Select Committee Reports Back on Education Amendment Bill (No 2)
Steven Joyce | Education
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce and Education Minister Hekia Parata today welcomed the report back on the Education Amendment Bill (No 2). “The report back, by majority, was completed by the Education and Science Committee, which carefully considered the many submissions received from individuals and organisations,” Ms Parata says. ...
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce today launched the Government’s new Māori and Pasifika Trades Training initiative for Rotorua. The SkillMe consortium led by Waiariki Institute of Technology in partnership with Te Taumata o Ngāti Whakaue Iho Ake Trust, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiarangi and Taumarunui Community Kokiri Trust, has been set up to get more young Maori and Pasifika into apprenticeships and employment. ...
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce and Education Minister Hekia Parata today announced that 5,250 student places will be available across New Zealand’s 22 Trades Academies in 2015. This is an increase of 750 places from the current allocation of 4,500 places. ...
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce and Education Minister Hekia Parata today welcomed the report back on the Education Amendment Bill (No 2). “The report back, by majority, was completed by the Education and Science Committee, which carefully considered the many submissions received from individuals and organisations,” Ms Parata says. ...
Māori & Pasifika Trades Training launched in Rotorua
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and EmploymentTertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce today launched the Government’s new Māori and Pasifika Trades Training initiative for Rotorua. The SkillMe consortium led by Waiariki Institute of Technology in partnership with Te Taumata o Ngāti Whakaue Iho Ake Trust, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiarangi and Taumarunui Community Kokiri Trust, has been set up to get more young Maori and Pasifika into apprenticeships and employment. ...
750 additional Trades Academy places for 2015
Steven Joyce | EducationTertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce and Education Minister Hekia Parata today announced that 5,250 student places will be available across New Zealand’s 22 Trades Academies in 2015. This is an increase of 750 places from the current allocation of 4,500 places. ...
Nikki Kaye | Education
The Government is investing $14.9 million in Rangiora High School to upgrade its buildings and facilities and to accommodate a growing roll, Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye announced today. “Rangiora High School has experienced a significant roll increase following the Christchurch earthquakes. It has a large number of relocatable classrooms in very poor condition, and property issues have compounded over time to the point where a substantial redevelopment is required. ...
The new Youth Option will assist with lifting adult literacy and numeracy, getting at-risk young people into a career, and boosting achievements for Māori and Pasifika, three of the key priorities of the Tertiary Education Strategy, says Joyce. “As the ...
Three-quarters of secondary schools are not actively improving pupils' NCEA achievement and some staff have a "lack of urgency" to do so, a new report says. An Education Review Office (ERO) report released today - Raising Achievement in Secondary ...
Secondary schools encouraged to increase student achievement
The Government is investing $14.9 million in Rangiora High School to upgrade its buildings and facilities and to accommodate a growing roll, Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye announced today. “Rangiora High School has experienced a significant roll increase following the Christchurch earthquakes. It has a large number of relocatable classrooms in very poor condition, and property issues have compounded over time to the point where a substantial redevelopment is required. ...
Online tool targets youth literacy and numeracy
Techday NZThe new Youth Option will assist with lifting adult literacy and numeracy, getting at-risk young people into a career, and boosting achievements for Māori and Pasifika, three of the key priorities of the Tertiary Education Strategy, says Joyce. “As the ...
'Lack of urgency' over NCEA improvements
Stuff.co.nzThree-quarters of secondary schools are not actively improving pupils' NCEA achievement and some staff have a "lack of urgency" to do so, a new report says. An Education Review Office (ERO) report released today - Raising Achievement in Secondary ...
Secondary schools encouraged to increase student achievement
Education ministry 'still got work to do
'Last week I read Antonia Hannah's report Imagine your child going through this.
A good education can open doors
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Few people would have as wide a perspective on New Zealand business as Rick Christie. The career of the 70 year-old "former scientist" has spanned the oil industry, the agricultural and the high-tech sectors and he has had feet in the public and ...
Says her office is a "high intensity" place to work but denies Trevor Mallard' allegations. Patrick Gower: Good morning Minister and you heard it there: here you have your major education policy and primary school teachers and principals don't want a ...
Few people would have as wide a perspective on New Zealand business as Rick Christie. The career of the 70 year-old "former scientist" has spanned the oil industry, the agricultural and the high-tech sectors and he has had feet in the public and ...
Patrick Gower interviews Education Minister Hekia Parata
Scoop.co.nzSays her office is a "high intensity" place to work but denies Trevor Mallard' allegations. Patrick Gower: Good morning Minister and you heard it there: here you have your major education policy and primary school teachers and principals don't want a ...
Zoning needed as rolls swell
Two Auckland secondary schools are acting quickly to lighten the load after a period of rapid roll growth.
In 2008 a PricewaterhouseCoopers study showed that for every dollar invested in ACE by the government there was at least a $16 return. Labour will restore $13m per year for Adult and Community Education. Another $9m per year on top of that from 2018.
NZ Principals' Federation President Philip Harding said school leaders were not convinced that this policy was flexible enough to work effectively in schools which often sit in vastly different contexts, both geographically and socially. School leaders ...
Oppose the system of National Standards that was introduced in 2010, and remove the requirement for schools to report against them. Support the continued implementation of the National Curriculum and reinstate the advisory service to advise on its ...
The legislation will makes it easier for unqualified and unregistered people to act as teachers in charter schools as well as removing the right of teachers to directly elect their own professional body. "The government has completely disregarded the ...
Labour Maori affairs spokeswoman Nanaia Mahuta and education spokesman Chris Hipkins indicated Labour had an "aspirational" target for Maori to be taught in all schools after the Maori Party's Te Tai Tokerau candidate, Te Hira Paenga, claimed Labour ...
Mr Paenga, who is a graduate of Kohanga Reo, Kura Kaupapa and Wharekura, and a later graduate of Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo (Institute of Excellence in the Māori Language), said that the word "māori" means natural, and that he would work with any ...
Party Policies - Adult and Community Education
Interest.co.nzIn 2008 a PricewaterhouseCoopers study showed that for every dollar invested in ACE by the government there was at least a $16 return. Labour will restore $13m per year for Adult and Community Education. Another $9m per year on top of that from 2018.
Thumbs down from school leaders for Govt education plan
Scoop.co.nzNZ Principals' Federation President Philip Harding said school leaders were not convinced that this policy was flexible enough to work effectively in schools which often sit in vastly different contexts, both geographically and socially. School leaders ...
Party Policies - National Standards
Interest.co.nzOppose the system of National Standards that was introduced in 2010, and remove the requirement for schools to report against them. Support the continued implementation of the National Curriculum and reinstate the advisory service to advise on its ...
Govtt continues bid to remove teachers' independence
Scoop.co.nz (press release)The legislation will makes it easier for unqualified and unregistered people to act as teachers in charter schools as well as removing the right of teachers to directly elect their own professional body. "The government has completely disregarded the ...
Labour tight-lipped about long-term plans for te reo in schools
Otago Daily TimesLabour Maori affairs spokeswoman Nanaia Mahuta and education spokesman Chris Hipkins indicated Labour had an "aspirational" target for Maori to be taught in all schools after the Maori Party's Te Tai Tokerau candidate, Te Hira Paenga, claimed Labour ...
Compulsory te reo: 'Good idea but must go further'
VoxyMr Paenga, who is a graduate of Kohanga Reo, Kura Kaupapa and Wharekura, and a later graduate of Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo (Institute of Excellence in the Māori Language), said that the word "māori" means natural, and that he would work with any ...
Debate over charter schools for Maori
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A Hamilton-based health provider bidding to establish a charter school is rejecting a claim that kura hourua set up Maori to fail. Te Kohao Health is responding to comments made by an education expert from Chile, who's in New Zealand to give lectures ...
Mr Trevino said Maori have a holistic approach to learning which is not prized in what he describes as a market-style education system. Research shows charter schools tend to select students that are more able to keep costs down, he said. He said the ...
The Maori language renaissance was born in the cities, at Marae like Hoani Waititi, and at Kohanga Reo in Auckland and Wellington. So much is owed to the people who led that, who were without doubt proud tribal people but who chose to make their lives ...
A Hamilton-based health provider bidding to establish a charter school is rejecting a claim that kura hourua set up Maori to fail. Te Kohao Health is responding to comments made by an education expert from Chile, who's in New Zealand to give lectures ...
Charter schools 'bad for Maori'
Radio New ZealandMr Trevino said Maori have a holistic approach to learning which is not prized in what he describes as a market-style education system. Research shows charter schools tend to select students that are more able to keep costs down, he said. He said the ...
Minister's Maori Language Strategy Is Wrong
waateanews.comThe Maori language renaissance was born in the cities, at Marae like Hoani Waititi, and at Kohanga Reo in Auckland and Wellington. So much is owed to the people who led that, who were without doubt proud tribal people but who chose to make their lives ...
Maori teachers reject bonus policy
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Maori educationalists say the Government is failing to invest in real solutions to improve outcomes for Maori students. The 200 delegates at the Kahui Whetu conference in Dunedin have called for $359m funding set aside for the Investing in Educational ...
Educators call for better spending to tackle inequality
Students with special learning needs are still missing out on help with their NCEA exams, despite the scrapping of an expensive assessment fee, say parents, schools and the Dyslexia Foundation. In March, a review of the special assessment conditions ...
Maori educationalists say the Government is failing to invest in real solutions to improve outcomes for Maori students. The 200 delegates at the Kahui Whetu conference in Dunedin have called for $359m funding set aside for the Investing in Educational ...
Educators call for better spending to tackle inequality
Support for special needs students stretched
Stuff.co.nzStudents with special learning needs are still missing out on help with their NCEA exams, despite the scrapping of an expensive assessment fee, say parents, schools and the Dyslexia Foundation. In March, a review of the special assessment conditions ...
Kerre McIvor: Lab rats in the classroom
For Labour, size matters. Particularly when it comes to education.Among a plethora of promises made by David Cunliffe this week was a commitment to cut teacher-student ratios in primary schools from 1:29 to 1:26 and to reduce the...
Imagine teaching every child in this country how to program a computer - from age 5. When you think about it, it is odd that we don't. Don't get me wrong. I know we have computers in the classroom. The kids all get a go and some...
Schools will be able to make the most of their new connections to the Managed Network with the establishment of an ICT Advisory Service. Announced this week by Nikki Kaye, Associate Education Minister, the targeted service will be delivered by Network ...
“That's why we're investing nearly $30 million dollars in our ICT grad schools for final year undergraduate and postgraduate training. They would be far better to endorse that approach. “And the party that has spent the last couple of months saying ...
Labour promises tech tax breaks
The similarities in educating disadvantaged children in New Zealand and Chile and the dangers of charter schools are the subjects of a public lecture at the University of Auckland this month. Professor Ernesto Treviño of the Universidad Diego Portales, ...
Pasifika students' education is the focus of a two day conference beginning today in Auckland. The conference will explore the importance of making connections in classrooms and with families, communities and agencies to help achieve educational ...
Starting the education early would help people "keep their financial house tidy", he said. The report found the relationship between New ... Maori students scored on average 466 points and Pasifika students 424. Students with an immigrant background ...
Govt ramps up ICT support for NZ schools
Techday NZSchools will be able to make the most of their new connections to the Managed Network with the establishment of an ICT Advisory Service. Announced this week by Nikki Kaye, Associate Education Minister, the targeted service will be delivered by Network ...
Govt mocks Labour's “out of date” ICT NZ plans…
Techday NZ“That's why we're investing nearly $30 million dollars in our ICT grad schools for final year undergraduate and postgraduate training. They would be far better to endorse that approach. “And the party that has spent the last couple of months saying ...
Labour promises tech tax breaks
Educating disadvantaged children
Scoop.co.nz (press release)The similarities in educating disadvantaged children in New Zealand and Chile and the dangers of charter schools are the subjects of a public lecture at the University of Auckland this month. Professor Ernesto Treviño of the Universidad Diego Portales, ...
Tauranga campus funds up for debate
The fate of the University of Waikato's proposed multimillion-dollar Tauranga campus could be decided today.University thinks big with $100m plan
A $100 million building investment by Victoria University is part of a grand plan to double student enrolments in the next 20 years.Pay rise of 1.25pc for UCOL staff
The drawn-out industrial dispute at UCOL has come to a close, with polytechnic staff pocketing a pay rise this week.Pasifika students are conference focus
Newstalk ZBPasifika students' education is the focus of a two day conference beginning today in Auckland. The conference will explore the importance of making connections in classrooms and with families, communities and agencies to help achieve educational ...
More money lessons needed in schools
New Zealand HeraldStarting the education early would help people "keep their financial house tidy", he said. The report found the relationship between New ... Maori students scored on average 466 points and Pasifika students 424. Students with an immigrant background ...
Students Oppose Library Closure
Elizabeth Berryman, President of the Otago University Medical Students’ Association, is today condemning the closure of the only dedicated library and study space for health professional students.College awarded own zone
An Auckland school will have a zone for the first time after a remarkable turnaround in its results and reputation.The move at Selwyn College in Kohimarama is part of a wider effort to cope with the growth in Auckland's population,...
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