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Parata said while some children may not have gained a national standard, they could have made a 100 per cent improvement in literacy or numeracy - and that also needed to be recorded. "I want to have a fuller story to tell about schools, because really ...
Exams could move online and be done anytime: NZQA
Many teachers would like students to be able to do external assessment "online, anytime", NZQA says -- banishing end-of-year exams to history.Plans to get rid of paper-based exams for some subjects by 2018 are advanced, with the...
Minister must engage community in school closure decision
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Hekia Parata is closing these schools which have a long legacy of generating Māori leaders while she is choosing to keep open her experimental charter schools which get up to five times as much funding as the state schools down the road,” Nanaia ...
Statement - Turakina Māori Girls College Board of Trustees
The Turakina Māori Girls College Board of Trustees is devastated with the announcement this morning from the Minister of Education, expressing uncertainty on their future viability as a centre of learning.
Celebrating ten years of Māori academic achievement
University Vice-Chancellors have congratulated Te Kāhui Amokura on their 10th anniversary of working to lift Māori success in our universities.
Students struggle as debt set to reach $15b
Student debt is expected to soar past the $15 billion mark next year, according to a report released today.
Students suffering financial distress - struggling to pay rent, more need ...
Auckland stuff.co.nz
Increasing study fees are causing distress for students with almost half reporting they don't have enough income to meet their basic needs. Along with the struggle to make ends meet has come an increase in mental health counselling. The average student ...
Student debt is a monster
Student debt is a monster Working kiwis are burdened by student debt according to a report released today by the New Zealand Union of Students (NZUSA). The Income and Expenditure Report has found that students in tertiary education are facing some ...
Parents stumping up less for students
Financial support from parents is down the latest Tertiary Student Income and Expenditure Survey reveals.
Thousands for Asian language programmes in Waikato schools
Stuff.co.nz
In early 2015 stuff.co.nz reported on a Mandarin language club about to start at Hamilton Boys' High School, involving students who were native speakers tutoring. The Government set up the $10 million Asian Language Learning in Schoolscontestable fund ...
Lotu-Iiga thrilled local schools working together for kids
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“This means children will benefit from shared teaching practices and expertise, with teachers working alongside each other on goals to help improve educational outcomes in the classroom,” Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga says. “I'm proud our schools are working ...
Students struggle as debt set to reach $15b
Student debt is expected to soar past the $15 billion mark next year, according to a report released today.
Students suffering financial distress - struggling to pay rent, more need ...
Auckland stuff.co.nz
Increasing study fees are causing distress for students with almost half reporting they don't have enough income to meet their basic needs. Along with the struggle to make ends meet has come an increase in mental health counselling. The average student ...
Student debt is a monster
Student debt is a monster Working kiwis are burdened by student debt according to a report released today by the New Zealand Union of Students (NZUSA). The Income and Expenditure Report has found that students in tertiary education are facing some ...
Parents stumping up less for students
Financial support from parents is down the latest Tertiary Student Income and Expenditure Survey reveals.
Thousands for Asian language programmes in Waikato schools
Stuff.co.nz
In early 2015 stuff.co.nz reported on a Mandarin language club about to start at Hamilton Boys' High School, involving students who were native speakers tutoring. The Government set up the $10 million Asian Language Learning in Schoolscontestable fund ...
Lotu-Iiga thrilled local schools working together for kids
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“This means children will benefit from shared teaching practices and expertise, with teachers working alongside each other on goals to help improve educational outcomes in the classroom,” Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga says. “I'm proud our schools are working ...
Bilingual Otaki community to rally against the TPPA
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
All are invited to join Friday's March, organised by whanau whose children attend a local Kōhanga Reo. The march will be distinctly bilingual and bicultural under the auspices of local hapū. With speeches, songs and information in Māori and English.
Global pathways for students
Auckland stuff.co.nz
Southern Cross Campus director Warren Waetford has just returned from Vietnam where he spent time looking into vocational pathways for students. Teachers are encouraging students to open doors to the world and seek opportunities outside the classroom, ...
Lincoln University focusing on finances and lifting student numbers
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
All are invited to join Friday's March, organised by whanau whose children attend a local Kōhanga Reo. The march will be distinctly bilingual and bicultural under the auspices of local hapū. With speeches, songs and information in Māori and English.
Global pathways for students
Auckland stuff.co.nz
Southern Cross Campus director Warren Waetford has just returned from Vietnam where he spent time looking into vocational pathways for students. Teachers are encouraging students to open doors to the world and seek opportunities outside the classroom, ...
Lincoln University focusing on finances and lifting student numbers
Lincoln University needs an extra 300 new students enrolling each year.
AUT welcoming all to education through accessibility
Stuff.co.nz
Education is recognised as a fundamental human right and one New Zealand university is ensuring its doors are accessible to all. The Auckland University of Technology (AUT) has been working with social change agency Be Accessible on changing the ...
Stuff.co.nz
Education is recognised as a fundamental human right and one New Zealand university is ensuring its doors are accessible to all. The Auckland University of Technology (AUT) has been working with social change agency Be Accessible on changing the ...
Australian students are now eligible to apply for school leaver scholarships at the University of Waikato.
Two tertiary teaching awards for Canterbury
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The outstanding Canterbury teachers are Dr Herb de Vries from UC's College of Business and Law and Professor Angus Hikairo Macfarlane, who is Professor of Māori Research at UC and the University's first winner in the Kaupapa Māori category ...
Unitec must not remove right to debate change
Tertiary Update Vol 18 No 27 Unitec staff have an academic freedom right to debate what they teach, where they teach it and how they teach it, says TEU national president Sandra Grey. Unitec is proposing massive restructuring and privatisation projects that will cost up to three hundred staff their jobs and fundamentally changes the …
Two tertiary teaching awards for Canterbury
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The outstanding Canterbury teachers are Dr Herb de Vries from UC's College of Business and Law and Professor Angus Hikairo Macfarlane, who is Professor of Māori Research at UC and the University's first winner in the Kaupapa Māori category ...
Unitec must not remove right to debate change
Tertiary Update Vol 18 No 27 Unitec staff have an academic freedom right to debate what they teach, where they teach it and how they teach it, says TEU national president Sandra Grey. Unitec is proposing massive restructuring and privatisation projects that will cost up to three hundred staff their jobs and fundamentally changes the …
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