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Update on school pay performance Steven Joyce | Education

The latest Novopay complaints reports show the school payroll system is maintaining a steady performance. Minister Responsible for Novopay Steven Joyce today released the reports on complaints and notifications received in regards to Pay Periods 3 and 4 of the schools’ payroll. Pay Period 3, was paid on the morning of 30 April, and paid 87,571 people a total of $165.44 million. ...

Karen Mangnall, Pacific Issues correspondent

Radio New Zealand
What's most worrying to educators, the Auckland Council and Pasifika leaders is the number of Pasifika aged 15-24 who are not in employment,education or training - the NEET youth. In March, they numbered 10,700 nationally or nearly 19 percent of the ...

Peter Lyons: Trading lessons keep pupils invested

My students call me "Monotony" Lyons. I am blessed with dulcet tones that can reduce an entire class to slumber. Yet occasionally I manage to engage.Several years ago I was given the opportunity to introduce a course in financial...

National Standards Hampering Modern Schools

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“National Standards threaten to destroy one of the great strengths of New Zealand's education system – the recognition that children of the same age have different academic abilities and need to learn at the level of their current ability,” said ...

Laptops for high school the 'best gift in the world'

Auckland stuff.co.nz
Principal Nick Coughlan says the devices will be shared between several classrooms where a number of pupils don't have computers at home and need a helping hand. "The end goal for all our students is to leave with meaningful qualifications, so that is ...

Confidence in the early childhood education sector eroding

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The survey, conducted by early childhood national network ChildForum reveals that many in the sector expect things to get worse over the next 12 months and believe the Government is failing to ensure children receive quality education and care ...

Workshop to grow teaching skills for language schools

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
CLANZ President Sunita Narayan says the organisation has developed a draft national community languages professional development framework which will set the pathway to national certification. “This will help community language teachers to identify the ...

Council Supports 28 Community and School Pool Projects

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
2 schools were funded totalling $500,000 through the School Pools Partnership Fund. Kahurangi School in Strathmore plan to upgrade and enclose their existing school pool to create an accessible community facility and Makara Model School for ...

Shanghai to become a classroom for NZ teachers on study tour

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Shanghai to become a giant classroom for NZ teachers on study tour. Ten secondary school teachers will experience many facets of Shanghai on a study trip designed to encourage more content about Asia in New Zealand classrooms. The teachers will head ...

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