Friday, 4 April 2014

NCEA focus pays off for Maori pupils

New Zealand Herald
One of the key initiatives the school is involved in is He Kakano, a professional development programme, funded by the Ministry ofEducation, helping to build Maori students' confidence. "It's about helping build leadership in them and focuses on ...

Education system 'allowing too many Maori to fail'

Stuff.co.nz
The problem was so big that a 2006 international survey found that 70 per cent of Maori adults in New Zealand were below the minimum world standards for literacy and numeracy. Waikato University's National Centre of Literacy and Numeracy for Adults ...

Why university means nothing now

Stuff.co.nz
In life, you are set to follow one straight and narrow path: primary school, high school then university, right? So that's what I did. Fifty years ago it was different, you were only given a couple of career choices and that was that, you were set for ...

Universal student allowances remove a barrier to education | TEU ...

The third blueprint, on student well-being, demands universal student allowances and moves to eliminate financial barriers to students learning – including student fees. TEU national president Lesley Francey called the ...

Minister of Education compromises senior OECD official

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
... through design or ignorance, has apparently been persuaded to comment on New Zealand's domestic education policy matters without understanding the controversies that exist around policies such as Investing in Educational Success, National Standards ...

Students share their culture

Auckland stuff.co.nz
A team of international ministers and delegates are returning home with an insight into Maori education and culture thanks to students from Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Hoani Waititi Marae. The marae vibrated with soulful song as pupils performed at an ...

Slow start in student employment search | Otago Daily Times Online ...

The Otago University Students' Association said student earnings overall through Student Job Search in Otago had last year fallen about 8.6%, to about $7.4 million, from $8.1 million the previous year. Earnings had also ...

Social Progress Index - great result but not room for complancy ...

These barriers to tertiary education include limits on student allowances, rising fees, limits on student loans, and cuts in regional provision of tertiary education. Find out more in Te Kaupapa Whaioranga. Print Friendly .... The TEU is a new union for all staff; everybody who works in tertiary education, including polytechnics, teacher education, universities, wānanga and private training institutions, REAPs and OTEPs. We are a democratic organisation and we stand up ...

Huge job losses at Lincoln

TEU - Tertiary Education Union

The Tertiary Education Union – Te Hautū Kahurangi o Aotearoa. Employment / Lincoln University · 0 ... Universal student allowances remove a barrier to education | TEU - Tertiary Education Union says: […] Vice-chancellor must let ... The TEU is a new union for all staff; everybody who works in tertiary education, including polytechnics, teacher education, universities, wānanga and private training institutions, REAPs and OTEPs. We are a democratic organisation and ...