$359m boost for student achievement moves forward Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata has welcomed advice from sector leaders on the Government’s $359 million initiative to raise student achievement, saying it maintains momentum and strengthens the path forward. Ms Parata has released a Working Group report that provides support and advice on the Investing in Educational Success initiative announced by the Prime Minister in January. ...Future-focused learning report released
Nikki Kaye | Education
Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye has today released a report showing that widespread and mobile access to the internet will lead to new and significant opportunities and challenges for the education system. ...
Certain areas which were being improved included being able to teach children in New Zealand classrooms while letting them keep their Pasifika identities. "While I wanted my kids to succeed in education, I also wanted them to know who they are - and ...
"Acting on the clear mandate given to us by Te Runanganui o Te Pihopatanga, as the governing body for tikanga Maori in the church, we can now move to strengthen the special character of these schools as unambiguously Anglican and unambiguously Maori ...
... on three options, so that she could make her final decision. The options are to relocate one or both schools as two single sex colleges on one site or close to each other, to retain the colleges as they are, or to build one new co-educational ...
Raising achievement of Pacific people
Stuff.co.nzCertain areas which were being improved included being able to teach children in New Zealand classrooms while letting them keep their Pasifika identities. "While I wanted my kids to succeed in education, I also wanted them to know who they are - and ...
Secondary schools' debt lifted
New Zealand Herald"Acting on the clear mandate given to us by Te Runanganui o Te Pihopatanga, as the governing body for tikanga Maori in the church, we can now move to strengthen the special character of these schools as unambiguously Anglican and unambiguously Maori ...
Parata neutral on schools' future
Stuff.co.nz... on three options, so that she could make her final decision. The options are to relocate one or both schools as two single sex colleges on one site or close to each other, to retain the colleges as they are, or to build one new co-educational ...
Student empowerment a breath of fresh air
Empowerment seminars are breathing new life into stress management for students at a Christchurch high school.Polytechs return poor financial results
Polytechnics have returned their worst financial results in years and there is no respite in sight for the 18 institutions, Radio New Zealand reports.
Wellington's Massey University campus contributes about $475 million to the regional economy every year, according to a report by one of the university's professors.
Our youth are our future
Our youth are our future Youth in New Zealand can have their lives transformed by people who are qualified to provide them with support and guidance. This is the view of the national advisory committee on youth development which oversees the Bachelor ...
Sitting in a class for 100 minutes initially seemed an awfully long time for Naenae College's head boy. One period every day has an extra 40 minutes tacked on at the Lower Hutt school and Hamish Nixon, 17, says it's amazing how much more he gets done.
Extra 40 minutes helps students get organised
Stuff.co.nzSitting in a class for 100 minutes initially seemed an awfully long time for Naenae College's head boy. One period every day has an extra 40 minutes tacked on at the Lower Hutt school and Hamish Nixon, 17, says it's amazing how much more he gets done.
Revealed: How kids cheat at exams
Hundreds of students sitting their NCEA exams last year were found cheating - taking in cellphones, extra notes and even having someone else sit the exam for them.In a report released by the NZ Qualifications Authority, a total...Pupils aim to nail their new NCEA assignment
A group of secondary school students are embarking on an ambitious project to build a three-bedroom home in six months.The Year 12 and 13 students enrolled full time in carpentry at Massey High School's trades academy, called the...Enrolments show students leaving public for private | TEU - Tertiary ...
Lesley Francey says when there is high unemployment and large demographic numbers of young people, the one statistic that should not be struggling is public tertiary education enrolments. “It's a blight on our education policy that fewer people were getting a tertiary education last year.” says Lesley ... 29 May, 2014. David Robinson, Education International · Education / vocational education and training · Employers need to own skills mismatch. 29 May, 2014.
Lower fees for more scientists and engineers | TEU - Tertiary ...
If the tertiary education minister wants more engineers, agriculturalists, scientists, and pharmacists then he needs to make the qualifications that give access to those professions affordable, according to national student president Daniel Haines. “ The real barriers to accessing these courses are high fees and restricted entry. If the subsidy ... David Robinson, Education International. Education / vocational education and training · Employers need to own skills mismatch.Work on te reo and tikanga recognised
Stuff.co.nzHe also helped establish the kohanga reo on the grounds of Invercargill's basilica and its conversion into Te Tomairangi Marae. He has been kaumatua at the University of Otago Southland Campus since 1999. He has been a teacher and kaumatua of Maori ...
The Day of Silence coming to NZ schools
Gay NZThe queer straight alliance network is bringing a national edition of The Day of Silence, a campaign against homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in schools, to New Zealand. The initiative was founded in 1996 at the University of Virginia and ...
Lincoln University change proposal outcomes
Lincoln University change proposal outcomes Lincoln University has today announced the results of its review of staffing that supports a return to financial viability and reinforces its role as New Zealand’s specialist, land-based university. Through ...
Students have told the Otago University Students’ Association (OUSA) which issues they want energy focused on in this year’s general election. The annual referendum showed students are still feeling the financial pinch, and proved there is overwhelming ...
The university is well on the pathway to recovery following the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes, highlighted by the reopening of the College of Business and Law building last week. Hawkins Construction, the university's main contractor for repairing ...
University campus the biggest remediation project
Scoop.co.nz (press release)The university is well on the pathway to recovery following the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes, highlighted by the reopening of the College of Business and Law building last week. Hawkins Construction, the university's main contractor for repairing ...
Students get once-in-a-lifetime research opportunity
Six University of Canterbury students are taking part in what has been called a once-in-a-lifetime research opportunity.Geography, physics and engineering students will work alongside American and German scientists releasing weather...
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Stephen Joyce looked keen to pitch in with some tractor work on the rejuvenated Northland College farm at Kaikohe yesterday. Mr Joyce got behind the wheel of one of two new tractors the farm had ...
The trust is also donating $3500 to Marotiri Kohanga Reo for playground safety matting to replace existing bark, which is difficult and expensive to maintain. The kohanga reo is next to the Pakirikiri Marae, also in Tokomaru Bay. The most recent ...
While retired from full time work in schools, Lovegrove said he was still involved in helping some boards with professional appraisals. He had also recently helped a school select a principal, but said he would not be jumping back into a classroom any ...
Crowd vote with feet as Joyce tries tractor
Northern AdvocateTertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Stephen Joyce looked keen to pitch in with some tractor work on the rejuvenated Northland College farm at Kaikohe yesterday. Mr Joyce got behind the wheel of one of two new tractors the farm had ...
Playground gets $20000 boost
Gisborne HeraldThe trust is also donating $3500 to Marotiri Kohanga Reo for playground safety matting to replace existing bark, which is difficult and expensive to maintain. The kohanga reo is next to the Pakirikiri Marae, also in Tokomaru Bay. The most recent ...
Retired principal still helps out
Stuff.co.nzWhile retired from full time work in schools, Lovegrove said he was still involved in helping some boards with professional appraisals. He had also recently helped a school select a principal, but said he would not be jumping back into a classroom any ...
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