New Zealand Herald
What better place to showcase the tourism we have in Aotearoa than here in Rotorua with Trenz. Photo/Ben Fraser. Congratulations to the participants of the recent Te Arawa Nga Manu korero speech competition held at Waiariki Institute of Technology.
Peter Lyons: NCEA's lack of competitiveness turn off for boys
Boys are often fun to teach. I always swore I would never teach at a boys' school given my own experiences at school in the 1970s. It was violent, brutish and dull. Sadly, I fitted in well.Boys tend towards the bovine and girls...
N4L: 1815 schools and counting as connections steam ahead
Educators NZ
More than 572,000 Kiwi students and teachers across 1815 schools can now access safe, fast internet thanks to the government-funded Managed Network. The Ministry of Education says nearly 40 schools connected to the network in the last few months, ...
A two-tier wage system is developing for those who teach the youngest Kiwis, according to some in the sector.
Education committee members who went to private school
Schools Week
Committee chair Neil Carmichael (Con, Stroud) attended a state primary school before moving to St Peter's School (pictured), a co-educational independent boarding and day school in York. Founded by St Paulinus of York in 627, it is the third oldest ...
Censure of teacher criticised
Education committee members who went to private school
Schools Week
Committee chair Neil Carmichael (Con, Stroud) attended a state primary school before moving to St Peter's School (pictured), a co-educational independent boarding and day school in York. Founded by St Paulinus of York in 627, it is the third oldest ...
Censure of teacher criticised
The principal of an Auckland primary school has criticised the Teachers' Disciplinary Tribunal for not being tougher on a teacher who managed a business and bought a house during class time.Ravinesh Chand, of Colwill School in Massey,...
Chinese student arrivals expected to hold up despite slowdown, stock slump
A slowdown in the Chinese economy and a slump in the country's stock markets which has eroded the savings of many investors isn't expected to crimp demand for education in New Zealand, where they are the largest source of international...
Porirua College struggling with parents to keep kids in class
The Press
Some students at a Wellington school are taken out of class by their parents for two months at a time "to visit granny". Porirua College, a decile one school where nine out of ten pupils are of Maori or Pasifika ethnicity, has gradually increased its ...
Rugby league used to tackle education in Tokoroa school
Stuff.co.nz
A Tokoroa primary school is tackling shortfalls in student achievement as just under half of its boys failed to reach national reading standards last year. Strathmore School has devised a rugby league themed reading programme in order "accelerate ...
New entrance scholarships increase opportunities at Otago The University of Otago today announced the expansion of its scholarship offerings for 2016 with the creation of a new scholarship as well as increases to existing scholarships for commencing ...
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