NZnews: Tuesday 20 January 2015

Programme inspires young people to achieve

Nikki Kaye | Youth
Youth Minister Nikki Kaye says 100 young people have been selected to take part in this year’s Prime Minister’s Youth Programme, which kicks off in Auckland next week. “This week-long programme is about fostering and celebrating the achievements of young people living in Auckland, who are facing and successfully managing challenges in their lives,” says Ms Kaye. “During the week, everyone involved will get to take part in a range of workshops and activities. ...

Teaching tech to the teachers

Stuff.co.nz
Teachers and curricula are being exposed as under skilled and unprepared, and schools complain they get little Ministry of Education support to teach programming. What makes this especially troubling is that the digital technology industry is New ...

Rose Patterson: Govt silent on failing charter school

One of New Zealand's first charter schools is failing, abysmally, and the Ministry of Education must stop dodging questions.Last year, the first batch of five brave pioneer charter schools began operations. Four received excellent...

Variety Kiwi Kids has waiting list of 200 children for class basics

More than 200 new children have joined a sponsorship waiting list as they face a school year without the basics.

Exercise sharpens young minds: research

Why my Pakeha child goes to Kohanga Reo

Stuff.co.nz (blog)
Quite possibly she could grow up to be like this without having attended Kohanga Reo, but I suppose it is me trying to make extra sure. I guess I am hoping that by sending her to a daycare (Te Kohao O Te Ngira Kohanga Reo at the Kirikiriroa Marae ...

Foreign student surge a challenge

Stuff.co.nz
"We try to keep what I call our own ceiling, our own maximum on the numbers of students we bring to the area." Gray said there were expectations from the Government that tertiary institutions would increase international student numbers but "we are to ...

Campaign aims to double Wellington's international student numbers by 2023

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Vice Chancellor of Victoria University Grant Guilford said “International education is critical to Wellington's social, cultural and economic future and it is great to see the commitment of our regions educational providers to work together for the ...

NCEA results give students opportunity

With the recent release of NCEA results, Waiariki Institute of Technology region’s students are now better prepared to make their decisions as to what their career pathways will be.

Second chance for NCEA teens

Thousands of teenagers across the Bay of Plenty breathed a sigh of relief with NCEA results being released last week. For many of these teens it’s the first step towards bright and rewarding careers.

A day in the life of... a Playcentre parent

As far as picking a day-in-the-life of Talia Goodger goes it's seemingly a poor one: a wet morning with 23 preschoolers at Balmoral's Playcentre. But expectation of toddler-grade cabin-fever is misplaced.Some kids do head inside...

Student dreams soured by false promises

Tertiary students from India and Nepal say they have been lured to Nelson with false promises of easy work and a great life, only to face a depressing struggle to pay their way and keep up their studies.

Principal despairs at rotting school

A PORIRUA principal has had enough of the leaky, rotting buildings her staff and students are working in and says a multimillion-dollar rebuild is urgently needed.

Graduates find jobs in diverse drilling industry

Tai Poutini Polytechnic’s drilling training programme is celebrating another successful year, with 100% of 2014 graduates snapped up by employers across the lucrative New Zealand industry.

TEU leader wants to defend democracy

Scoop.co.nz
Today prolific democracy campaigner and Victoria University academic Dr Sandra Grey takes up her position as president of the 10,000 strong Tertiary Education Union (TEU). ... Sandra Grey will be supported at TEU by three vice-presidents, Cat Pause, a...

VUW academic becomes new leader of Tertiary Education Union

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Sandra Grey will be supported at TEU by three vice-presidents, Cat Pause, a Human Development Senior Lecturer and Fat Studies researcher at Massey University, James Houkāmau, an Academic Support Coordinator for Māori students at Whitireia NZ and ...

Inzone Education Foundation at Epsom Grammar

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Epsom Girls Grammar School is getting set to welcome 16 new Maori and Pacifika students from throughout the North Island for the start of the new school year thanks to the INZONE Education Foundation establishing a new home Te Kainga Huarahi for the ...

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