NCEA failure rate 'not unusual' - The Ashburton Guardian

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The Ashburton Guardian
That roughly half of Year 13 students leave school without a NCEA Level 3 qualification is not alarming nor uncommon, local principals say. The national average for those leaving Year 13 last year without gaining their ...

Capital debate: Top Wellington school - The Dominion Post

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The tables show 2010 NCEA pass rates, along with numbers of pupils who achieved excellence and merit, in years 11, 12 and 13 based on school roll numbers as of July 1, 2010. In many cases, the numbers of pupils who were undertaking NCEA either went up ...

Youth suffer 'shocking' dental health - Stuff.co.nz

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The school convinced a local dental surgery to close for a week to treat pupils. Dentists were paid an annual fee for each enrolled youth under 18, which was supposed to cover a checkup and treatment, he said. This often did not cover costs, ...

Students take part in global census - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Students take part in global census Stuff.co.nz CensusAtSchool - run by Auckland University's Department of Statistics, the Ministry of Education and Statistics New Zealand - was designed to teach students the value of statistics in everyday life, census coordinator Rachel Cunliffe said. ...

Primary healthcare failing NZers - NZ City

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Groundbreaking research by a Christchurch high school has shown that primary healthcare is failing young New Zealanders. Linwood College's Alan Parris led the project which found medical issues such as poor eyesight, hearing and oral health stop ...

900 medical specialists look to close Indigenous gap - TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views

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The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP), Australia's largest specialist medical college, will hold its annual Congress this year with the theme Take up the Challenge: Indigenous Health and Chronic Disease. The Congress will address a ...

Opinion: Books, Socrates and apprentices - Auckland stuff.co.nz

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URL: Opinion: Books, Socrates and apprentices Auckland stuff.co.nz "I now fill the role of industry manager for ETITO, the industry training organisation for electrotechnology. "I regularly meet training providers, industry bodies and employers and am responsible for maintaining the national training system for ...

School marae success - Northland Independent Community

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URL: School marae success Northland Independent Community TAKING SHAPE: Kamo High School's Lucille Spring and Bernie Taffs are proud of the marae being built on the school grounds. A new school marae could already be helping to raise the achievement rates of Maori students. Kamo High School is building the ...