Education Amendment Bill passes third reading
Steven Joyce | Education
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce and Education Minister Hekia Parata today welcomed the passing of the Education Amendment Bill (No 2). The Bill establishes a new professional body for the education profession, the Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand (EDUCANZ), and modernises and strengthens governance arrangements for universities and wānanga.
The New Zealand Internet Exchange (NZIX) has welcomed New Zealand Schools as a 'significant' new member. Operated by CityLink, the NZIX offers multi-lateral and bi-lateral exchange of traffic between peers. It has been running since 1998 and now has ...
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce and Education Minister Hekia Parata today welcomed the passing of the Education Amendment Bill (No 2). The Bill establishes a new professional body for the education profession, the Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand (EDUCANZ), and modernises and strengthens governance arrangements for universities and wānanga.
Significant milestone for Christchurch schools
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced that Queen Elizabeth II Park (QEII) is the preferred relocation and co-location site of Avonside Girls’ High School and Shirley Boys’ High School. “Co-locating the schools at this site will enable both to have access to modern learning environments, which support flexible teaching styles and provide comfortable, adaptable spaces for students to learn in,” says Ms Parata. ...
Mandarin Language Assistants welcomed
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata today welcomed 38 Mandarin Language Assistants from China to New Zealand at Parliament. The graduates from universities in China will spend the year assisting teachers of Mandarin in 80 New Zealand schools. They are in Wellington for an orientation week run by Victoria University’s Confucius Institute. “Since 2010, Mandarin Language Assistants have helped to inspire students by providing invaluable social and cultural insights essential for a full understanding of the language,” says Ms Parata. ...
NZ signs education agreement with Qatar
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
Tertiary Education, Skills & Employment Minister, Steven Joyce, has welcomed the signing of an agreement to strengthen New Zealand’s education relationship with Qatar. Associate Minister of Trade, Todd McClay, and the State of Qatar’s Minister for Education and Higher Education, Dr. Mohammed Al-Hammadi, signed the agreement in Doha. "Qatar is investing significantly in the future of its education sector and is becoming an increasingly important market for New Zealand export education organisations. ...
The controversial Education Amendment Bill that has been under fire from the Opposition and teachers' unions was passed in Parliament last night. The Bill - which creates a new professional body for the teaching profession - has triggered a warning...
Labour: Teachers lose autonomy in Education Amendment Bill
Govt cuts staff and students from university councils
Parliament voted last night to remove the legal right of staff and students to have democratically elected representatives on their governing university and wānanga councils.Education Amendment Bill passes Parliament
Stuff.co.nzThe controversial Education Amendment Bill that has been under fire from the Opposition and teachers' unions was passed in Parliament last night. The Bill - which creates a new professional body for the teaching profession - has triggered a warning...
Labour: Teachers lose autonomy in Education Amendment Bill
‘Now it’s in your hands’ students tell University Councils
The Government passed its widely-panned Education Amendment Bill in a rush through Parliament last night. The bill shrinks New Zealand’s university councils down to a maximum of 12 and removes the requirement for student and staff representatives ...
The Government has once again made ad hoc and short term cuts in the Tertiary Education sector, says Labour’s tertiary education spokesperson David Cunliffe.
“This is heavy-handedness by Hekia Parata is the latest in a string of bad decisions by the minister which have led to disastrous changes to the education sector including charter schools, Novopay and national standards. “It's time for National to call ...
The Labour Party says teachers have lost their autonomy with the passing of the Education Amendment Bill. The Bill passed last night and establishes a new governing council for the education profession, the Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand ...
RIP teachers' autonomy
Scoop.co.nz (press release)“This is heavy-handedness by Hekia Parata is the latest in a string of bad decisions by the minister which have led to disastrous changes to the education sector including charter schools, Novopay and national standards. “It's time for National to call ...
Labour: Teachers lose autonomy in Education Amendment Bill
3News NZThe Labour Party says teachers have lost their autonomy with the passing of the Education Amendment Bill. The Bill passed last night and establishes a new governing council for the education profession, the Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand ...
Rick Ede: University-centric view risks losing talent
Students who missed out on University Entrance (UE) in the wake of NZQA changes should know their aspirations for higher education, and a great career, are still alive and well.There are a range of pathways available to jobs with...Government once again misses opportunity to work with teachers
The Government has once again shown its disregard for the teaching profession by pushing through legislation removing democratically elected teachers from their own professional body.
Last week schools started receiving the provisional results from last year's NCEA examinations from the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA). Although the ... There was 88 per cent achievement at level two and 84.1 per cent at level three ...
Education Minister Hekia Parata today released new information showing how iwi around New Zealand are achieving in education. The iwi education profiles provide an iwi-by-iwi breakdown of how Maori students are performing in the education system.
TEENAGERS educated at Ngati Porou schools are among some of the highest-achieving Maori school-leavers in the country, new Government figures show. Individual education profiles for iwi, released by the Ministry of Education, show 73.9 percent of ...
Principals pleased by NCEA results
Stuff.co.nzLast week schools started receiving the provisional results from last year's NCEA examinations from the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA). Although the ... There was 88 per cent achievement at level two and 84.1 per cent at level three ...
Maori education stats at a glance – comparing success across iwi/hapu lines ...
TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & ViewsEducation Minister Hekia Parata today released new information showing how iwi around New Zealand are achieving in education. The iwi education profiles provide an iwi-by-iwi breakdown of how Maori students are performing in the education system.
Ngati Porou education data among best in NZ
Gisborne HeraldTEENAGERS educated at Ngati Porou schools are among some of the highest-achieving Maori school-leavers in the country, new Government figures show. Individual education profiles for iwi, released by the Ministry of Education, show 73.9 percent of ...
ICT qualification 'essential' for all school leavers
The lack of students leaving secondary school with Information and Communications Technology qualifications has been a concern for several years, however the Auckland Business Leaders Group says fixing it more urgent than ever.The...
In November last year Datacom attended the New Zealand Job Fair in Sydney, organised by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.It came away with a dozen or so prospects, either Australians or New Zealand expats who...
Scholarly gains from international students
Stuff.co.nz
In 2013, Wellington earned $177 million through international education, or on average $40,000 perstudent. That included fees, accommodation, entertainment and other living expenses. Numbers of international students in ...
NZIX provides Kiwi schools with faster, better internet
Educators NZThe New Zealand Internet Exchange (NZIX) has welcomed New Zealand Schools as a 'significant' new member. Operated by CityLink, the NZIX offers multi-lateral and bi-lateral exchange of traffic between peers. It has been running since 1998 and now has ...
Screen overload: screen time affecting kids' health
Educators NZ
The report says the Ministry of Health should consider screen time as a personal health and well-being issue, and should be formally included in the health education curriculum, taught in the classroom from primary school. The Report “WE NEED TO TALK ...
The report says the Ministry of Health should consider screen time as a personal health and well-being issue, and should be formally included in the health education curriculum, taught in the classroom from primary school. The Report “WE NEED TO TALK ...
Trades training for Maori and Pasifika youth
Scoop.co.nz
Auckland-based Maori and Pasifika Trades Training – which has support from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) – will provide young people, aged 18 to 34, with free access to courses ...
The National Library plans to close its service that allows teachers to request reference books for classrooms. Instead teachers and students will have to source all non-fiction material online or from elsewhere. NZEI Te Riu Roa National President ...
Auckland-based Maori and Pasifika Trades Training – which has support from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) – will provide young people, aged 18 to 34, with free access to courses ...
Teachers oppose plans to withdraw reference books to schools
Scoop.co.nz (press release)The National Library plans to close its service that allows teachers to request reference books for classrooms. Instead teachers and students will have to source all non-fiction material online or from elsewhere. NZEI Te Riu Roa National President ...
High schools to be built at QEII
Christchurch high schools Avonside Girls' and Shirley Boys' will both be built at Queen Elizabeth II Park.
A primary school principal has resigned just months after being appointed at a rural western Southland school. The Ministry of Education confirmed yesterday that Craig Chapman had resigned as principal of Hauroko Valley Primary School in January after ...
Southland principal resigns just months after appointment
Stuff.co.nzA primary school principal has resigned just months after being appointed at a rural western Southland school. The Ministry of Education confirmed yesterday that Craig Chapman had resigned as principal of Hauroko Valley Primary School in January after ...
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