Minister welcomes TEC investment plans

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Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education
The government is investing more funding than ever before in core students in our tertiary system – with a focus on those studying at a higher level, says Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce. The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) has today publicly released individual investment funding decisions for all of our publicly funded tertiary institutions. ... read more

Blueprint for National Standards

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Mary Chamberlain, group manager, Curriculum Teaching and Learning – Design, shares more about the model used to develop National Standards.
NZ Ed Gazette article http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/Articles/Article.aspx?ArticleId=8187

Primary schools prepared for National Standards - ERO - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
The Education Review Office has found growing numbers of primary schools are ready for the introduction of National Standards despite a boycott by many ...

PPTA's demands excessive - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: PPTA's demands excessive Otago Daily Times The one-day strikes are a low-level action, but they have created inconvenience - inconvenience to pupils preparing for NCEA exams, inconvenience to working ...

Govt expects increase in completed degree courses - TVNZ

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TVNZ
"The 2011 investment plans will result in an estimated 2600 more core student places in our universities than in 2009," he said. ...

Govt Expects Increase In Completed Degree Courses - Voxy

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Voxy
"The 2011 investment plans will result in an estimated 2600 more core student places in our universities than in 2009," he said. ...

University sets 2011 budget - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
The Government also controlled what level of tuition fees universities could charge. Council member Dr Royden Somerville asked whether the level of ...

Industry training organisations facing cuts - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
Some industry training organisations are losing half their government funding due to the recession and funding cuts. The Industry Training Federation says ...

Hand Multimedia In Global E-learning Spotlight - Voxy

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Voxy
Roleplay's potential to save clients months of time and thousands of dollars in developing online "people skills" training resulted in their Best Innovation ... and more »

MR 2010/97 - Police Checks Retained but other Safeguards Removed

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"The retention of police checks for people wanting to work in some early childhood centres is a victory for commonsense, but other important safeguards are being removed.
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Dean Kent: Teach our kids to swim and save lives

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"About this time every summer, I start to worry. It's a beautiful time of year but I know that it's just a matter of weeks before the first drowning stories start coming in.Every time I read of a drowning I remember a day early..."

Student numbers set to surge in city - The Bay of Plenty Times

The Bay of Plenty Times

URL: Student numbers set to surge in city The Bay of Plenty Times He said students were aware they needed to apply to enrol early to avoid disappointment. Otumoetai College principal Dave Randall said the school advised ...

Fairfield fix still a fair way in future - Waikato Times

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Waikato Times
Two years after arriving at Fairfield College, commissioner Dennis Finn says there is no quick fix to the school's problems. Mr Finn was brought into the ...

Whangarei school to lead NZ's fibre rollout - 3News NZ

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URL: Whangarei school to lead NZ's fibre rollout 3News NZ At Manaia View School they make their own news show, the Pukeko Echo, which is one reason the Government chose them for its ultra-fast ...