Wednesday 18 June 2014

Thursday, 19 June 2014


Education NZ Board Chair reappointed

Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce today announced the reappointment of Mr Charles Finny to the position of Chair of the Education New Zealand board for a further term of one year from 1 September 2014. “Mr Finny is the inaugural Chair of the ENZ board and has been an effective contributor since ENZ was established in 2011,” Mr Joyce says. ...

Māori History in School Curriculum

Pita Sharples | Education
Associate Minister of Education, Dr Pita Sharples has today launched a new education initiative to support and strengthen the teaching of Māori history in Years 1-13 in schools and kura. Dr Sharples says “Māori history is New Zealand history. These resources enable teachers and schools to place our stories, our heroes, Māori identity, language and culture at the centre of learning.” ...

Pilot for school property management starts Nikki Kaye | Education

Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye today confirmed the start of the school facilities management pilot project, which will offer schools the ability to reduce their role in school property management. “The facilities management service is a voluntary service for schools and boards of trustees that want to step away from day-to-day property management,” Ms Kaye says. The Ministry of Education programme will consider the most appropriate mix of services and likely cost that could be provided to maintain and improve school property. ...

School housing changes will benefit boards

The New Zealand School Trustees Association says Minister Kaye’s announcement that school boards of trustees will now receive the full proceeds from sale of surplus school houses is good news for school boards.

Budget figures reveal tertiary squeeze could be for the long haul

Bill Rosenberg says the reason for the discrepancy is due to the large write-off of student loans in 2013, which bloated the tertiary education figures for that year. ... Education / vocational education and training · ACE becoming ...

Maori education financial success story

waateanews.com
The economic research firm identified significant benefits to the New Zealand economy from the three Maori tertiary education providers, including generating almost half a billion dollars in combined expenditure and employing almost 3000 employees.

Wananga wants change in Govt policies

Report into economic contribution of wananga sector released

Ban on religion in schools sought

Stuff.co.nz
Primary schools in South Canterbury are among many across the country being approached about religious education in schools. The Secular Education Network (SEN) is trying to further its cause of removing religious education from schools in New Zealand ...

Extending Free ECE to 25 Hours « LiveNews.co.nz

The introduction of 20 Hours Free Early Childhood Education was an historic and enduring achievement of the Fifth Labour Government. Labour believes the time has come to take the next step in making preschool education ...

Charter schools cost Government $8.5M

3News NZ
... $8.5 million setting up five charter schools and doesn't seem to be sure about how it would recover the money and assets if they fail. Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye gave Parliament the figures when she was questioned by NZ First's Tracey ...

Cheating on the rise at Massey

Copying from classmates, plagiarizing from websites and books, and buying assignments were all cases of cheating picked up by Massey University, with some students using multiple methods to beat the system.

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