$2.4 m for research interns for business this summer

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Wayne Mapp | Science and Innovation
An extra 140 undergraduate students will be funded to do research and development projects for New Zealand businesses this summer, Science and Innovation Minister Wayne Mapp announced today. "We have huge demand from businesses so this year we have decided to award 341 internships instead of the 200 we initially intended,” said Dr Mapp...

Call to scrap ministry stance on foreign pupils - Manawatu Standard

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Manawatu Standard
A Palmerston North school has called for the Education Ministry to scrap its stance on National Standards for foreign students. This year, the ministry imposed National Standards on bilingual and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) students, ...

School Trustees on National Standards 2 Years On. | Kutarere's Blog

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“National standards offers the most wonderful opportunities for refreshing and reinvigorating an already top of the world system, but it could be the most disastrous policy formulated if it turns our attention to narrowing, testing, ...

Principals slam National's new policy - The Nelson Mail

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URL: Principals slam National's new policy The Nelson Mail Nelson principals have slammed National's newly announced education policy, which would open the door to league tables by mandating publication of National Standards results. The party's full education policy, covering early childhood education, ...

Standards boycott earns Tolley revenge - Waatea News

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URL: Standards boycott earns Tolley revenge Waatea News ... boxes you're expecting you will get some fantastic support from the ministry. We're disappointed but also shocked. What more do we need to do?” she says. Mrs Milne-Ihimaera says the school is being punished for refusing to implement national standards.

National Party Education Policy and Accountability - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Narrowing the curriculum and the possibility of national testing are the other key concerns shared by trustees and educators alike. An attempt to determine parent views on the system could not proceed, as the response rate to the parent survey was just ...

National plans big cuts to secondary school budgets

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Buried in the vague wording of National Party education policy is what looks like further cuts to secondary school staffing and funding, says PPTA senior vice president Kate Gainsford.

Nats' education policy « The Standard

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Professor John Hattie of Auckland University predicts that even with the changes he recommends, the system a key National policy will do little to raise student achievement. ... Tests blamed for blighting children's lives ...

Mixed school views on NCEA changes - Timaru Herald

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Timaru Herald
Timaru secondary schools have mixed reactions to changes to NCEA as part of the Ministry of Education's realignment project. The first crop of students to sit exams under the changes are nearing the end of the 2011 NCEA exams. Timaru Boys' High School ...

Mana pledge free education for all - Otago Daily Times

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URL: Mana pledge free education for all Otago Daily Times The Mana Party is pledging to ensure free education at all levels, promising free early childhood education (ECE), an end to school donations, and the abolishment of tertiary fees. Mana education spokesman John ...

DEANZ conference 2012 promises focus on key education themes

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The Distance Education Association of New Zealand (DEANZ) is calling for submissions to present at their bi-annual conference ‘Shift Happens – Resilience, Relevance and Reform’.

Student numbers double - Timaru Herald

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Timaru Herald
The concern was not just the funding cuts to adult education but issues around a regular online assessment programme by the Tertiary Education Commission that students had to undertake. Mrs Philip said a student had to take the test before they started ...

Tertiary education left high and dry - Waikato Times

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Waikato Times
This irresponsible neglect of our tertiary institutions has had a real impact on the value of the education they can provide; an impact that is being noticed globally. In this year's QS World University Ranking, six out of our seven universities were ...

NZ teachers caught by pupils' cyber traps - Whangarei Leader

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Whangarei Leader
"We are talking to parents and students about what is acceptable," Mr Lyons said. John Cowan, senior writer and producer at Parents Inc, said New Zealand research such as Symantec's was rare and the organisation, which runs parenting courses, ...

Youth mentors make a positive difference - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Now that she's graduated from One Tree Hill College, Awhi hopes to study psychology, Maori studies and criminology at university. Her mentor is a resource and environmental planner who started her own successful company, O'Connor Planning Consultants. ...

Schools rewarded for eating their greens

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Creating children who love healthy and adventurous foods such as Curly Kale and eggplant may seem a far-fetched dream to many parents, but the three winning schools of the Mother Earth Reward are already proving they can do it.

Eco projects pay off - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Eco projects pay off Stuff.co.nz Fairhall School pupils are flying a flag for the environment after a green and gold day at the school last week to celebrate a national award gained from six years of hard work. The school's pupils and teachers dressed in green and gold on Tuesday last ...

Pupils put candidates to the test - Manawatu Standard

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Manawatu Standard
They may not be old enough to vote, but a classroom of primary school pupils have put some tough questions to Rangitikei's two main candidates for Parliament. National's Ian McKelvie and Labour's Josie Pagani were grilled about asset sales, ...

Tree for each student - Marlborough Express

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URL: Tree for each student Marlborough Express Little Lynton Downs School managed to recycle so much paper and card that they took out the top award locally – coincidentally equating to a tree for each of the school's 17 students. The school is fortunate that many residents around Inland Rd drop ...

Positive students win Tokoroa reo award - Waatea News

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URL: Positive students win Tokoroa reo award Waatea News The South Waikato school won the mainstream education category for an initiative where students helped produce Maori compilation CD's. Keinan Ngapo of Ngati Pukenga, Ngati Maru and Ngati Porou says mainstream schools are as passionate about retention ...