400 pupils may lose qualifications
New Zealand HeraldThe TEC has also confirmed Deloitte is conducting an investigation into a third Maori education provider - Manaakitanga Aotearoa Charitable Trust, a Rotorua based private training organisation that offers the same level 4 and 6 qualifications as those ...
$3.6m repaid, and staff resign, after failure of Maori courses at WITT
'Overfunded' education provider ordered to pay back $3.7m
Polytech pays $3.7m back to government
WITT to repay $3.7m in funding
Radio New Zealand
An independent report found the Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (WITT) had not met delivery or funding standards for Maori Performing Arts courses between 2009 and 2013. The combined Tertiary Education Commission and New Zealand ...
Yesterday the Daily News revealed Taranaki's polytech had been forced to hand back $3.7 million of funding to the government after graduating students from two Maori performing arts courses they probably did not attend. The 347 students who received ...
Education funding must support students in need no matter what school they attend, says New Zealand First. “It's heartening that Minister of Education Hekia Parata is considering a review of the decile rating funding component for public schools,” says ...
School on tenterhooks over decile ratings
Schools' funding on line in review
An independent report found the Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (WITT) had not met delivery or funding standards for Maori Performing Arts courses between 2009 and 2013. The combined Tertiary Education Commission and New Zealand ...
Witt failed us: students
Stuff.co.nzYesterday the Daily News revealed Taranaki's polytech had been forced to hand back $3.7 million of funding to the government after graduating students from two Maori performing arts courses they probably did not attend. The 347 students who received ...
Top tips for acing your NCEA exams
Exam time is here for thousands of students across the country. Before the summer fun starts, now is the time do get that last minute revision done.Here are six top tips to make the most out of the study time you have left: 1....Could do better: annual report card for schools
Plenty of improvement but still much to work on - the New Zealand schooling sector has been given its annual report card.The Ministry of Education report, New Zealand Schools - A report on the compulsory schools sector in New Zealand...Target School Funding to Student Needs
Scoop.co.nz (press release)Education funding must support students in need no matter what school they attend, says New Zealand First. “It's heartening that Minister of Education Hekia Parata is considering a review of the decile rating funding component for public schools,” says ...
School on tenterhooks over decile ratings
Schools' funding on line in review
As a school decile shake up looms Rose Patterson argues there are bigger ...
Interest.co.nzEach school has a decile rating of between 1 (the lowest) and 10 (the highest), which reflects the extent to which schools draw their student populations from low socio-economic backgrounds. Decile one ... Does school zoning hold to NZ's egalitarian ...
Quakes affect school decile ratings
Stuff.co.nzMinistry staff members are contacting all schools across the country over the next 10 days to let them know the outcome of its latest recalculation of school decile ratings, based on the 2013 Census. Decile ratings are normally recalculated every five ...
Counsellors call for more and better sex education
The incidences of teenage boys getting girls drunk and pushing them into sex will only escalate without more education, say school counsellors.UN: Education Takes Centre-Stage in Sustainable Future
Scoop.co.nz (press release)... The role education can play in preparing the world's youth for a sustainable future is becoming increasingly relevant, particularly as the planet is set to face growing economic, social and environmental challenges, the head of the United Nations ...
Evolve Education confirms IPO listing
3News NZEvolve Education was set up in May by Greg Kern and Russell Daly of Queensland-based Kern Group and has agreed to acquire several New Zealand childcare businesses, including Lollipops Educare, the in-home childcare Porse Group, Wellington-based ...
Partnership Schools: The Path to Quality Education
Scoop.co.nz (press release)On this occasion, the topic is the ongoing journey that Partnership Schools face as they improve standards and face political opposition. Last week's newsletter, on social housing, can be read here: http://www.act.org.nz/posts/newsletter-stocks-and-flows.
College leadership criticised in report
Aparima College is at risk unless the relationship between the management and governance can be solved, a commissioner says.Huge educational spinoffs if Timaru wins the Gigatown
Scoop.co.nz (press release)As Gigatown, Timaru would have the country's fastest internet. Cabrera said this would increase the institute's ability to deliver quality education to the region and beyond. Cabrera said technology, and in particular the speed and quality of data ...
Young authors & readers to create soundtracks for e-books
Scoop.co.nz (press release)The New Zealand Book Council and Booktrack have teamed up with top Kiwi author Brian Falkner to pilot a new initiative for young authors to create soundtracks to e-books in the classroom. Brian Falkner will visit Hobsonville Point Secondary School ...
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