Speech to the NZ OECD Conference on ECE
Hekia Parata | EducationTalofa lava, Kia orana, Mālō e lelei, Ni sa bula vinaka, Taloha ni, Fakaalofa lahi atu, and greetings to you all. Welcome everyone to the New Zealand Early Childhood Education and Care conference, organised in cooperation with the OECD. I wish to extend a warm welcome, in particular, to all the OECD representatives and partner countries who have travelled a long way to be here today - it is a great pleasure to welcome you to New Zealand. I’m delighted to be here and to give some opening comments to this conference. ...
PM’s Scholarships for Asia announced
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and EmploymentTertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce today announced that 89 outstanding New Zealand students have been selected to study at top education institutions in Asia next year as part of the inaugural Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia. Mr Joyce says the scholarships, which cover study periods from six weeks to two years, will enable undergraduate and postgraduate students to gain a deeper understanding of Asia. ...
NZ's education report card disappoints
Auckland stuff.co.nz (blog)The Government should focus on those things that much research suggests will raise student outcomes: a positive family environment (and education policy is just one lever here), quality classroom teaching and school leadership. The partnership school ...
High achieving Pacific youth recognised at Parliament
Radio New ZealandA top netballer who wants to improve Pasifika education and a former gang affiliate turned good are among the recipients of this year's Prime Minister's Pacific youth awards. The awards recognise outstanding achievement among young Pasifika leaders.
PM's Pacific Youth Awards winners announced
Damning child poverty findings and educational achievement inextricably linked
The government needs to stop ignoring child poverty if it wants to improve educational achievement.Schools struggle as more students seek help
More students are seeking help from counsellors and guidance services - and a report has found many school services are struggling under pressure or simply not up to scratch.The Education Review Office has raised concerns about...
The scenario is compounded in Christchurch as students continue to deal with "post-earthquake anxiety", school and counselling representatives say. The Education Review Office (ERO) report into guidance and counselling in secondary schools, released ...
Counsellors 'rushed off feet'
Stuff.co.nzThe scenario is compounded in Christchurch as students continue to deal with "post-earthquake anxiety", school and counselling representatives say. The Education Review Office (ERO) report into guidance and counselling in secondary schools, released ...
Students angry about teacher cull
Unitec students have lodged a complaint with the Qualifications Authority over the restructuring of the tertiary institute's flagship design and visual arts department.Students paying up to $7000 a year in fees have gone into bat...Principals respond to IHC human rights case against Ministry
The IHC has rubbished Education Ministry claims that discrimination against children with special needs is not widespread.Staff cut because of trade courses
Stuff.co.nzChanges to Ministry of Education funding for college students in trades academies have frustrated principals, causing extra work and leading to staffing cuts at one school. Nayland College principal Rex Smith said his staff would be reduced by four ...
When is NZ going to appreciate its teachers?
Stuff.co.nzThe conversation du jour was New Zealand's freefall in the globaleducation stakes. Why has our country just incurred its worst performance on record in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Programme for International ...
Morning Business for 11 December 2013
The number of Maori students enrolled in the School of Medicine at Otago University has more than doubled in recent years; Meanwhile, the South Island's largest iwi and the University of Otago have re-signed a memorandum of understanding for Maori students; The Crown Forestry Rental Trust has approved funding for Ngapuhi hapu with land claims before the Waitangi Tribunal; Fewer Maori are smoking, according to the Census.
University and Ngai Tahu re-sign memorandum
Otago Daily Times''It is one thing Ngai Tahu has struggled with for a long time was a good working relationship with all the tertiary institutions, and we have set up a joint venture to facilitate the entry of Maori into tertiary [education] and, in my view, it has ...
Students, staff farewell classes
Stuff.co.nzPrincipal Vicki Barrie says when the Government funding was cut the Board of Trustees teamed up with the Birkenhead Licensing Trust to try to make community education financially sustainable. "Despite our best efforts . . . we haven't managed to do ...
Caution over PLD review
Otago Daily TimesEducation Minister Hekia Parata's announcement there will be a review of professional learning and development (PLD) funding in schools has set alarm bells ringing for many Otago principals. ... She said the advisory group would include representatives ...
Bullying fears not taken seriously, say parents
Parents believe schools are not taking concerns about bullying seriously, new research suggests.School in 'junior high' bid
Stuff.co.nzA Blenheim primary school will apply to the Education Ministry next year to expand its site to become a "junior high". Richmond View School in Burleigh wants to start teaching young teenagers in years 9 and 10. Principal Dave Pauling said the school ..
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