$1.4 million for more ECE places in South Auckland

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Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley says the Government is investing $1.4 million to help build new early childhood education services in South Auckland, which will create another 211 ECE places for families. Two new services and three extensions to existing services will be built in areas of high need in Weymouth West, Papakura North and Mt Wellington South. The property funding is part of the Government’s $91.8 million investment in intensive participation projects in high priority areas, which is creating 3500 more ECE places...

National Standards tops hot topics - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
"We see little point in trying to force schools to do something that their hearts are not in," said education spokeswoman Sue Moroney. Labour's stance has brought praise from the educational sector union NZEI and the Principals' Federation - both of ...

Labour puts emphasis on training in jobs plan - New Zealand Herald

Otago Daily Times

URL: Labour puts emphasis on training in jobs plan New Zealand Herald The Labour Party wants to put more New Zealanders to work by training them in relevant skills as part of its six-point jobs plan. MPs campaigning yesterday at a training centre in Onehunga announced an "ambitious" target for ...

Spread of universities fails to create "concentration of talent": O'Callahan - Computerworld New Zealand

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Computerworld New Zealand
If we had one leading computer-science university in New Zealand, there would be an opportunity to teach those skills. The other universities could take care of the 'IT-department' kind of skillset.

Skills shortage absurd when unemployment so high - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
"Given that 80 per cent of the 2021 workforce is already in the workplace now, we must ensure that good quality learning is taking place in the workplace, and individuals have other opportunities, like those provided through Adult and Community ...

Teachers expect decline in NCEA exam no-shows

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Teachers and principals are hoping fewer students will skip today's Level 1 English, the biggest NCEA exam, now they can earn merit and excellence endorsements in the subject.

Buddying up a statement of opposition to child abuse - Waikato Times

Waikato Times

URL: Buddying up a statement of opposition to child abuse Waikato Times The pupils knew there were three types of abuse: physical, emotional and sexual, and that their buddies were to aid in the prevention and awareness of child abuse. Scott Faville and Alexander Switzer, both 10, hoped someone "nice" would adopt Friedrich ...

Is Massey High School now a "safe environment" - 3News NZ

3News NZ

URL: Is Massey High School now a "safe environment" 3News NZ In the weeks following our stories, the issue of school bullying became a very public discussion. The Prime Minister got involved and at the beginning of April, the Minister of Education sent out a letter to every board of trustees in the country, ...

School leads the way in student support initiative - Wanganui Chronicle

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Wanganui Chronicle
A small Gonville primary school has become the centre of government restructuring for Resource Teachers: Learning and Behaviour (RLTB), which supports children with learning difficulties. The six-strong RLTB centre at Tawhero School has been selected ...

Election 2011: Parents fear future without special unit

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Cassie Torrance is a bubbly 9-year-old girl who talks like a pre-schooler.Even that is an improvement on how she sounded a year ago, thanks to a special needs unit at Takapuna Primary School.Now her parents fear for her future...

Celebrating longstanding ties with Wellington business community - Massey News (press release)

Massey News (press release)

URL: Celebrating longstanding ties with Wellington business community Massey News (press release) “The objective of this function was to highlight the benefits of collaboration between business and tertiary education in the fields of research and development and education and training. A network meeting such as this presents an excellent platform ...

Programme axing leaves staff 'gutted' - Timaru Herald

The Press

URL: Programme axing leaves staff 'gutted' Timaru Herald Aoraki Polytechnic made the wrong decision to axe several programmes across its five campuses, the Tertiary Education Union says. Polytech chief executive Kay Nelson announced the changes after a seven-week review and consultation. ...

Axing of 'lifesaver' school guts parents - Wairarapa Times-Age

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Wairarapa Times-Age
The Ohorere Student Education and Transition Programme is to close on December 12 after the Ministry of Education cut funding for the unit, which costs about $200000 a year to run at the old trout hatchery in Pownall St. Greytown woman Anne Hemi said ...

Actor triumphs over dyslexia - Stuff.co.nz

Stuff.co.nz

URL: Actor triumphs over dyslexia Stuff.co.nz ACTING UP: Former Fraser High School student Alex Tarrant has overcome the challenges of dyslexia to be awarded a scholarship for his third and final year at a prestigious drama school in Wellington. The former Fraser High School student has grappled ...

New OGHS principal announced - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: New OGHS principal announced Otago Daily Times Te Aau's loss is Dunedin's gain with Fiordland College principal Linda Miller named principal of Otago Girl's High School. And she is already outlining ambitious plans for the future of the school. ...

Two schools hit by fire overnight - Stuff.co.nz

3News NZ

URL: Two schools hit by fire overnight Stuff.co.nz Auckland firefighters battled two school blazes and a suspicious fire that caused several explosions at a North Shore home overnight. Northern fire communications spokesman Jaron Phillips said it was a busy night for the fire service. ...

School computers recycled - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: School computers recycled Otago Daily Times Otago Boys' High School information technology manager Tony Gabbush said it was a great initiative which would give many schools in Dunedin peace of mind that they were disposing of equipment in a sustainable way. "It's great that someone is looking ...