Sunday 20 July 2014

Monday, 21 July 2014

Excellent progress on education results

Steven Joyce | Education
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce and Education Minister Hekia Parata today welcomed the release of the 2014 mid-year Better Public Service results, which show great progress towards the Result Areas 5 and 6 education targets. Result 5 targets increasing the proportion of 18-year-olds with NCEA level 2 or equivalent qualification to 85 per cent by 2017, while Result 6 targets 55 per cent of the population aged 25 to 34 years having a Level 4 or higher qualification by 2017. ...

Social sector makes gains in BPS targets 

Tony Ryall | Education
Results released today show good progress is being made to achieve the Government’s Better Public Services targets, say social sector Ministers Tony Ryall, Paula Bennett and Hekia Parata. “This National-led Government is committed to ensuring New Zealand children are getting a better start in life,” Health Minister Tony Ryall says. “We all need to work together to support children, young people and their families and the Better Public Services targets help us do this,” says Social Development Minister Paula Bennett. ...
The Green Party is planning to extend the early-childhood education subsidy to 2-year-olds to ensure all children had enough to thrive.

Bolger calls for compulsory Maori teaching

Stuff.co.nz
At his school, with 80 per cent Maori students, te reo was integrated into curriculum areas, for example counting and shapes in maths, or with their iwi, hapu and local landmarks in geography. The Ministry of Education said Maori language education was ...

Labour pledges to 'celebrate and safeguard' te reo

A Labour Government will encourage learning and the use of te reo in schools to ensure more children have the opportunity to learn the language, the Labour Party says.The party announced its Te Reo Rangatira policy in Auckland today. It...
Children in primary school are not generally offered subject options. They receive a range of nationally prescribed subjects and skills that will enable them to participate happily, equally and productively in the life of New Zealand....

Te Reo Maori 'a doorway to opportunity'

SunLive
“Te reo Maori is a taonga. As a country New Zealand is a leader in indigenous language learning settings such as Te Kohanga Reo, Kura Kaupapa and Wharekura. Students graduating from these institutions have a higher proportion of success and positive ...

Te Ao Maori course opens doors to tertiary study « LiveNews.co.nz

MIL OSI – Source: Bay Of Plenty Polytechnic – Press Release/Statement. Headline: Te Ao Maori course opens doors to tertiary study. Bay students wishing to transition into diploma or degree study have been given fresh ...

Proposed school zones cause upset 

A public school turf war has broken out in the quiet Auckland suburbs of Greenlane and Remuera.
Labour's new policy is kicking off a debate about class sizes with TEU calling for parties to tackle overcrowded lecture theatres.
The University of Otago graduate longitudinal study in 2012 found 1 in 6 students were unable to purchase necessities such as housing and food by their third year in tertiary education. It's figures like that which has Labour and .... The TEU is a new union for all staff; everybody who works in tertiary education, including polytechnics, teacher education, universities, wānanga and private training institutions, REAPs and OTEPs. We are a democratic organisation and we ...
Pati Suailua looked at buying a laptop for his six children to share - now, thanks to a school lease system, he has four Chromebooks in the house.

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