Tuesday 12 August 2014

Tertiary institutions deliver strong education performance

Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
The tertiary education sector continued to produce strong educational performance in 2013, Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister, Steven Joyce says. The Tertiary Education Commission today released the 2013 Education Performance Indicators (EPIs) for providers receiving Student Achievement Component (SAC) funding which shows performance against the four EPIs of course completion rates; qualification completion rates; student progression at levels 1-4; and student retention. ...

Industry Training performance showing solid improvement

Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce today welcomed the release of the 2013 educational performance data for Industry Training Organisations (ITOs), which show solid improvements in the performance of their trainees and apprentices. “The big consolidation of the ITO sector from 39 down to 13 ITOs has resulted in larger organisations delivering better services for trainees and employers,” Mr Joyce says. ...

Vote looms on future of $359m education fund

Stuff.co.nz
Waikato primary and intermediate principals have gathered for information on the Government's $359 million education plan before a union-organised "reject or negotiate" vote must be cast. The Investing in Educational Success (IES) policy will involve ...

No more headaches as schools hook up to faster internet

Stuff.co.nz
Pond.co.nz - a resource-sharing site for teachers - is another project of the company. It will allow teachers to share their content and plans, as well as commenting on or sharing others' resources. "The best way of describing it is a mashup between ...

Unis frown on note-sharing website as bright students cash in

New Zealanders are uploading their lecture notes to a website that sells them on to other students and returns a share of the profit to the author.The University of Otago has discouraged its students from using the service, which...

Dingle youth project expands to tackle jobs

Mountaineer Graeme Dingle's youth charity is branching out from its original outdoors focus to try to connect school-leavers with employers and jobs.The Foundation for Youth Development, which Mr Dingle founded in 1994 as Project...