World of Difference Fellowship to further develop her expertise in youth mentoring.Kindy teacher ate kids' lunch
Stuff.co.nzSix Waikato teachers have also been barred from the classroom for having inappropriate sexual relations with students, including one case of underage abuse. This follows revelations by the Times last month that South Waikato school teacher Rueben James ...
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