MP lends ear to educators in Hawke's Bay - Hawke's Bay Today

Hawke's Bay Today

URL: MP lends ear to educators in Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay Today Mrs Moroney visited Early Childhood Education centres and primary schools to talk to educators about the recent ECE Taskforce report and National Standards. She said the Government's Taskforce was a hot topic with ECE providers such as Te Kohanga Reo ...

Surpluses at public institutions raise questions about priorities

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Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 25
Ministry of Education statistics show the average surplus as a percentage of revenue at public tertiary education providers climbing dramatically from 1.9 percent in 2006 to 5.2 percent last year. In 2006 public tertiary education providers made a combined surplus of $66 million on revenue of $3.5 billion. Last year the same institutions made a combined surplus of $280 million on revenue of $4.4 billion.

Govt 'recognises preschool concerns'

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Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples says the Government recognises concerns by the Kohanga Reo National Trust that Maori early childhood centres are being discriminated against.

Kohanga Reo important for diversity - academic

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A Maori Studies expert says assessing Kohanga Reo against Ministry of Education standards is “comparing apples with oranges”.

Hundreds protest 'bias' against kohanga

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About 400 Maori descended on the Waitangi Tribunal yesterday calling for protection of kohanga reo amid concerns that the language centres could have their funding slashed.The protesters gathered outside Parliament in the morning...

1200 take part in Kohanga Reo hikoi

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A 1200 strong hikoi has marched to the Waitangi tribunal to file a claim alleging the crown is discriminating against Kohanga Reo.

No Maori bid for science scholarship - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
... scholarships to Maori university students, because it couldn't find any interested in science. Rangahau Ahumara Kai, or Plant and Food, is now planning to attract younger Maori to science by offering scholarships to college and high school pupils. ...

Sir John Graham and John Taylor: Getting the best from school and country

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The following suggestions for debate and action are based on our experiences and observations as secondary school teachers and principals over the past 50 years. We appreciate that times have changed and that, as revealed in the...

School Caretakers and Cleaners (incl Canteen workers) Collective Agreement

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Effective 22 July 2011 to 18 July 2013...

$34m plan to help find missing tots

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Toddlers attending playcentre and kindergarten will be assigned unique numbers and have their early education tracked through a new $34 million computer system.

New Zealand's young brain boxes

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'And right behind you is genito-urinary ... that stuff might interest you.' If he had been talking to any other group of school kids they would have dissolved into mass sniggering. But this is the Brain Bee and these are no ordinary...

Tertiary high school

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Stuart Middleton developed Tertiary High School at Manukau Institute of Technology in 2010 and has also established the Centre for Studies in Multiple Pathways which better links schools to post-secondary education and training.

Quake affected students fly in for extra classes - TVNZ

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TVNZ
The 100 pupils have flown in for an intensive four day workshop to help them catch up on lost classroom hours. It is estimated with the disruption from the earthquakes students have missed out on three weeks of schooling. "With all the craziness going ...

Competition for the brightest and best in IT - Computerworld New Zealand

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Computerworld New Zealand
From the outside looking in, there is competition for the best students and we are a tiny country and all our universities are competing with each other. Yes we compete a lot but we also collaborate a lot. So I'ma PI [Prime Investigator] on a ...

Prestigious innovation award for university-based website - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
They said, “It is a shining example of collaboration in the highly competitive educational environment.” Project Co-Director, former dean of the Faculty of Education and new Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Alister Jones says, “This award is ...

Our hungry kids: Pullout by Countdown leaves gap in school day

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Hundreds of pupils will arrive at school on Monday to find the breakfast they have come to rely on is no longer available.The last of the free Red Cross breakfasts were served at the end of last term, bringing to an end a popular...

Why schools' leaders support merger - The Daily Post

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The Daily Post
The plan was prompted by a pattern of low student achievement, declining rolls and students leaving Murupara for secondary school, issues identified by local principals, the Ministry of Education and community members in 2008. ...

Soldier's death inquiry finds faults in training - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

URL: Soldier's death inquiry finds faults in training New Zealand Herald But the inquiry found some deficiencies in training to cope with the hostile terrain in Bamyan province, and that the 757 that transported the body of Lt O'Donnell and the injured home was not properly configured and could have compromised their care. ...

NZDF's reputation could be damaged by training shortcomings

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The New Zealand Defence Force has been warned by its own court of inquiry its reputation could be significantly damaged by shortcomings identified during a fatal attack on a patrol in Afghanistan last year.