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Dawn of a new era for education 
Hekia Parata | Education
Today marks a new era for teachers as the Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand opens its doors, says Education Minister Hekia Parata. The nine–member council officially takes over responsibility for teacher registration and disciplinary matters from the Teachers Council today, but it has a wider brief than the body it replaces. ...

NZQA congratulated on 25 years of service
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata has congratulated the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) on 25 years of service to education. “Soon after its inception NZQA garnered international attention when it established one of the first qualifications frameworks in the world, a framework that related all qualifications to each other and provided students with a variety of pathways to gain qualifications. ...

Education Minister Hekia Parata has no authority over boarding hostel
Stuff.co.nz
Education Minister Hekia Parata says she doesn't have the authority to sack the board or put in a commissioner to oversee the hostel at a troubled Auckland boarding school. Hato Petera College has come under fire from Kaitaia GP and children's health ...

Teachers lack faith in new council, say unions
The new body responsible for teacher registration comes into being today despite resistance and resentment from the very people it is supposed to be leading.

NZEI opposes new teacher regulation body
The Educational Institute says the new organisation for registering and disciplining teachers is a mess.

Anela Pritchard speech to school
This is a Facebook post put up by Anela Pritchard

Tom Haig: Are teachers really lazy?
So following on from puffer jackets a few weeks ago, the big education story of the moment is a student who may or may not have been stood down for posting a speech critical of her teachers on Facebook.Despite the ethics of turning...

Maori place in teriary education
waateanews.com
Maori involved in tertiary education will gather in Otautahi next week to discuss ways to make the sector more receptive to Maori students and learning. Ngahiwi Apanui from Ako Aotearoa says the annual hui has become an important clearing ground for ...

Students staying engaged at our local schools
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
List MP Jono Naylor says there has been a significant drop in the number of school students being suspended and expelled from schools in Palmerston North. “Under National, kids are staying in school longer and getting better results,” Jono Naylor said.

Kiwis head to ranked US universities
Auckland stuff.co.nz
Viranchi Patel has been given a free pass to one of the top universities in the world. Patel, 23, is one of three North Shore residents and 84 New Zealanders to win a Fulbright award this year and will start at Stanford University in September. The ...

South Auckland school tries to ensure safety after rugby brawl
Stuff.co.nz
One of the schools involved in a south Auckland rugby brawl is speaking with students and organisations in a bid to ensure student safety. A 14-year-old boy was knocked unconscious when the fight between teams and supporters from Otahuhu College and ...

Redcliffs School delivers plea not to close
Three generations of Redcliffs School pupils were represented when a plea not to close the school was hand-delivered to the Government.

School-Police partnerships important for student learning
Scoop.co.nz
Students learn better when they feel safe and they are safe. Partnerships between schools and police to address issues such as online safety, travelling safely to and from school, vandalism and bullying help create an environment where students and ...

Mathematically-minded students compete at Massey
Stuff.co.nz
Students from throughout Manawatu got a chance to show off their arithmetic skills at the competition in Palmerston North on Thursday. Twenty-one teams each comprisedof three year 12 students, answered 35 mathematics and statistics questions of ...

830 attend education convention
NZ Catholic
Cardinal John Dew with a number of attendees at the NZ Catholic Education Convention, held from June 10 to 12. (Photo courtesy of St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Massey). New Zealand's Catholic bishops were among those who attended.

Mt Albert Primary School set for lift in learning
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
She says the project began life four years ago as a five classroom block, but it became obvious during the early design stages that the school, which has a current roll of more than 350 students, would need more classrooms. “The brief was changed to ...

Hawke's Bay student claims she was suspended over speech criticising school
3News NZ
A war of words has broken out after a Hawke's Bay student says she was suspended for giving a speech criticising teachers and the school system - but the school says that wasn't the case and she's welcome back. But Anela Pritchard, a 15-year-old ...

Graduate Women Manawatū gives $60K to postgrads
Massey News (press release)
Nine post-graduate women students at Massey University's Manawatū campus were awarded $60,000 to help further their research across diverse topics, from teaching maths to Pasifika pupils to iron deficiencies in pregnant women, and starfish physiology ...

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