Monday 17 February 2014

Tuesday, 18 February 2014

More students leaving school with NCEA Level 2

Hekia Parata | Education
The number of students leaving school with an NCEA Level 2 qualification has seen a significant increase across the board in 2013, says Education Minister Hekia Parata. The provisional results for 2013 show that 76.8 per cent of students left school with at least NCEA Level 2, compared with just over 74.3 per cent in 2012. That’s an increase of 10.3 percentage points since 2008. ...

Youth Guarantee helping young people achieve Steven Joyce | Education

Around 1,000 more young people remained in education at age 17 and more young people achieved NCEA Level 2 because of Youth Guarantee programmes, a new Ministry of Education report shows. The first Youth Guarantee Monitoring Report (2010-2012) shows that Youth Guarantee programmes have been successful at increasing the retention of at-risk young people in education and raising their achievement. ...

Rise in NCEA achievement

New Zealand Herald
... level 2 has increased markedly in five years, according to figures just released by Education Minister Hekia Parata. The figures have improved more significantly over the five years for Pacific Island, up by 16.5 points, and Maori students, up by ...
Govt announces increase in NCEA achievement

Credit for more school leavers with NCEA Level 2 is disputed

The Post Primary Teachers Association says the Government shouldn't be too quick to claim the credit for more students leaving school with NCEA qualifications.

At-risk pupils missing out, say teachers

New Zealand's most at-risk school students should receive similar funding as those who are attending controversial charter schools, those involved in alternative education say.Leaders in alternative education have questioned the... 
Lawyers are hoping a judicial review scheduled to take place in the High Court at Auckland tomorrow weds will help protect the rights of disabled children at school.
A teenage boy who suffers from Asperger's and dyslexia may receive one-on-one tutoring, as his family prepares for a court battle over his exclusion from a high school.The family, whose names have been suppressed to protect the teenager,...

Low student demand see courses dropped

Stuff.co.nz
The media communications and television production courses in Dunedin have been axed along with the sport and fitness course in Christchurch. Aoraki chief executive Alex Cabrera said the programmes were not being offered in 2014 due to low student ...

Surf's up for keen school children

Auckland stuff.co.nz
Surfing NZ secured funding from KiwiSport to get 50 pupils from each school to learn about surf safety and have a go. Development manager Lee Ryan had to scramble together extra boards and wetsuits to accommodate the demand from Red Beach School, which ...

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