Homework for parents gets results
Stuff.co.nzBefore 2010 the school had reasonable success in lifting achievement rates. By the end of their first year 60 per cent of students were meeting the national standards of literacy and numeracy for their age. But with the introduction of the Mutukaroa ...
Education measures are good for Maori and mainstream.
waateanews.comEducation minister Hekia Parata says yesterday's budget will not only be good for business but it has a huge heart particularly in the field of education. She says Maori will certainly benefit from an $858 million increase in vote education taking ...
Power of knowledge highlighted
Stuff.co.nzTuuta, of Ngati Mutunga and Ngati Tama descent, shared his story of education and encouraged Maori to aim high. "I'm the sort of person who never had a plan for himself, I never knew what I wanted to be when I grew up . . . I was one of the first in my ...
How beneficial are external school tests like ICAS exams?
With Mary Hill - Associate Professor of Education at Auckland University.Budget looks 'unexciting', inadequate for schools
Stuff.co.nzA total of $172.5 million of capital from the Future Investment Fund and $111.5m of operating funding over the next four years is to be invested in new schools, classrooms and other school property improvements. Education Minister Hekia Parata said the ...
Early childhood education costs to hit parents hard
Stuff.co.nzEducation Minister Hekia Parata said a $53.6 million boost to subsidy rates would help keep fees affordable, which was vital to increase early childhood participation, especially for children from Maori, Pasifika and low-income backgrounds. The extra ...
Early childhood fund boost 'not enough'
Stuff.co.nzParata said a $53.6m boost to subsidy rates would help keep fees affordable, which was vital to increase early childhood participation, especially for children from Maori, Pasifika and low-income backgrounds. The extra funding would support an ...
Uni hikes English requirements
The University of Auckland will introduce tighter English language requirements in response to an increasing number of school-leavers having poor writing and comprehension skills.
"Keeping fees as low as possible is vital if we are to increase early childhood participation, especially for children from Maori, Pasifika and low-income backgrounds,'' Education Minister Hekia Parata said. The remainder of the ECE money was designed ...
$199m boost for tertiary education and research
The new Māori CoRE funding is through Vote Tertiary Education and is subject to a competitive tender process where Māori researchers and Māori-led research institutes can bid to host and build on the work of NPM. Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) is a ...
Calls for unis to remove dissections from first-year courses
Calls are being made to remove dissections from first-year courses as the killing of animals at universities comes under fresh scrutiny.Almost 10,000 animals died at the University of Auckland last year, according to figures supplied...Some tertiary fees to be cut
Otago Daily Times"Keeping fees as low as possible is vital if we are to increase early childhood participation, especially for children from Maori, Pasifika and low-income backgrounds,'' Education Minister Hekia Parata said. The remainder of the ECE money was designed ...
$199m boost for tertiary education and research
Need for Māori Research is validated by the Government
Scoop.co.nz (press release)The new Māori CoRE funding is through Vote Tertiary Education and is subject to a competitive tender process where Māori researchers and Māori-led research institutes can bid to host and build on the work of NPM. Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) is a ...
GERM agenda sucks money out of public education
Figures in yesterday’s Budget show that millions of dollars are being skimmed out of public schools to pay for the government’s ideological experiments with the Global Education Reform Movement.
There is little to cheer the early childhood education sector in this year's Budget, despite an apparent increase in funding, early childhood national network ChildForum says. The Budget announced a $155.7million funding increase for the early ...
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Annual funding to Vote Education will be cut by $500 million in real terms in 2017/18. This uses the inflation projections in the Budget. Though the real cuts in health are likely to be higher due to pressures from an ageing and growing population and ...
Education spokesperson Tracey Martin says while Finance Minister Bill English's budget speech attempts to spin education spending as a plus there is a noticeable lack of funding to attack the Global Education Reform Movement (GERM). “The education ...
Improving the existing workforce's skills will make a more rapid difference to the economy, while there are future benefits through lifting the skills of those who are currently in the school and tertiary education systems. Many employed adults, are ...
“Funding and accessibility for student support has been cut over the past five years, with the loan repayment threshold frozen and eligibility for allowances restricted. While students continue to suffer, Minister Joyce boasts about how these cuts have ...
Children in early childhood education lose out in Budget
Scoop.co.nz (press release)There is little to cheer the early childhood education sector in this year's Budget, despite an apparent increase in funding, early childhood national network ChildForum says. The Budget announced a $155.7million funding increase for the early ...
National cuts health and education to pay for faux surplus
Scoop.co.nz (press release)“A Green Party budget would have introduced our key policies of NZPower to cut power bills, Solar Homes to increase our use of renewables and our Home for Life policy and rental Warrants of Fitness to ensure more people lives in secure warm homes.”.
Spin hides massive budget cuts to health and education
Scoop.co.nz (press release)Annual funding to Vote Education will be cut by $500 million in real terms in 2017/18. This uses the inflation projections in the Budget. Though the real cuts in health are likely to be higher due to pressures from an ageing and growing population and ...
No Hope for Education in Budget
Scoop.co.nz (press release)Education spokesperson Tracey Martin says while Finance Minister Bill English's budget speech attempts to spin education spending as a plus there is a noticeable lack of funding to attack the Global Education Reform Movement (GERM). “The education ...
Obvious opportunity overlooked in education spending
Scoop.co.nz (press release)Improving the existing workforce's skills will make a more rapid difference to the economy, while there are future benefits through lifting the skills of those who are currently in the school and tertiary education systems. Many employed adults, are ...
Budget gives no help for struggling students, says VUWSA
Scoop.co.nz (press release)“Funding and accessibility for student support has been cut over the past five years, with the loan repayment threshold frozen and eligibility for allowances restricted. While students continue to suffer, Minister Joyce boasts about how these cuts have ...
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