URL: NZ, Australia work together to improve Pacific education
John Key | Prime Minister
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard have reaffirmed their commitment to improving education in the Pacific by extending funding for language and literacy education across the region. Australia and New Zealand are aiming to ensure 500,000 more children in the Pacific are enrolled in school and 75 per cent of all children in the region can read by age 10 by 2021. Almost one million school-aged children in the Pacific currently do not attend school...
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Good progress on career pathways for students
URL: Good progress on career pathways for students
Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley says the development of new vocational pathways for senior secondary students is making good progress, as the Government improves the transition from education to employment. The routes for NCEA level 1 and 2 students will provide young people with a clear map of the subjects they need to study, and qualifications needed, for their chosen career...
Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley says the development of new vocational pathways for senior secondary students is making good progress, as the Government improves the transition from education to employment. The routes for NCEA level 1 and 2 students will provide young people with a clear map of the subjects they need to study, and qualifications needed, for their chosen career...
National standards opponents give up - Radio New Zealand
URL: National standards opponents give up
Radio New Zealand
Hundreds of schools are abandoning a protest against national standards in reading, writing and maths. The schools had refused to include the standards in their charters even though they faced statutory intervention if they did not. ...
Radio New Zealand
Hundreds of schools are abandoning a protest against national standards in reading, writing and maths. The schools had refused to include the standards in their charters even though they faced statutory intervention if they did not. ...
Education system predicted to fail - Radio New Zealand
URL: Education system predicted to fail
Radio New Zealand
Chief executive Alison Molloy has told Parliament's Education and Science Committee that children with autism spectrum conditions will not be able to achieve under the national standards for reading, writing and maths. But the Ministry of Education ...
Radio New Zealand
Chief executive Alison Molloy has told Parliament's Education and Science Committee that children with autism spectrum conditions will not be able to achieve under the national standards for reading, writing and maths. But the Ministry of Education ...
'Rebel schools' drop national standards protest
URL: 'Rebel schools' drop national standards protest
A group of so-called "rebel schools" has dropped its fight against national standards - for now.
A group of so-called "rebel schools" has dropped its fight against national standards - for now.
National standards concerns for autistic kids
URL: National standards concerns for autistic kids
Autistic children may be discouraged from enrolling from schools worried about failing national standards targets.
Autistic children may be discouraged from enrolling from schools worried about failing national standards targets.
NZ, Australia work together for Pacific education - Voxy
 Reuters Africa | URL: NZ, Australia work together for Pacific education Voxy New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard have reaffirmed their commitment to improving education in the Pacific by extending funding for language and literacy education across the region. Australia and New Zealand ... |
Programme to help dyslexic kids - Marlborough Express
URL: Programme to help dyslexic kids
Marlborough Express
Three Marlborough students are taking part in a pilot programme which schools and tutors hope will start a revolution in New Zealand education. Two students from Redwoodtown School and one from Riverlands School are taking part in the programme to help ...
Marlborough Express
Three Marlborough students are taking part in a pilot programme which schools and tutors hope will start a revolution in New Zealand education. Two students from Redwoodtown School and one from Riverlands School are taking part in the programme to help ...
20 places for trades education - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: 20 places for trades education Otago Daily Times Cromwell is to get one of 10 new trades academies being established around New Zealand by the Ministry of Education next year to provide practical skills training for secondary school pupils while they study for NCEA ... |
Second trades academy approved - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Second trades academy approved
Stuff.co.nz
The academy will cater for 110 mainly year 12 students in the first year, for courses in tourism, primary industries, building and construction, hospitality and mechanical engineering. It will expand in subsequent years. It is funded at $1250 a student ...
Stuff.co.nz
The academy will cater for 110 mainly year 12 students in the first year, for courses in tourism, primary industries, building and construction, hospitality and mechanical engineering. It will expand in subsequent years. It is funded at $1250 a student ...
Govt pledges $267 million for education in Pacific - 3News NZ
 The Age | URL: Govt pledges $267 million for education in Pacific 3News NZ ... schools and wants 75 percent of all children in 2021 to be literate by the time they are aged 10. Mr Key says nearly one million school-aged children do not attend school in the Pacific and New Zealand is committed to removing barrier to education. ... |
New resource on cultural competencies for teachers of Māori learners
URL: New resource on cultural competencies for teachers of Māori learners
Tātaiako: Cultural Competencies for Teachers of Māori Learners is a new resource explaining the progression of the competencies teachers need to develop so they can help Māori learners achieve educationally as Māori. Tātaiako has been developed to help all educators think about what it takes to successfully teach Māori learners. It provides a guide to the development of cultural competence for teachers themselves, for their employers, and for Initial Teacher Education providers and providers of on-going teacher professional development. It helps all educational practitioners in meeting the goals of Ka Hikitia - Managing for Success...
Tātaiako: Cultural Competencies for Teachers of Māori Learners is a new resource explaining the progression of the competencies teachers need to develop so they can help Māori learners achieve educationally as Māori. Tātaiako has been developed to help all educators think about what it takes to successfully teach Māori learners. It provides a guide to the development of cultural competence for teachers themselves, for their employers, and for Initial Teacher Education providers and providers of on-going teacher professional development. It helps all educational practitioners in meeting the goals of Ka Hikitia - Managing for Success...
Mob 'assaulted' and 'indecently touched' classmate - TVNZ
 Voxy | URL: Mob 'assaulted' and 'indecently touched' classmate TVNZ A 14-year-old boy was dragged into a classroom by five older pupils, manhandled, assaulted and indecently touched in a mob bullying attack at Porirua's Aotea College, authorities allege. The five alleged offenders, aged 16 and 17, were stood down for ... |
Anti-bullying fight gains more support - New Zealand Herald
Voxy | URL: Anti-bullying fight gains more support New Zealand Herald Reported incidents include a group of six teens ganging up on Year 9 students during lunchtimes, dragging the students to the ground, removing their pants and violating them with screwdrivers, pens, scissors, branches, drills and pencils. ... |
Minster for Education comments
URL: Minster for Education comments
The Minister for Education, Anne Tolley, would not appear on the programme, she chose to provide a statement rather than be interviewed.
The Minister for Education, Anne Tolley, would not appear on the programme, she chose to provide a statement rather than be interviewed.
School bullying
URL: School bullying
An ombudsman's report into a series of attacks at Hutt Valley High School in 2007 has found some children were terrorised and tortured by a gang of fellow teenage students. Kathryn talks to the Ombudsman David McGee, and HVHS Principal Ross Sinclair.
An ombudsman's report into a series of attacks at Hutt Valley High School in 2007 has found some children were terrorised and tortured by a gang of fellow teenage students. Kathryn talks to the Ombudsman David McGee, and HVHS Principal Ross Sinclair.
PPTA calls on government to tackle bullying
URL: PPTA calls on government to tackle bullying
PPTA President Robin Duff said the report issued by the Ombudsmen’s Office on bullying at Hutt Valley High School illustrated a systemic failure by the Ministry of Education and the wider government to support schools with bullying.
PPTA President Robin Duff said the report issued by the Ombudsmen’s Office on bullying at Hutt Valley High School illustrated a systemic failure by the Ministry of Education and the wider government to support schools with bullying.
Principal reacts to ombudsman report on serious bullying
URL: Principal reacts to ombudsman report on serious bullying
The principal of Hutt Valley High School says he is not aware of any concerns raised over whether it was appropriate for the man in charge in 2007 to remain on in a senior role.
The principal of Hutt Valley High School says he is not aware of any concerns raised over whether it was appropriate for the man in charge in 2007 to remain on in a senior role.
School board responds to claims of unchecked bullying - The Dominion Post
URL: School board responds to claims of unchecked bullying
The Dominion Post
BY ANDREA O'NEIL Windley School denies it has a culture of bullying and dysfunction - the board of trustees certain that itself and staff are making decisions in the best interest of students. Kapi-Mana News last week reported on a tense board of ...
The Dominion Post
BY ANDREA O'NEIL Windley School denies it has a culture of bullying and dysfunction - the board of trustees certain that itself and staff are making decisions in the best interest of students. Kapi-Mana News last week reported on a tense board of ...
Rise in social woes at college - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Rise in social woes at college
Stuff.co.nz
Marlborough Girls' College is asking the Education Ministry to fund more resources to help deal with high-needs students. Board chairman Bernie Rowe said students' needs had changed over the years and the school was having to deal with more social ...
Stuff.co.nz
Marlborough Girls' College is asking the Education Ministry to fund more resources to help deal with high-needs students. Board chairman Bernie Rowe said students' needs had changed over the years and the school was having to deal with more social ...
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