Sunday 5 October 2014

Monday 6 October 2014

NZnews will be taking a short break and will return on Monday 13 October 2014.

Time to give top marks to Kiwi teachers

Stuff.co.nz
As World Teachers Day looks towards appreciating teachers and the work that they do, we want to hear your tales from the classroom. Faced with increasing class sizes, changing curriculums and national standards, the teacher's lot isn't always a happy one.

Lucky to be a Kiwi teacher

Stuff.co.nz
Constantly being told that National Standards are not just a benchmark but a measure of your skill, dedication and effectiveness is easily the most frustrating part of teaching. Forget that you have helped a child who could hardly string a coherent ...

University should be stretching our minds, not pockets

I always thought university would be a lusty, vibrant and vivid world. It would be full of passionate debate, prompted by professors looking like hipster bats in their furry hooded gowns. Like QI. With protests.So far, at university...

University rankings: Sliding status won't put employers off - expert

Kiwi employers working through a pile of CVs are unlikely to care how applicants' place of study compares on international rankings.They may have noted last week's media reports on the latest university rankings that showed institutions...

Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi staff damage the tertiary providers reputation

Māori Television
Māori Tourism certificate 'Hei Manaaki' is at the centre of the investigation, which saw the provider having to repay $5.9 million to the Tertiary Education Commission and the cancellation of 217 of the certificates to supposed graduates of the course ...
Warriors stars stripped of qualifications after Maori educator rort
Exclusive: Warriors caught up in $6m tourism scandal
Wananga repays $6m in course funding

Te Matatini release statement on Whare Wānanga investigation

Māori Television
Yesterday, in relation to the investigation of the management of the National Certificate in Tourism Māori 'Hei Manaaki', a course provided by Te Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, Te Matatini have released a statement with an understanding that members of the ...

Gender Pay Gap No Surprise to Education Support Workers

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Six years ago an independent job evaluation report by the Pay Equity Commission showed that when compared with the male dominated job of corrections officer, education support workers were paid as much as $8 an hour less. The incoming government ...

NZEI Te Riu Roa congratulates Hekia Parata on her reappointment as Minister of Education

NZEI Te Riu Roa congratulates Hekia Parata on her reappointment as Minister of Education

New push to get student loan applications through early

A new campaign is encouraging tertiary students to get their student loan and allowance applications through early.The Studylink campaign, which urges students to submit their applications by December 16, was developed in partnership...

Home has huge effect on education

Otago Daily Times
Education and Poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand: The title of this publication refers to the number of hours children in New Zealand will have spent at school during their compulsory attendance years from age 5-16.

Schools struggling with cold, damp, leaky classrooms

Ken Pemberton, Principal of Murrays Bay School on Auckland's North Shore; Trish Plowright, Principal of Elm Park school in Pakuranga; and Kim Shannon is the Ministry's Head of Education Infrastructure Service.

school zones 'competitive, polarised'

Stuff.co.nz
Hamilton schools are caught in a catch-22 cycle of either growth or stagnation with those boasting burgeoning rolls and flash facilities drawing ever more students while those without get left behind, an educator says. Recently-retired Waikato ...

Schools to get new drug advice

Education programmes in schools seldom lead to reduced use of alcohol and drugs by students.That and other research findings will be the basis of advice the Ministry of Education will give to schools by the end of the year.It...

Virtual thank-yous from past pupils

Manawatu Standard
The huge role teachers play in the lives of Kiwi kids was acknowledged by the Ministry of Education in honour of World Teachers' Day, which was yesterday. The Secretary for Education, Peter Hughes, said teachers did an incredible job to help children ...

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