Youth Week events happening around New Zealand

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Paula Bennett | Social Development and Employment
Youth Affairs Minister Paula Bennett welcomes the 2011 Youth Week theme for young New Zealanders to ‘Step Up, Be Heard, and Take Responsibility’. Youth Week runs from 21 to 29 May 2011. “Youth Week is about young people stepping up to the challenges before them and taking responsibility for their own futures,” says Ms Bennett...

Maori broadband group has mandate extended

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Steven Joyce | Communications and Information Technology
The mandate of Nga Pu Waea, the Maori working group on rural broadband, is to be extended to include the UFB network, the Government announced today. Maori Affairs Minister Dr Pita Sharples and Minister for Communications and InformationTechnology Steven Joyce made the announcement, together with a name change to the National Maori Broadband Working Group, as the outcome of the UFB tender was announced...

Ministry investigates staff advice over national standards - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
The Ministry of Education is investigating allegations its staff left a Nelson school with the clear impression it could say it is using the national standards when it is not. Radio New Zealand News reported the claims and similar allegations by ...

Critical links between breakfast-in-schools and achievement - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The government also continues to throw even more money into its flawed National Standards policy, despite the fact schools have no confidence in them. “National Standards will do nothing to raise student achievement because they don't take account of ...

Child Protection Training Programme adds new dates - TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views

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TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views
New Zealand is one of the only OECD countries that does not have mandatory child protection training for people working with children. Many of the key people in NZ working with children have not had sufficient training in knowing how to identify ...

Low uptake for out of school care subsidies - report

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Low income working parents are not getting the after school care they need for their children, according to a new report.

After-school care out of reach - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: After-school care out of reach Stuff.co.nz CHILDCARE BURDEN: Solo mother Isobel King and her children, from left, Jonathon, 8, Stephanie, 6, Georgina, 10, and Charlotte, 12, who go to after-school care. Parents who most need the support of out-of-school services to help care for their kids are ...

Build A Solid Foundation Through Educational Opportunities That Come Your Way ... - Voxy

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Voxy
As the new manager of Sunshine FM in Kaitaia, past NorthTec carpentry student, Paul Andrew, is eager to point out to others in the Far North that similar opportunities exist for them too, through seeking out courses in further education. ...

Educator: Send bad pupils to jail - Stuff.co.nz

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Pukekohe Intermediate pupil Lily Lynden, 12, said she was bullied to the point of anxiety-induced stomach aches, by a large group of girls in her class. The bullying, which was never physical, included name-calling, teasing and exclusion. ...

School drugs and weapons search rules on agenda - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Teachers will know by the end of this term what rights they have to search students who they suspect are carrying drugs or weapons at school. Education Minister Anne Tolley has written to principals confirming they will receive clarification on search ...

Future in good hands - Taranaki Daily News

Taranaki Daily News

URL: Future in good hands Taranaki Daily News Veteran Taranaki oilman Peter Vause is so concerned that not enough young people are being sufficiently trained to replace his generation, that's he's started his own training centre. Rob Maetzig backgrounds. In the old days when Peter Vause was a ...

College invites teachers to retire - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
A Christchurch college is asking its teachers to consider retiring as it attempts to cut costs. In a letter to staff, Linwood College principal Margaret Paiti said the school had no choice but to reduce expenditure. Last night, she said the school had ...

School of the Week: Pukehina Primary - The Bay of Plenty Times

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URL: School of the Week: Pukehina Primary The Bay of Plenty Times Paige Manning (bottom), 5, and Harmony Te Whata, 6, play on the school playground at Pukehina Primary School. Photo / John Borren. Imagine a school where there is one laptop per student, classes are small and children get one-on-one teaching. ...

Critical links between breakfast-in-schools and student achievement

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The loss of a crucial breakfast-in-schools programme raises serious questions about the government’s priorities for education and social spending, says the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa.

'Business as Usual' Not Realistic for Canterbury Academics

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The Tertiary Education Commission has told academics today at the University of Canterbury, Lincoln University and CPIT that it will be business as usual for their Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF) quality evaluations.