Nikki Kaye | Education
Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye is pleased to announce that the $211 million project to provide schools with fast, reliable internet is running about twelve months ahead of schedule. “The rollout was due to be completed by the end of 2016, but I’m delighted to confirm that schools are being connected much faster than expected. “N4L, which is rolling out the Managed Network for schools, has advised me they now expect around ninety per cent of schools will be connected by the end of this year. ...
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce has announced the Government will invest almost $450,000 in co-funding through Education New Zealand towards 12 new growth initiatives in the international education industry. “The international education sector is performing very strongly and while we need to maintain this momentum in key markets, we must also accelerate the export of our education technology and services expertise,” says Mr Joyce. ...
Radio New Zealand
A new south Auckland charter school has taken a swing at state schools but another says it wants to support its neighbours rather than compete with them. Te Kura Maorio Waatea in Mangere said it has been set up because some state schools are failing ...
New Zealand Herald
From kindergarten or kohanga reo to the day we leave school, educational excellence is essential in every part of our community. National is working hard to ensure all our young people have the opportunity to engage in learning that meets their needs ...
Charter school enrolments have not been hurt by ongoing criticism, with some reporting significant roll increases. Last year about 360 students attended the first five of the publicly funded private schools and most had fewer students than the government was funding them for.
A new South Auckland charter school has taken a swing at state schools, but another says it wants to support its neighbours rather than compete with them.
Stuff.co.nz
Parents, students and community members of a central Auckland school marked the first day of the school year with a protest about the school's Maori bilingual unit. About 40 parents of Richmond Road School students staged an hour-long protest in front ...
Scoop.co.nz
The recent furore about Eleanor Catton's comments in India highlights the tension between those Kiwis who see themselves working for 'New Zealand Inc.' and those who want to give a more warts-and-all view of this country when they speak to ...
Manawatu Standard
Hawera's Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Ngati Ruanui held a powhiri yesterday to welcome six year 9 students. Previously a year 1 to 8 school, the Ministry of Education has granted it the ability to educate secondary school classes from year 9 to 13 ...
Stuff.co.nz
To help accommodate pupils, five new classrooms were built last year and the assembly hall has also been converted into learning spaces. Staff and board members welcomed pupils and their whanau with a powhiri, followed by a formal opening, which ...
A new community-focused teaching environment in Manawatu has plans to expand.
Schools' latest stationery demands are making some parents mad enough to cry - especially the discovery that tissues are now listed among their children's essentials.Parents opening packs or making last-minute purchases this week...
Twelve highly prestigious masters and doctoral scholarships are being offered by Waikato University’s research institutes.
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“They rely on the National Library to provide the service to support their classroomprogrammes. It is vital, especially to small schools and those who may have limited or patchy access to electronic resources. “Consultation has been really poor, but ...
3News NZ
"We've got some familiar items from both schools included in the new school, including a huge climbing frame that's been brought down from the Phillipstown site to the new school site so that the students even have some playground equipment that's ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Sport and Recreation Minister Jonathan Coleman is encouraging kids to sign up for aschool sport and get all the benefits that come with it. “With schools opening their doors for the start of another year it is a good time to think about getting active ...
As a school student you tend to avoid your deputy principal in the corridor, so imagine finding him studying at your university. That’s the experience Carl Maskell had when he started a Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Primary) at the University of ...
