Students step up and Government backs them

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Paula Bennett | Earthquake Recovery
A volunteer army of Christchurch students is stepping up to help people in Christchurch and we’re backing them with funding says Social Development Minister Paula Bennett. “Just as they did after last September’s earthquake, students led by Sam Johnson are swinging into action and it’s truly humbling to see,” says Paula Bennett. Funding of $20,000 has been approved for the student clean up...

Govt expresses grave concern for Kings Education missing

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Steven Joyce | Earthquake Recovery
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce has this afternoon expressed grave concern for the staff and students of Kings Education, a private training establishment located on the third floor of the collapsed CTV Building. Kings Education is an international education private training establishment with students from a number of countries around the world.
Mr Joyce has spoken with Kings Education Director John Ryder to offer any additional support the government can give...

Update on Canterbury schools

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Anne Tolley | Earthquake Recovery
Education Minister Anne Tolley says while Christchurch City schools and early childhood education centres remain closed until further notice, some schools in Selwyn and Waimakariri may be able to open after the weekend, following the devastating earthquake. There are 215 schools across Christchurch, Waimakariri and Selwyn with around 76,000 students, and 415 ECE services. “We are doing all we can to support schools and ECE centres at this difficult time,” says Mrs Tolley...

Six schools significantly damaged in earthquake - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Six schools significantly damaged in earthquake New Zealand Herald St Paul's School was seriously damaged in the September quake and again on Tuesday. Photo / Mark Mitchell Six Christchurch schools have been significantly damaged following Tuesday's massive earthquake. Education Minister Anne Tolley today said the ...

Christchurch earthquake: 90 from language school missing - New Zealand Herald

Otago Daily Times

URL: Christchurch earthquake: 90 from language school missing New Zealand Herald Photo / Simon Baker Ninety students and staff from King's Education Ltd, housed in Christchurch's earthquake-ravaged Canterbury TV building, are either missing or unaccounted for. Of those nine were staff -- King's Education managing director Brian ...

Quake hits tertiary students at start of academic year - TVNZ

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URL: Quake hits tertiary students at start of academic year TVNZ The Christchurch earthquake has forced the closure of universities and polytechnics, affecting thousands of students at the start of the academic year. Tuesday's magnitude 6.3 quake struck on the second day of classes for the first semester of 2011 at ...

Schools take shaken pupils - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Schools take shaken pupils Stuff.co.nz Fifty children and teenagers from earthquake-ravaged Christchurch have joined South Canterbury classrooms in an attempt to return to routine. Thirty-three children have started at seven primary schools, while 17 have enrolled at three high schools. ...

Quake was like 'bomb going off' - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Mr Howison was trapped for more than an hour on the third floor of the PGC building with four co-workers from the Education Review Office after Tuesday's killer quake. The group had just finished lunch when the 6.3 magnitude quake struck about 12.50pm. ...

ERO's office in Christchurch was badly damaged and is now closed.

TEU Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 5

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Recovering from the earthquake As details of Tuesday's horrific earthquake continue to emerge it seems that hundreds of TEU members and their families have seen their workplaces and homes shaken or destroyed TEU national president Sandra Grey said, ...

Poor response to file early school reports - Hawke's Bay Today

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Hawke's Bay Today
Mark Johnson, HB Primary Principals' Association president At least two-thirds of Hawke's Bay schools have failed to follow the Government's request to file National Standards reports on student development four months early. Under the new National ...

Digital learning way of the future - Auckland stuff.co.nz

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URL: Digital learning way of the future Auckland stuff.co.nz MODERN CLASSROOM: Pakuranga College principal Mike Williams in one of the digital classrooms where students work on their own netbook computers. It's only a matter of time before all classrooms turn digital. That's the view of east Auckland principals ...

Whitcoulls: a proud Kiwi business success for most of its 128 years - Booksellers.co.nz

Booksellers.co.nz

URL: Whitcoulls: a proud Kiwi business success for most of its 128 years Booksellers.co.nz W & T also went promptly into the education area with a catalogue of educational works and a Teachers' Specimen Library. Clearly teachers could choose references and school texts from the selection. Financial security was important from the start; ...

Pupils help beautify stream - Hawke's Bay Today

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URL: Pupils help beautify stream Hawke's Bay Today LONG-LASTING CONTRIBUTION: Rebecca Lloyd and Sam Logan, Karapiro school leaders, with teachers and pupils from the school help Tom McGuire, kaumatua from Kohupatiki Marae, plant a totara tree. Photo / Duncan Brown LONG-LASTING CONTRIBUTION: Rebecca ...