Principals' reaction mixed to advent of exams on demand
Stuff.co.nzKapiti College principal Tony Kane said most year 9 and 10 students used their own devices in the classroom, and he would be thrilled if online exams were available for them. "Five years is probably a bit too long away . . . if we had some tools to ...
Low pay in education sector highlighted
3News NZSeveral hundred people marched in Auckland and gathered at parliament in Wellington to highlight the issue of low pay in the education sector. Primary teachers union NZEI Te Riu Roa president Judith Nowotarski says low pay is an issue within the ...
Kura impress international visitors
waateanews.comEducation Minister Hekia Parata says New Zealand's approach toMaori education sparked the interest of overseas experts during the weekend's International Education Summit on the teaching profession at parliament. New Zealand hosted delegations from ...
Trust denies problems at charter school
Radio New ZealandA trust that sponsors a rural Maori charter school in Northland says it's had teething problems - but the students are fine. Te Kura Hourua ki Whangaruru is advertising for three teachers and the Ministry ofEducation says it experienced some ...
Handful of schools increase domination of Scholarship results
New figures show a handful of schools, mostly in Auckland, are increasingly dominating the elite Scholarship exams.Adopt the Shanghai approach to improve student learning – NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa agrees that New Zealand could match Shanghai’s PISA test score of student achievement by adopting a similar strategy of excluding results that make us look bad.Outstanding teachers honoured
Otago Daily Times
Kaupapa Maori awards went to Dr Suzanne Pitama, of the university's Christchurch campus, as well as to Dr Karyn Paringatai; and General Awards went to Dr Ros Whiting, Dr Lynnette Jones and Dr Timothy Cooper. At a university function in their honour ...
Kaupapa Maori awards went to Dr Suzanne Pitama, of the university's Christchurch campus, as well as to Dr Karyn Paringatai; and General Awards went to Dr Ros Whiting, Dr Lynnette Jones and Dr Timothy Cooper. At a university function in their honour ...
Rating university 'spinouts'
Stuff.co.nz
These days it's standard for New Zealand universities to include a commercialisation arm, and there is a plethora of agencies, grants and incubators dedicated to transforming promising research into bankable ventures. On recent evidence you'd suspect ...
"And the best way to demonstrate that we are committing our education system to the wellbeing of students first and foremost, rather than corporations, is not to saddle them with huge debts while they study." The union is presenting its plan in ...
Universities NZ Chair Professor Roy Crawford says that the Government's Strategy reflects the feedback it received from the tertiary educationsector and universities will be working collaboratively with Government to make an optimal contribution to ...
The University of Otago's keystone role within the first of the Government's multi-million dollar science challenges is likely to open up new and exciting opportunities for researchers and students. The Government announced today that Otago will team ...
“Christchurch kids have suffered enough from stuff ups over the Government's so-called educational renewal; now the EducationMinster is rubbing salt into the wounds by selling off their schools. “The Green Party believes that profit-making businesses ...
These days it's standard for New Zealand universities to include a commercialisation arm, and there is a plethora of agencies, grants and incubators dedicated to transforming promising research into bankable ventures. On recent evidence you'd suspect ...
Union to present student allowance plan
MSN NZ News"And the best way to demonstrate that we are committing our education system to the wellbeing of students first and foremost, rather than corporations, is not to saddle them with huge debts while they study." The union is presenting its plan in ...
Universities welcome Tertiary Education Strategy
Scoop.co.nz (press release)Universities NZ Chair Professor Roy Crawford says that the Government's Strategy reflects the feedback it received from the tertiary educationsector and universities will be working collaboratively with Government to make an optimal contribution to ...
University of Otago welcomes science challenge role
Scoop.co.nz (press release)The University of Otago's keystone role within the first of the Government's multi-million dollar science challenges is likely to open up new and exciting opportunities for researchers and students. The Government announced today that Otago will team ...
Goodbye to little school on river
It's been 88 years since its doors opened and just three years since it got new buildings, but a falling roll has meant the time has come to abandon Crownthorpe School.National uses earthquakes to privatise education
Scoop.co.nz (press release)“Christchurch kids have suffered enough from stuff ups over the Government's so-called educational renewal; now the EducationMinster is rubbing salt into the wounds by selling off their schools. “The Green Party believes that profit-making businesses ...
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