Thursday, 27 March 2014

Global Education Ministers arrive for Summit

Hekia Parata | Education
Ministers of Education from the top performing education systems around the world have started arriving in New Zealand to attend the 4th International Summit on the Teaching Profession (Summit), which starts tomorrow. Education Minister Hekia Parata says, “It is a credit to the quality of our education system that these international ministers are coming. This is the ‘world cup’ of education and our bid to host this prestigious summit was well received, and is being well supported.” ...

School payroll improving again 

Steven Joyce | Education
Minister Responsible for Novopay Steven Joyce today released the report on complaints and notifications received in regards to Pay Period 26 of the schools’ payroll. ...

Aiming for excellence in education

The Dominion Post
OPINION: An international summit starting in Wellington tomorrow is part of a global debate on how to achieve excellence and equity in education, writes Education Minister Hekia Parata. We are fortunate in New Zealand to have some of the best educators ...

Global Education Ministers arrive for Summit

Confusion over Kohanga inquiry

Two key players in the $90,000 Ernst & Young review of Te Kohanga Reo National Trust have contradictory views about what the terms of reference allowed the review to do.The Ministry of Education says the terms of reference were...

trustees 'must be accountable'

Stuff.co.nz
Kohanga reo leaders should step aside if inquiries into alleged misspending reveal a lack of action to address the concerns, community members say. Three inquiries are currently under way into allegations of misspending by officials at the Kohanga Reo ...

Team effort boosts education

Auckland stuff.co.nz
MIT is working with education partners in Tonga and Samoa to encourage unresponsive students to stay in the school system for longer and to further their education through vocational pathways. The MIT Pacific Islands Secondary Tertiary Development ...

Student loan arrest threat prompts spike in calls from debtors 

The threat of arrest has prompted hundreds of people with student loans to contact the Inland Revenue Department to get their loan repayments in order.

Children overlooked in the transition to primary school

A Victoria University researcher has found that parents and teachers working through the transition from early childhood services to primary school sometimes forget to ask children for their input. Maggie Haggerty, a senior lecturer at Victoria University ...

Low decile schools need more support from government

Principals and teachers at low decile schools need more support from the government to ensure that all children get equitable access to education.

Cutting $4 million from Lincoln staff will harm education

Tertiary Update Vol 17 No 7 Lincoln has been told it needs to cut $4 million from salaries by 2015, and it is responding with a series of restructures that could see up to...

Mindset change needed to boost New Zealanders skill set

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
If we want New Zealand to remain a prosperous nation both trade and professional training need to raise their expectations of literacy ability in problem solving and continuous lifelong learning.” “It's time to stop this kind of polarised thinking that ...

School's new garden is good medicine

Stuff.co.nz
Every classroom has their own area in the garden to look after." The idea for the medicinal garden was inspired by the school's ... more funding through the Telecom Foundation's website givealittle. Go to givealittle.co.nz and search Hillpark School to ...

Tears over principal's shock resignation

There were tears at Dunedin's St Hilda's Collegiate School yesterday as principal Melissa Bell unexpectedly announced she would resign at the end of this year.The 41-year-old was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer...