Thursday 28 May 2015

Friday 29 May 2015


Trailblazing education body a step closer 

Hekia Parata | Education
“Today’s gazetting of the official start date for the Education Council (EDUCANZ) is another step along the path towards the creation of a trailblazing professional leadership body,” Education Minister Hekia Parata says. The gazette notice confirms the Council will replace the New Zealand Teachers’ Council from 1 July 2015. Ms Parata says the Education Council is the new professional and regulatory body for the teaching profession. ...

Increase in achievement levels hailed

Hekia Parata | Education
A further increase in the proportion of students achieving NCEA has been hailed by Education Minister Hekia Parata. Since provisional NCEA results were issued in January the percentage of students achieving the all-important NCEA Level 2 qualification has risen from 87.1 percent to 88.3 percent as a result of reconsiderations and reviews and the late reporting of results for internally-assessed standards. Ms Parata says the proportion of students achieving NCEA Levels 1 and 3 has also risen. ...

$79k to fund opportunities for young people

Nikki Kaye | Youth
Youth Minister Nikki Kaye today announced that four recipients will receive a total of $79,000 funding under the Opportunities for Young People fund. “This funding comes from the Youth Enterprise Fund, which supports organisations providing hands-on learning opportunities for young people to develop entrepreneurial skills. “The Opportunities for Young People fund recognises that many young people are themselves coming up with projects that are creating social and environmental change, and these projects are worthy of support in their own right. ...

Sex education guidelines updated

Stuff.co.nz
Schools have been advised to address issues of consent and coercion in their sexuality lessons. The advice appears in the Ministry of Education's updated guidelines for schools on teaching sexuality education, which were released on Thursday. It is the ...
Updated sexuality education guide for schools released Scoop.co.nz
Sex education to cover consent 3News NZ
Schools urged to teach and respect diversity Gay NZ

Schools Will Reject 'Extreme' Sex Ed Guidelines

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Family First NZ says that most schools along with the parents in the schoolcommunity will rightly reject the extreme elements of the new sexuality education guidelines, and that resources should be targeted at parents to help them educate their own ...

Taking gender out of the equation 

Schools have been asked to consider offering gender-neutral uniforms as part of new sexuality education guidelines aimed at being more inclusive.Advice from the Ministry of Education, released yesterday, also suggested schools could...
There was once a time when a new father was free to relax, sit back and enjoy the warm glow of parenthood when his first child was born. It was not to be for lawyer Andrew Lee. Within three hours of his son Alexander's birth, Andrew,...

Nats break health and education spending promises

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
National has outstanding promises of almost $1 billion to be spent on health,education and agriculture from the Future Investment Fund but has only $536 million left in the fund, says Labour's Finance spokesperson Grant Robertson. “John Key and Bill ...

Boys' High v Christ's College

Stuff.co.nz
Christchurch Boys' High School fans taunt rival Christ's College supporters at the annual rugby fixture between the schools. ... Christs' College supporters were the loudest in the early exchanges, not letting their school's 14-year losing streak get ...

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