Monday 6 April 2015

Tuesday 7 April 2015

Māori & Pasifika Trades Training expands 

Steven Joyce | Maori Development
The Government today announced further expansion of the Māori & Pasifika Trades Training initiative with the selection of three new consortia to join the scheme. The three join 12 providers already chosen to assist young Māori and Pasifika people to gain qualifications, New Zealand apprenticeships and employment in trades that are in demand across the country. ...

Much better start of year for Novopay

Steven Joyce | Novopay
Minister Responsible for Novopay, Steven Joyce, has congratulated school administrators and Novopay staff and contractors for the strongest result yet for the busiest payroll period in the school year. Mr Joyce has today released reports on complaints and notifications for Pay Periods 22-26, which is known as the Start-of-Year period. During the Start-of-Year period, administrators and the payroll company must enter and re-enter payroll information for some 40,000 new and returning staff for the start of the school year. ...

Decile rating changes put squeeze on schools

Some of Taranaki's smaller schools are feeling the squeeze following government changes to the way they are funded.

Education companies now on same wavelength

New Zealand-based international education company Cognition Education is buying online learning company Wavelength for an undisclosed sum.The two companies work in similar sectors, with Cognition Education focusing on face-to-face...

Te Reo plan 'overlooks' urban Maori

Radio New Zealand
However, the politicians have asked the group to think about a number of factors, including the role of iwi, Maori and the Crown; the future role of the Maori Language Commission; public accountability; and how the education sector fits in to the wider...

Scope of preschool ID alerts watchdog

Pressure to broaden the use of identification numbers attached to preschoolers has concerned the Privacy Commissioner.Most children in early childhood education (ECE) have been assigned a national student number under a new Government...

Computers take learning out of equation

No more listicles. I just read a listicle about 12 things to get yourself through hard times. First suggestion: "Google state parks and see which ones hire canoes." Oh, do sod right off, pal.Instead I went shopping with our 10-year-old...

Lincoln University employed fraudulent consultant

Stuff.co.nz
Some staff at Lincoln are concerned Roger Pikia - who boasts creating "new revenue streams" for the university on his LinkedIn profile - is a risk to the university'sreputation. But vice-chancellor Andrew West, who has known Pikia since 2004 ...

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