Girls doing well in education
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata has released statistics on how well girls are achieving in education, acknowledging International Women’s Day. In 2012, around 80 per cent of our female school leavers - that’s around 26,776 students - achieved at least NCEA 2, and provisional results suggest that the proportion will be even higher in 2013. More than half of our young women achieved university entrance in 2012, a 5.2 per cent increase over the previous year. ...
Education Minister Hekia Parata has today announced the Government is investing $2.7 million over four years in an initiative which will provide help and support for at-risk students enrolled in Te Kura - the Correspondence School. “Young people who can’t or won’t attend their local school, either because they have been expelled or they are habitual truants, are enrolled in Te Kura,” says Ms Parata. “A number of these young people often remain disengaged from learning, and do not gain any qualification, and we are determined to change that.” ...
Education Minister Hekia Parata has released statistics on how well girls are achieving in education, acknowledging International Women’s Day. In 2012, around 80 per cent of our female school leavers - that’s around 26,776 students - achieved at least NCEA 2, and provisional results suggest that the proportion will be even higher in 2013. More than half of our young women achieved university entrance in 2012, a 5.2 per cent increase over the previous year. ...
$2.7 million to lift achievement of at-risk-students
Hekia Parata | EducationEducation Minister Hekia Parata has today announced the Government is investing $2.7 million over four years in an initiative which will provide help and support for at-risk students enrolled in Te Kura - the Correspondence School. “Young people who can’t or won’t attend their local school, either because they have been expelled or they are habitual truants, are enrolled in Te Kura,” says Ms Parata. “A number of these young people often remain disengaged from learning, and do not gain any qualification, and we are determined to change that.” ...
Education Minister denies 'massaging' of NCEA results
New Zealand HeraldNCEA results showing better achievement levels for Pacific and Maoristudents are accurate, Education Minister Hekia Parata says. "We're not massaging those numbers. These young people are sitting assessments, both internal and external," she said on ...
School caught faking national standards
Stuff.co.nz
A Northland primary school has been caught faking its national standards results to make them look better. In December 2013 the board at Parua Bay School in Whangarei Heads was alerted to the tampering of student achievement levels in the school's data ...
A Northland primary school has been caught faking its national standards results to make them look better. In December 2013 the board at Parua Bay School in Whangarei Heads was alerted to the tampering of student achievement levels in the school's data ...
Reports of “faking" National Standards data rings alarm bells
The case of a Northland primary school reportedly found to be changing its National Standards results is exactly the sort of scenario that educators warned about when the government introduced the high-stakes assessment and reporting model.Teachers unprepared for autistic kids
The recent case of a 14-year-old with Asperger's syndrome excluded from his school has highlighted that teachers are not being taught how to deal with students with Autism Spectrum Disorder.An Auckland mother says her daughter,...Maori centre of excellence could close
Radio New Zealand
The country's Maori Research Centre of Excellence could close down at the end of next year after missing out on government funding. Nga Pae o Te Maramatanga lost its bid for further financial support from the TertiaryEducation Commission because it ...
Education Minister Hekia Parata says a program initially focusing on about 80 year nine to year 11 students will provide work placement and job shadowing opportunities. The students are already on Te Kura's roll. Many of the students do not attend ...
The country's Maori Research Centre of Excellence could close down at the end of next year after missing out on government funding. Nga Pae o Te Maramatanga lost its bid for further financial support from the TertiaryEducation Commission because it ...
Expelled students get school funding
NZ CityEducation Minister Hekia Parata says a program initially focusing on about 80 year nine to year 11 students will provide work placement and job shadowing opportunities. The students are already on Te Kura's roll. Many of the students do not attend ...
Too many international students, says Shane Jones
Auckland University is in danger of slipping from a "storehouse of knowledge to a foreign warehouse" because it is increasingly catering for international students from Asia at the potential expense of New Zealanders, says Labour...
In an ideal world, parents would teach their children respectful attitudes to sex. In reality, that is not always happening. Not only are some parents failing to accept their responsibility but their children are living in a world...
The Ministry of Health has written to school principals advising them to ensure all pupils, parents and staff are immunised against measles as an outbreak threatens to sweep the country.One senior medical officer is also warning...
New measures to encourage the repayment of student loans are "firm but fair", but distract from the real issues facing tertiary education, a Waikato student leader says. Student loan borrowers who persistently refuse to make repayments will soon be ...
Education Minister Hekia Parata says a program initially focusing on about 80 year nine to year 11 students will provide work placement and job shadowing opportunities. The students are already on Te Kura's roll. Many of the students do not attend ...
Student loans law is red herring
Stuff.co.nzNew measures to encourage the repayment of student loans are "firm but fair", but distract from the real issues facing tertiary education, a Waikato student leader says. Student loan borrowers who persistently refuse to make repayments will soon be ...
Expelled students get school funding
NZ CityEducation Minister Hekia Parata says a program initially focusing on about 80 year nine to year 11 students will provide work placement and job shadowing opportunities. The students are already on Te Kura's roll. Many of the students do not attend ...
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More to be done to improve outlook for children
Scoop.co.nz (press release)The Government has accepted that recommendation in part, implying that current efforts to improve education and employment are an adequate response to the 285,000 children living in poverty. “UNICEF urges the government to be aspirational and build on ...
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