Wednesday 17 December 2014

18 December 2014

Minister thanks all involved in kids’ learning

Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata has thanked parents, whānau and staff across the education sector for their passion and commitment to making sure all kids get the best possible education. “We’re making great progress with kids starting earlier in education, staying longer, and leaving better qualified, and we have built on that throughout this year. ...

$500k ‘financial literacy’ recipients announced

Nikki Kaye | Youth
Youth Minister Nikki Kaye is pleased to announce that 12 successful applicants will receive a total of $500,000 over three years, to deliver initiatives for youth supported by the Financial Literacy Fund. “I expect around 10,000 young people will benefit from these initiatives, including many from identified communities of need, such as Kaitaia and South Auckland. “The fund supports organisations to help young people improve their financial awareness, so they can do everything from avoid getting into debt, to maybe one day starting their own business. ...

Funding finalised for school payroll company

Steven Joyce | Novopay
Minister Responsible for Novopay, Steven Joyce, has announced that Cabinet has finalised funding arrangements for Education Payroll Limited for the 2014/15 year. The customisations of the Novopay software have now been valued at $9.4 million. This takes the total value of the settlement paid by Talent2 to the Ministry of Education to between $29 million and $32 million. Cabinet has also finalised the costs of the transition to and operation of the company for the 2014/15 year, and will make an additional appropriation of $8.7m to meet those costs. ...
Nikki Kaye | Education
Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye confirmed today that $23.5 million of funding has been approved towards the second stage of redevelopment of Southern Cross Campus. Southern Cross is a decile 1, co-ed state school for years 1 to 13 in Māngere, Auckland. “This is about fulfilling the Government’s commitment to prioritise several major school redevelopments in Auckland. ...
Teaching can be a hard job where you're left "wondering how you've ever controlled a class", says Brian Stephenson, St Paul's College's outgoing head of science.But you don't stick around for 36 years without the good outweighing...

Special needs unit in funds appeal

A special needs unit at Addington School could face an uncertain future if funding is not found soon.
And their lowest paid colleagues Tertiary Update Vol 17 No 44 Last week the State Services Commission announced the total remuneration for chief executives and vice-chancellors at public tertiary education institutions. Prof Stuart McCutcheon earned at least $660,000. That is 25 times more than one of his lowest paid colleagues at the University of Auckland; […]

More Far North schools to roll out digital classrooms

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Chromebooks are laptop computers with limited offline capability, designed to be used primarily while connected to the Internet. They are the face of the 'digitalclassroom' system and provide access to a closed and secure environment where sharing ...

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