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Hekia Parata | Budget 2012
Education Minister Hekia Parata says no school will lose more than two full-time teachers (FTTEs) as a result of the policy changes in Budget 2012. “As we've previously said, about 90% of schools will either gain, or have a net loss of less than one FTTE as a result of the combined effect of the ratio changes and projected roll growth,’’ Ms Parata says. “We have examined the effect on the other 10 per cent of schools, and some would be affected more than we would accept...
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Questions and Answers - May 30 - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
David Shearer: Is he saying that by increasing class sizes he will be able to improve the educational learning of our children? Rt Hon JOHN KEY: What I am saying is that between 2000 and 2009 the reading performance of New Zealand students on average ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
David Shearer: Is he saying that by increasing class sizes he will be able to improve the educational learning of our children? Rt Hon JOHN KEY: What I am saying is that between 2000 and 2009 the reading performance of New Zealand students on average ...
Key won't rule out future school cuts
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Losses limited to two staff per school over three years - but no assurances after thenby Kate Shuttleworth and Claire TrevettIntermediate schools have been saved from losing more than two teachers over the next three years, but...
Losses limited to two staff per school over three years - but no assurances after thenby Kate Shuttleworth and Claire TrevettIntermediate schools have been saved from losing more than two teachers over the next three years, but...
NZ POLITICS DAILY: Hekia Parata's avoidable mess
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"Must do better" is the least criticism Education Minister Hekia Parata can expect from her colleagues over the shambolic class sizes policy.
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Increasing Class Sizes May Disadvantage the Most Vulnerable - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The changes to funding ratios for schools in Budget 2012 mean there will likely be increases in class size for years 2 to 10. This may … Increasing Class Sizes May Disadvantage the Most Vulnerable. New Zealand's leading disability organisation, ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The changes to funding ratios for schools in Budget 2012 mean there will likely be increases in class size for years 2 to 10. This may … Increasing Class Sizes May Disadvantage the Most Vulnerable. New Zealand's leading disability organisation, ...
Intermediate schools angry at technology staff cuts - Radio New Zealand
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Radio New Zealand
There is growing anger among intermediate schools and others with children in Years 7 and 8 over big cuts to staffing for technology teachers. Principals say they have learned that the National Government's Budget, delivered on Thursday, has done away ...
Radio New Zealand
There is growing anger among intermediate schools and others with children in Years 7 and 8 over big cuts to staffing for technology teachers. Principals say they have learned that the National Government's Budget, delivered on Thursday, has done away ...
Teachers' union gears up for fight
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The secondary teachers' union has called meetings for next month to plot a campaign against what it calls a "government attacks on frontline teaching staff and class size".
The secondary teachers' union has called meetings for next month to plot a campaign against what it calls a "government attacks on frontline teaching staff and class size".
Teachers' industrial action next month
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School children will have time at home next month as their teachers attend union meetings to protest the Government's decision to increase class sizes.
School children will have time at home next month as their teachers attend union meetings to protest the Government's decision to increase class sizes.
Teachers to go ahead with industrial action
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Teachers are going ahead with industrial action despite the government capping the number of job losses expected from its reforms.
Teachers are going ahead with industrial action despite the government capping the number of job losses expected from its reforms.
Thousands of teachers organise against class size changes
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The secondary teachers union says the government is putting out inconsistent messages about its plan to increase class sizes.
The secondary teachers union says the government is putting out inconsistent messages about its plan to increase class sizes.
Teachers protest new class size ratios
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Our reporter Teresa Cowie is with protesting teachers on the Mana Esplanade in Whitby, north of Wellington.
Our reporter Teresa Cowie is with protesting teachers on the Mana Esplanade in Whitby, north of Wellington.
Education minister heckled by teachers
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Education Minister Hekia Parata was this morning heckled by teachers protesting against bigger class sizes when she arrived to give a post-Budget speech in Wellington.
Education Minister Hekia Parata was this morning heckled by teachers protesting against bigger class sizes when she arrived to give a post-Budget speech in Wellington.
Education Minister fails to front on class sizes
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The Minister of Education is refusing to talk about controversial changes to class sizes and teacher job losses signalled in the budget that have unions, teachers and principals around the country up in arms.
The Minister of Education is refusing to talk about controversial changes to class sizes and teacher job losses signalled in the budget that have unions, teachers and principals around the country up in arms.
Principals not convinced over concession - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Principals not convinced over concession Stuff.co.nz UNDER THREAT: Cambridge Middle School materials teacher Ray Oxborrow is concerned that changes to funding for intermediate schools could see cuts to specialist staff. Waikato intermediate principals are taking no comfort in the Government's concession ... |
Class backdown a mess of National's own making - New Zealand Herald
 3News NZ | URL: Class backdown a mess of National's own making New Zealand Herald The changes have given the education unions the chance to threaten industrial action on something where they will have public support, rather than on something such as national standards, where opinion is far more divided. Given the disruption teacher ... |
Minister announces annual contingency fund for schools - Radio New Zealand
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Radio New Zealand
The Education Minister says there will be an annual contingency fund of between $10 million and $20 million to help schools as they move to the new teacher-pupil funding ratio. The ratios announced in the Budget last Thursday will result in larger ...
Radio New Zealand
The Education Minister says there will be an annual contingency fund of between $10 million and $20 million to help schools as they move to the new teacher-pupil funding ratio. The ratios announced in the Budget last Thursday will result in larger ...
No school will lose more than two teachers - Minister - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
By Kate Shuttleworth Education Minister Hekia Parata says no school will lose more than two full-time teachers (FTTEs) as a result of increased student-teacher ratios. She said 90 per cent of schools would gain or have a net loss of less than one FTTE ...
New Zealand Herald
By Kate Shuttleworth Education Minister Hekia Parata says no school will lose more than two full-time teachers (FTTEs) as a result of increased student-teacher ratios. She said 90 per cent of schools would gain or have a net loss of less than one FTTE ...
Class size changes: Funds to help schools - New Zealand Herald
3News NZ | URL: Class size changes: Funds to help schools New Zealand Herald By Kate Shuttleworth and Matthew Theunissen Education Minister Hekia Parata will meet school principals at the annual conference of the Association of Intermediate and Middle Schools today. Photo / Brett Phibbs The Government has set aside a ... |
Money set aside for change to bigger classes: Parata - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Money set aside for change to bigger classes: Parata Otago Daily Times The Government has set aside a contingency fund to help the schools that are worst affected by changes to class sizes. Education Minister Hekia Parata has confirmed a contingency fund between $10 million and $20 million was set aside in Budget 2012 to ... |
Class size changes: Funds to help schools - New Zealand Herald
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Class size changes: Funds to help schools New Zealand Herald By Kate Shuttleworth and Matthew Theunissen Education Minister Hekia Parata will meet school principals at the annual conference of the Association of Intermediate and Middle Schools today. Photo / Brett Phibbs The Government has set aside a ... |
Class size boost hurts trades incubators - Waatea News
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Waatea News
A change in the funding means primary and intermediate schools will have to drop some specialist staff and increase average class size. Mr Shearer says his office has been inundated with calls from parents, with particular concern around the likelihood ...
Waatea News
A change in the funding means primary and intermediate schools will have to drop some specialist staff and increase average class size. Mr Shearer says his office has been inundated with calls from parents, with particular concern around the likelihood ...
Advisory group warns about education quality
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A government advisory group has warned that a large number of under-five-year olds - especially those in poor neighbourhoods - may not be receiving a good quality education.
A government advisory group has warned that a large number of under-five-year olds - especially those in poor neighbourhoods - may not be receiving a good quality education.
Budget an 'exercise in juggling the figures' - Newstalk ZB
 Newstalk ZB | URL: Budget an 'exercise in juggling the figures' Newstalk ZB "It means we actually get to talk about the real issues: is the money we're spending used effectively, are we actually getting more kids learning, are we actually getting people off welfare and into work. "When there's plenty of money, the system just ... |
TEC Statement of Intent for 2012/13 – 2014/15 ~ Tertiary Education ...
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The TEC has today published its Statement of Intent for 2012/13 – 2014/15 which describes how the TEC will go about its work over the next three years.
The TEC has today published its Statement of Intent for 2012/13 – 2014/15 which describes how the TEC will go about its work over the next three years.
Stuart McCutcheon: International students not answer to uni funding - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
While international students create many social and cultural benefits for New Zealand, it is also true that they create financial benefits. At the University of Auckland, each international student generates on average a margin (in commercial terms, ...
New Zealand Herald
While international students create many social and cultural benefits for New Zealand, it is also true that they create financial benefits. At the University of Auckland, each international student generates on average a margin (in commercial terms, ...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Minister provides assurances to schools
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Hekia Parata | Budget 2012
Education Minister Hekia Parata says no school will lose more than two full-time teachers (FTTEs) as a result of the policy changes in Budget 2012. “As we've previously said, about 90% of schools will either gain, or have a net loss of less than one FTTE as a result of the combined effect of the ratio changes and projected roll growth,’’ Ms Parata says. “We have examined the effect on the other 10 per cent of schools, and some would be affected more than we would accept...
Hekia Parata | Budget 2012
Education Minister Hekia Parata says no school will lose more than two full-time teachers (FTTEs) as a result of the policy changes in Budget 2012. “As we've previously said, about 90% of schools will either gain, or have a net loss of less than one FTTE as a result of the combined effect of the ratio changes and projected roll growth,’’ Ms Parata says. “We have examined the effect on the other 10 per cent of schools, and some would be affected more than we would accept...
Education vision doesn't add up - Otago Daily Times
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Otago Daily Times
We have had the charter schools move, goodness knows to what end other than for someone somewhere to attempt to make a pile of dosh out of education, or to inculcate some religious persuasion or other. Altogether it seems to add up to a bean counter's ...
Otago Daily Times
We have had the charter schools move, goodness knows to what end other than for someone somewhere to attempt to make a pile of dosh out of education, or to inculcate some religious persuasion or other. Altogether it seems to add up to a bean counter's ...
John Parker: Quiet learning is banished from open-plan classrooms - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
Photo / Thinkstock John Parker, a writer of children's books, worries about one of the downsides of charter schools. Charter schools are coming to New Zealand. And we learn that some may feature open-plan classrooms - big spaces with few walls, ...
New Zealand Herald
Photo / Thinkstock John Parker, a writer of children's books, worries about one of the downsides of charter schools. Charter schools are coming to New Zealand. And we learn that some may feature open-plan classrooms - big spaces with few walls, ...
Education minister learns the hard way class size not to be sniffed at - The Dominion Post
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The Dominion Post
Despite suggestions to the contrary, for instance, no-one – not Treasury Secretary Gabriel Makhlouf, Education Secretary Lesley Longstone or Ms Parata – has said class size doesn't matter. They've actually explicitly said the opposite – that it does ...
The Dominion Post
Despite suggestions to the contrary, for instance, no-one – not Treasury Secretary Gabriel Makhlouf, Education Secretary Lesley Longstone or Ms Parata – has said class size doesn't matter. They've actually explicitly said the opposite – that it does ...
PM back-pedalling an admission of class size blunder - Voxy
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Voxy
A sudden decision to claw back funding from so-called education savings is an admission by the National Government that it made a huge mistake in deciding to increase class sizes, says Labour Leader David Shearer.
Voxy
A sudden decision to claw back funding from so-called education savings is an admission by the National Government that it made a huge mistake in deciding to increase class sizes, says Labour Leader David Shearer.
Government class size policy in tatters - NZEI - Voxy
 3News NZ | URL: Government class size policy in tatters - NZEI Voxy "It is also very concerning that the Ministry continues to use misleading information to justify its bigger class size policy." "The Prime Minister today talked about a "massive increase" in the number of teachers in the past decade and the Minister of ... |
More Students, Less Learning? | Massive Albany
URL: More Students, Less Learning? | Massive Albany
Student numbers are a big debating point at universities, and as education becomes more mainstream and attainable, questions must be asked as the student population rises. Will 300 students be able to concentrate in one ...
Student numbers are a big debating point at universities, and as education becomes more mainstream and attainable, questions must be asked as the student population rises. Will 300 students be able to concentrate in one ...
Class size crisis 'doesn't stop at Intermediates' - Voxy
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Voxy
'Parents remain deeply disturbed by the idea of increasing any class size,' he says. 'They know their children will not benefit from being in bigger classes and teachers agree.' 'We want quality teaching going on in our class-rooms so that we can ...
Voxy
'Parents remain deeply disturbed by the idea of increasing any class size,' he says. 'They know their children will not benefit from being in bigger classes and teachers agree.' 'We want quality teaching going on in our class-rooms so that we can ...
Schools to lose max of two teachers
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Education Minister Hekia Parata announced schools will lose no more than two full-time teachers (FTTEs) under the new policy.
Education Minister Hekia Parata announced schools will lose no more than two full-time teachers (FTTEs) under the new policy.
Govt moves to reassure schools on class ratios - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
Labour leader David Shearer said Labour would reverse the changes to class size ratios and would review the changes National is making to teacher qualifications. "Quite clearly smaller class sizes are better for children's learning.
New Zealand Herald
Labour leader David Shearer said Labour would reverse the changes to class size ratios and would review the changes National is making to teacher qualifications. "Quite clearly smaller class sizes are better for children's learning.
Ministers' kids skip big classes - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
By Isaac Davison Nearly half of the Government's Cabinet ministers send or have sent their children to elite schools which are unlikely to feel the effects of changes to classroom sizes. A Herald survey of ministers found that at least seven of the ...
New Zealand Herald
By Isaac Davison Nearly half of the Government's Cabinet ministers send or have sent their children to elite schools which are unlikely to feel the effects of changes to classroom sizes. A Herald survey of ministers found that at least seven of the ...
Class backdown a mess of National's own making - New Zealand Herald
3News NZ | URL: Class backdown a mess of National's own making New Zealand Herald By John Armstrong Prime Minister John Key's belated intervention and subsequent order that major changes to funding formulas governing school class sizes be reworked has stopped an embarrassing political mess from becoming a catastrophe for National. |
Parata is forced to redo her homework - New Zealand Herald
3News NZ | URL: Parata is forced to redo her homework New Zealand Herald By Audrey Young Education Minister Hekia Parata will meet school principals at the annual conference of the Association of Intermediate and Middle Schools today. Photo / Brett Phibbs Schools will lose no more than two teaching positions under new class ... |
Education Minister to front up - NZ City
3News NZ | URL: Education Minister to front up NZ City The Education Minister's expected to field plenty of questions as she faces intermediate school principals in Auckland today. The New Zealand Association of Intermediate and Middle Schools is getting together for a two-day conference. |
Contradictions in tertiary budget a sign of ignorance - Voxy
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Voxy
John Key's display of ignorance in Parliament today on the difference between rates of student allowances and student loan living costs is another example of National's shambolic and contradictory education budget, Labour's Tertiary Education ...
Voxy
John Key's display of ignorance in Parliament today on the difference between rates of student allowances and student loan living costs is another example of National's shambolic and contradictory education budget, Labour's Tertiary Education ...
Why I'm not worried about struggling students » TVHE
URL: Why I'm not worried about struggling students » TVHE
The recent budget reduced the number of students who are eligible for the student allowance, particularly for postgraduate students. There have since been almost daily articles in the newspapers lamenting the students' ...
The recent budget reduced the number of students who are eligible for the student allowance, particularly for postgraduate students. There have since been almost daily articles in the newspapers lamenting the students' ...
New blind school will make a difference - Auckland stuff.co.nz
 Auckland stuff.co.nz | URL: New blind school will make a difference Auckland stuff.co.nz Mr McKenzie's experienced huge advances in blind education in New Zealand. He left the Parnell blind school in 1965, just as the Homai College for the Blind opened "way out in the country". Blind children left their families to come and live at the ... |
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Families Commission refocused
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Paula Bennett | Social Development
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett has announced a major restructure of the Families Commission. “The way the Families Commission works is going to change.” The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor Professor Sir Peter Gluckman has identified a gap in monitoring, evaluation and research in the social sector. “This restructure will see the Families Commission take on a new role providing for independent monitoring, evaluation and research to measure the effectiveness of initiatives for families and society,” says Mrs Bennett...
Paula Bennett | Social Development
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett has announced a major restructure of the Families Commission. “The way the Families Commission works is going to change.” The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor Professor Sir Peter Gluckman has identified a gap in monitoring, evaluation and research in the social sector. “This restructure will see the Families Commission take on a new role providing for independent monitoring, evaluation and research to measure the effectiveness of initiatives for families and society,” says Mrs Bennett...
Nats attack education at every level « The Standard
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If you were a rightwinger, who believed the route to a prosperous society (for the elite, at least) was through private endeavor, wouldn't the way to help that along be to invest heavily in education? Then, people would be equipped to work out the rest themselves, without the State. ... They're a useless, binary measure of knowledge that tells us nothing that existing assessment didn't already. But, they produce metrics that can be used for performance pay, which is their ...
If you were a rightwinger, who believed the route to a prosperous society (for the elite, at least) was through private endeavor, wouldn't the way to help that along be to invest heavily in education? Then, people would be equipped to work out the rest themselves, without the State. ... They're a useless, binary measure of knowledge that tells us nothing that existing assessment didn't already. But, they produce metrics that can be used for performance pay, which is their ...
John Minto: Education policy forgets the heroes - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
By John Minto Crowded classrooms where the teacher barely moved from the front of the class were once the norm in New Zealand schools. Photo / Supplied Expanding class sizes will belittle the efforts of our teachers, writes John Minto, ...
New Zealand Herald
By John Minto Crowded classrooms where the teacher barely moved from the front of the class were once the norm in New Zealand schools. Photo / Supplied Expanding class sizes will belittle the efforts of our teachers, writes John Minto, ...
Government backtrack doesn't address education blunder
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The moves by the government to soften the effect its Budget policies will have on the country's intermediate schools do not appear to go far enough to reverse the damage threatening to undermine our public education system.
The moves by the government to soften the effect its Budget policies will have on the country's intermediate schools do not appear to go far enough to reverse the damage threatening to undermine our public education system.
Labour says Key's comment reveal rethink on class sizes
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The Labour Party leader, David Shearer, says the government is starting to realise it has made a mistake by suggesting class sizes should increase.
The Labour Party leader, David Shearer, says the government is starting to realise it has made a mistake by suggesting class sizes should increase.
Government accused of trying to backtrack over class sizes
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The Labour party says the Prime Minister has been spooked by the public reaction to government moves to increase class sizes.
The Labour party says the Prime Minister has been spooked by the public reaction to government moves to increase class sizes.
Primary teachers say government trying to soften the blow
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The Primary School Teachers Union says the government's trying to soften the blow on schools after it announced that those hit the hardest by plans to increase class sizes, will be helped through the process.
The Primary School Teachers Union says the government's trying to soften the blow on schools after it announced that those hit the hardest by plans to increase class sizes, will be helped through the process.
Reforms too far for some schools: PM - Stuff.co.nz
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Stuff.co.nz
Education funding reforms go too far for some intermediate schools, Prime Minister John Key admits. Changes announced in last week's Budget will see teacher numbers capped over the next four years. The cap is achieved by a series of changes to funding ...
Stuff.co.nz
Education funding reforms go too far for some intermediate schools, Prime Minister John Key admits. Changes announced in last week's Budget will see teacher numbers capped over the next four years. The cap is achieved by a series of changes to funding ...
Govt rethinks move to bigger class sizes - New Zealand Herald
 3News NZ | URL: Govt rethinks move to bigger class sizes New Zealand Herald By Audrey Young Education Minister Hekia Parata says it will be difficult for some intermediate and middle schools to absorb the changes. Photo / Brett Phibbs The Government has agreed to set up a working party to look at the effect of new class ratio ... |
Intermediate schools hit by higher ratios - The Bay of Plenty Times
 3News NZ | URL: Intermediate schools hit by higher ratios The Bay of Plenty Times by Carly Gibbs | Monday, May 28, 2012 15:30 Principals said intermediate schools would be particularly hard hit because of the impact on technology subjects. Intermediate schools in the Western Bay are reeling over the impact of new teacher-student ... |
NZ education system world-class, says AUT vice-chancellor - Stuff.co.nz
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Stuff.co.nz
Auckland University of Technology vice-chancellor Derek McCormack has waded into the debate on open access education and university rankings. With Auckland University's world ranking falling from 46th to 82nd since 2006, some have questioned whether ...
Stuff.co.nz
Auckland University of Technology vice-chancellor Derek McCormack has waded into the debate on open access education and university rankings. With Auckland University's world ranking falling from 46th to 82nd since 2006, some have questioned whether ...
Fears kids will be the losers - Auckland stuff.co.nz
 Auckland stuff.co.nz | URL: Fears kids will be the losers Auckland stuff.co.nz Kids already struggling will have little hope of catching up if plans to rid schools of Supplementary Learning Support staff go ahead, principals say. Seven SLS teachers at Edmonton School in Henderson are reeling over a government proposal to ... |
School cuts appal principals - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
And some principals say the Government's working party to look at the effects of the policy is just a smokescreen that won't stop the changes they say will directly impact on students' learning. Prime Minister John Key yesterday gave an assurance the ...
New Zealand Herald
And some principals say the Government's working party to look at the effects of the policy is just a smokescreen that won't stop the changes they say will directly impact on students' learning. Prime Minister John Key yesterday gave an assurance the ...
Primary and Intermediate class ratios and subjects
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Principals at the country's more than 100 intermediate schools warn they'll have to cut staff and drop specialist subjects to meet the governments new funding and class ratio rules.
Principals at the country's more than 100 intermediate schools warn they'll have to cut staff and drop specialist subjects to meet the governments new funding and class ratio rules.
Technology centre under threat - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Technology centre under threat
Stuff.co.nz
The Education Ministry told Fairfax last week funding would now be more consistent across all year levels, and the changes had to be made in a "trade-off" between quantity and quality teachers. But Bluestone School principal Ian Poulter said schools ...
Stuff.co.nz
The Education Ministry told Fairfax last week funding would now be more consistent across all year levels, and the changes had to be made in a "trade-off" between quantity and quality teachers. But Bluestone School principal Ian Poulter said schools ...
Dunedin Tech Teaching Positions in Jeopardy
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Dunedin Labour MPs Clare Curran and David Clark are throwing their weight behind Dunedin’s three intermediate schools which, between them, face losing nine technology teaching jobs under the Government’s plans to increase class sizes.
Dunedin Labour MPs Clare Curran and David Clark are throwing their weight behind Dunedin’s three intermediate schools which, between them, face losing nine technology teaching jobs under the Government’s plans to increase class sizes.
MP urges schools to teach Chinese - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: MP urges schools to teach Chinese Stuff.co.nz Nelson schools need to "look to the future" and offer courses in Chinese as a way of boosting trade with China, a National MP says. However, the headmaster of one Nelson school says providing teaching for the language would be difficult and would not ... |
Victim isolated while bullies prevail - Otago Daily Times
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Otago Daily Times
An Otago mother shares her experiences of school bullying and says the responses of schools and school principals are inadequate. I have been interested to read your recent articles on bullying and especially the comments made by the Secondary ...
Otago Daily Times
An Otago mother shares her experiences of school bullying and says the responses of schools and school principals are inadequate. I have been interested to read your recent articles on bullying and especially the comments made by the Secondary ...
NZHECEA Welcomes Recommendations to Improve Quality - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: NZHECEA Welcomes Recommendations to Improve Quality
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The New Zealand Home-Based Early Childhood Education Association welcomes the recommendations from Government about ways to improve the quality of ECE and in particular the recommended review of the home-based ECE sector. The Home-based Association ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The New Zealand Home-Based Early Childhood Education Association welcomes the recommendations from Government about ways to improve the quality of ECE and in particular the recommended review of the home-based ECE sector. The Home-based Association ...
John Parker: Quiet learning is banished from open-plan classrooms - New Zealand Herald
URL: John Parker: Quiet learning is banished from open-plan classrooms
New Zealand Herald
By John Parker Students need to be focused, mature and disciplined to make open-plan classrooms work. Photo / Thinkstock John Parker, a writer of children's books, worries about one of the downsides of charter schools. Charter schools are coming to New ...
New Zealand Herald
By John Parker Students need to be focused, mature and disciplined to make open-plan classrooms work. Photo / Thinkstock John Parker, a writer of children's books, worries about one of the downsides of charter schools. Charter schools are coming to New ...
Maori children need to be a budget priority - Waatea News
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Waatea News
Anton Blank says there were some gains in education, with $19 million going to improve access to Maori immersion early childhood education, a housing, with another $11 million going onto home insulation. But he says overall the investment seems to be ...
Waatea News
Anton Blank says there were some gains in education, with $19 million going to improve access to Maori immersion early childhood education, a housing, with another $11 million going onto home insulation. But he says overall the investment seems to be ...
New principal glad to return to mainland - Timaru Herald
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Timaru Herald
A North Islander, she had spent time teaching at Gore High School and was happy to return to the mainland. She was not planning any major changes to the school. "I think the school functions very well. I'm really just [going to be] looking, ...
Timaru Herald
A North Islander, she had spent time teaching at Gore High School and was happy to return to the mainland. She was not planning any major changes to the school. "I think the school functions very well. I'm really just [going to be] looking, ...
Primary kids learn with iPads - Northland Independent Community
 Northland Independent Community | URL: Primary kids learn with iPads Northland Independent Community Glenbervie School's Koru 9 is one example of a Connected Classroom where students have greater access to the internet, tablet devices and computers. Teacher Lisa Ferris is the IT leader and is trialling the concept on her year 5 and 6 students. |
Statement of Intent 2012 - 2105
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The Statement of Intent is a high level document, which provides transparent information to Parliament and the New Zealand public about how Te Puni Kōkiri intends to manage for outcomes and outputs. It includes our strategic direction and operating intentions.
The Statement of Intent is a high level document, which provides transparent information to Parliament and the New Zealand public about how Te Puni Kōkiri intends to manage for outcomes and outputs. It includes our strategic direction and operating intentions.
Media release: Māori participation in the electricity supply industry gets a boost
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A new cadetship initiative between the Electricity Supply Industry Training Organisation (ESITO) and Te Puni Kōkiri (Ministry of Māori Development) will see 50 more Māori start full-time workplace training in the electricity supply industry by the end of October this year.
A new cadetship initiative between the Electricity Supply Industry Training Organisation (ESITO) and Te Puni Kōkiri (Ministry of Māori Development) will see 50 more Māori start full-time workplace training in the electricity supply industry by the end of October this year.
Allowance cut adds thousands to loan - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Allowance cut adds thousands to loan Stuff.co.nz Caitlin Davies has been forced to add thousands of dollars in student loan debt and take on extra hours of part-time work so that she can finish her masters degree. Ms Davies, 21, is among thousands of students part way through post-graduate study who ... |
Insurance costs for schools skyrocket - New Zealand Herald
URL: Insurance costs for schools skyrocket
New Zealand Herald
In Christchurch 86 schools were being repaired at a cost of $2.7m. Associate Minister of Education Craig Foss has called for an independent review of how school property is provided and managed and said a report would be delivered at the end of the ...
New Zealand Herald
In Christchurch 86 schools were being repaired at a cost of $2.7m. Associate Minister of Education Craig Foss has called for an independent review of how school property is provided and managed and said a report would be delivered at the end of the ...
Poverty-stricken kids resort to scavenging - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Poverty-stricken kids resort to scavenging
Stuff.co.nz
Children living in poverty are taking desperate measures to feed and clothe themselves at Waikato schools as families struggle to provide for their most basic needs. In one case, a young boy without a winter jersey was told to steal one from the lost ...
Stuff.co.nz
Children living in poverty are taking desperate measures to feed and clothe themselves at Waikato schools as families struggle to provide for their most basic needs. In one case, a young boy without a winter jersey was told to steal one from the lost ...
Otago Uni appoints new Maori Development Director - Voxy
URL: Otago Uni appoints new Maori Development Director
Voxy
"Tuari Potiki has an extensive background in health, education and social service development and has long-established and excellent working relationships with iwi and Maori communities throughout the country. He is very well placed to enhance Otago's ...
Voxy
"Tuari Potiki has an extensive background in health, education and social service development and has long-established and excellent working relationships with iwi and Maori communities throughout the country. He is very well placed to enhance Otago's ...
Chief Families Commissioner backs restructure of commission
URL: Chief Families Commissioner backs restructure of commission
The Chief Families Commissioner says the restructure of the agency will remove confusion about what it actually does.
The Chief Families Commissioner says the restructure of the agency will remove confusion about what it actually does.
Otago University worth $1.4 billion - New Zealand Herald
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Otago University worth $1.4 billion New Zealand Herald By Vaughan Elder of the Otago Daily Times With a total value of $1.4 billion, the University of Otago's assets are worth more than any other university in New Zealand, figures from the Tertiary Education Commission show. TEC figures comparing the ... |
Auckland college forges ahead with computer plans - Radio New Zealand
URL: Auckland college forges ahead with computer plans
Radio New Zealand
She says the college is serious about investing in computer technology. Janice Smith says recently Hato Petera formed a relationship with the Auckland University of Technology and only this month received 30 I Pads for use by senior students.
Radio New Zealand
She says the college is serious about investing in computer technology. Janice Smith says recently Hato Petera formed a relationship with the Auckland University of Technology and only this month received 30 I Pads for use by senior students.
Off the dole and into work with Malcam Trust scheme - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Off the dole and into work with Malcam Trust scheme Otago Daily Times By Ellie Constantine on Tue, 29 May 2012 Dan Rogers works at Road Materials Workgear as part of the Malcam Trust Altitude Employment-based Training programme in Dunedin. Photo by Jane Dawber. From living on the dole to working and studying full-time, ... |
Monday, May 28, 2012
Raising quality in early childhood education
URL: Raising quality in early childhood education
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hon Hekia Parata has today released a series of recommendations on how to improve the quality of early childhood education (ECE). The recommendations are the findings of two advisory groups which were established in January of this year to focus on improving the quality of ECE services, particularly for those children under the age of two. “I welcome the recommendations and thank the advisory groups for identifying many practical solutions that can be implemented quickly.”...
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hon Hekia Parata has today released a series of recommendations on how to improve the quality of early childhood education (ECE). The recommendations are the findings of two advisory groups which were established in January of this year to focus on improving the quality of ECE services, particularly for those children under the age of two. “I welcome the recommendations and thank the advisory groups for identifying many practical solutions that can be implemented quickly.”...
Career and subject choices critical
URL: Career and subject choices critical
Hekia Parata | Pacific Island Affairs
Pacific Islands Affairs Minister, Hekia Parata, welcomes the report of the Pacific Adolescent Career Pathways Report recently released. “Matching subject choices at secondary school to your career hopes and dreams is critical for Pacific students,” says Ms Parata. The research by the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs in 2010 found a significant mismatch between what students hoped to do, and the subjects they chose...
Hekia Parata | Pacific Island Affairs
Pacific Islands Affairs Minister, Hekia Parata, welcomes the report of the Pacific Adolescent Career Pathways Report recently released. “Matching subject choices at secondary school to your career hopes and dreams is critical for Pacific students,” says Ms Parata. The research by the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs in 2010 found a significant mismatch between what students hoped to do, and the subjects they chose...
Minister welcomes Vaiaso o le Gagana Sāmoa – Samoan Language Week
URL: Minister welcomes Vaiaso o le Gagana Sāmoa – Samoan Language Week
Hekia Parata | Pacific Island Affairs
Talofa Lava
Pacific Island Affairs Minister Hekia Parata encourages all to participate in the Samoan language week celebrations beginning Sunday 27 May. “The theme this year, O le vāfealoa’i: strong and respectful relationships, is a fitting theme for this years’ Samoan language week, as Samoa also celebrates 50 years of independence and the signing of a Treaty of Friendship with New Zealand,” says Ms Parata...
Hekia Parata | Pacific Island Affairs
Talofa Lava
Pacific Island Affairs Minister Hekia Parata encourages all to participate in the Samoan language week celebrations beginning Sunday 27 May. “The theme this year, O le vāfealoa’i: strong and respectful relationships, is a fitting theme for this years’ Samoan language week, as Samoa also celebrates 50 years of independence and the signing of a Treaty of Friendship with New Zealand,” says Ms Parata...
Education 2013 School Staffing Order 2012
URL: Education 2013 School Staffing Order 2012
Status: Modified
ID: regulation/public/2012/0097/12.0
Version: as made
Information type: regulation
Legislation type: public
Year: 2012
No: 97
Current as at date: 21/05/2012
Status: Modified
ID: regulation/public/2012/0097/12.0
Version: as made
Information type: regulation
Legislation type: public
Year: 2012
No: 97
Current as at date: 21/05/2012
A Sociological Inquiry into Teachers' Curriculum Decision Making
URL: A Sociological Inquiry into Teachers' Curriculum Decision Making
Seminar with Graham McPhail, hosted by the School of Critical Studies in Education.
Room N614, N block, Faculty of Education, Gate 4, 60 Epsom Ave, Epsom (View map)
30 May 2012
Seminar with Graham McPhail, hosted by the School of Critical Studies in Education.
Room N614, N block, Faculty of Education, Gate 4, 60 Epsom Ave, Epsom (View map)
30 May 2012
Huge opposition to charter schools - Newstalk ZB
URL: Huge opposition to charter schools
Newstalk ZB
Education experts hope the Government will soon see how much opposition there is to the idea of charter schools. Members of the Charter Schools Working Group spoke to around 400 people at a packed public meeting in south Auckland last night.
Newstalk ZB
Education experts hope the Government will soon see how much opposition there is to the idea of charter schools. Members of the Charter Schools Working Group spoke to around 400 people at a packed public meeting in south Auckland last night.
South Auckland may not trial charter schools - Voxy
 Newstalk ZB | URL: South Auckland may not trial charter schools Voxy Catherine Isaac confused and delighted 400 people at the public meeting held in South Auckland with her announcement last night that there has been no decision to trial charter schools in South Auckland. No region has been settled on and South Auckland ... |
South Auckland charter schools prove a tough sell for working group - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
 New Zealand Herald | URL: South Auckland charter schools prove a tough sell for working group Scoop.co.nz (press release) Chief charter schools advocate Catherine Isaac had a hard time selling the Government's controversial plan when she spoke to an audience in South Auckland on Monday night. Around 400 people packed the Otahuhu Town Hall to discuss the merits of ... |
Charter schools meet with some resistance - New Zealand Herald
 New Zealand Herald | URL: Charter schools meet with some resistance New Zealand Herald By Nick Smith Politicians have embarked on a bold new experiment to set up profit-making, privately sponsored charter schools, replacing struggling state schools in poor neighbourhoods. All they need are guinea pigs - and Tamaki Intermediate could be ... |
Students try to save school but to no avail - New Zealand Herald
 New Zealand Herald | URL: Students try to save school but to no avail New Zealand Herald Or, says principal Tony Horan, the site could be used for one of the new business-sponsored charter schools being set up as part of the deal by which Act MP John Banks agrees to prop up John Key's Government. Officials have told Horan that is an option ... |
Govt doing a rethink of move to bigger class sizes - New Zealand Herald
URL: Govt doing a rethink of move to bigger class sizes
New Zealand Herald
In a pre-Budget announcement Ms Parata changed class size ratios, including some increases to divert $60 million in funding for teacher recruitment and training over four years. "It is an explicit trade-off between quantity and quality," she said ...
New Zealand Herald
In a pre-Budget announcement Ms Parata changed class size ratios, including some increases to divert $60 million in funding for teacher recruitment and training over four years. "It is an explicit trade-off between quantity and quality," she said ...
Govt rethinks move to bigger class sizes - Otago Daily Times
URL: Govt rethinks move to bigger class sizes
Otago Daily Times
About 215 schools providing technology subjects (cooking, sewing, art, ICT, woodwork and metalwork) for other schools could be affected more adversely than the Government expected. The primary teachers' union, the NZEI, last week accused Education ...
Otago Daily Times
About 215 schools providing technology subjects (cooking, sewing, art, ICT, woodwork and metalwork) for other schools could be affected more adversely than the Government expected. The primary teachers' union, the NZEI, last week accused Education ...
NZEI welcomes recommendations to improve quality for under-5s
URL: NZEI welcomes recommendations to improve quality for under-5s
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa has welcomed recommendations made to the Government from two advisory groups about ways to improve the quality of early childhood education, particularly for children under two.
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa has welcomed recommendations made to the Government from two advisory groups about ways to improve the quality of early childhood education, particularly for children under two.
NZK Applauds Recommendations to Raise Education Quality - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: NZK Applauds Recommendations to Raise Education Quality
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Kindergarten teachers are supported with professional development and the infrastructure to effectively plan, assess and evaluate learning and teaching. Teachers support children exploring their interests, at their own pace, to develop the skills, ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Kindergarten teachers are supported with professional development and the infrastructure to effectively plan, assess and evaluate learning and teaching. Teachers support children exploring their interests, at their own pace, to develop the skills, ...
ECE quality recommendations welcomed - Voxy
URL: ECE quality recommendations welcomed
Voxy
Implementing and funding steps such as specialised professional development for teachers working with under-twos, regulating for low ratios and group sizes and working with health professionals would bring positive outcomes for children, she says.
Voxy
Implementing and funding steps such as specialised professional development for teachers working with under-twos, regulating for low ratios and group sizes and working with health professionals would bring positive outcomes for children, she says.
Principals and teachers to launch urgent claim on class size to protect children's learning
URL: Principals and teachers to launch urgent claim on class size to protect children's learning
Principals and teachers will be asked to support an urgent proposal aimed at reducing class sizes when they meet next month to vote on the claim they will put forward during their collective agreement negotiations, an emergency summit of NZEI's elected leaders agreed this weekend.
Principals and teachers will be asked to support an urgent proposal aimed at reducing class sizes when they meet next month to vote on the claim they will put forward during their collective agreement negotiations, an emergency summit of NZEI's elected leaders agreed this weekend.
Resources developed for schools - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Resources developed for schools Otago Daily Times "Every school has a flag pole. We could strap turbines to them to generate electricity for schools." The projects stemmed from a concern for the future of science education in New Zealand primary schools, Mr Wallace said. It prompted the University of ... |
Kids caught between statistics and dogma - New Zealand Herald
URL: Kids caught between statistics and dogma
New Zealand Herald
But, as Diane Ravitch, research professor of education at New York University, noted in the New York Review of Books, the documentary is riddled with statistics that are plain wrong. The movie ignores the 37 per cent of charter schools performing worse ...
New Zealand Herald
But, as Diane Ravitch, research professor of education at New York University, noted in the New York Review of Books, the documentary is riddled with statistics that are plain wrong. The movie ignores the 37 per cent of charter schools performing worse ...
Time for Nats to Support Frontline Teaching - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Time for Nats to Support Frontline Teaching
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
New Zealand First has accused the Government of wasting money marketing educational National Standards instead of helping the frontline teaching of basics such as reading, writing and numeracy. Education spokesperson Tracey Martin says the Government ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
New Zealand First has accused the Government of wasting money marketing educational National Standards instead of helping the frontline teaching of basics such as reading, writing and numeracy. Education spokesperson Tracey Martin says the Government ...
Budget attacks specialist teaching - Greens - Voxy
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Budget attacks specialist teaching - Greens Voxy In addition, schools are being required to narrow their focus to meet the National Standards. "The effect of these combined policies will be a loss of skilled teachers in primary and intermediate schools who have inspired children to learn through ... |
Nats attack education at every level « The Standard
URL: Nats attack education at every level « The Standard
In primary and secondary education, teachers report they have less and less time to teach because they're constantly having to assess whether their pupils can jump over arbitrary bars for the national standards. They're a ...
In primary and secondary education, teachers report they have less and less time to teach because they're constantly having to assess whether their pupils can jump over arbitrary bars for the national standards. They're a ...
Farmers oppose class size increase - SunLive
URL: Farmers oppose class size increase
SunLive
Government plans to increase class sizes will disadvantage rural children and may put workers off taking jobs in rural area says Federated Farmers education spokesperson Jeanette Maxwell. “Federated Farmers calls for the government to rethink its ...
SunLive
Government plans to increase class sizes will disadvantage rural children and may put workers off taking jobs in rural area says Federated Farmers education spokesperson Jeanette Maxwell. “Federated Farmers calls for the government to rethink its ...
Principal weighs tough choices - Manawatu Standard
URL: Principal weighs tough choices
Manawatu Standard
Ross Intermediate principal Wayne Codyre said the net result would be either the loss of four front-line teaching positions, and a resulting increase in class size, or the end of technology classes. "There are no winners in this.
Manawatu Standard
Ross Intermediate principal Wayne Codyre said the net result would be either the loss of four front-line teaching positions, and a resulting increase in class size, or the end of technology classes. "There are no winners in this.
Schools face teacher cuts threat - The Nelson Mail
 The Nelson Mail | URL: Schools face teacher cuts threat The Nelson Mail "It is becoming clear that the focus on national standards will be at the detriment of other very important aspects of learning and opportunities that generations of New Zealand children have enjoyed." Woodwork. |
$511.9m for initiatives, but principals wary - Otago Daily Times
 New Zealand Herald | URL: $511.9m for initiatives, but principals wary Otago Daily Times Education Minister Hekia Parata wants to see 98% of all children participating in early childhood education, and at least 85% of 18-year-olds achieving NCEA level 2 or an equivalent qualification in 2016. The bid to raise pupil achievement meant ... |
Gil Laurenson: Decile-one schools - know them before you judge them - New Zealand Herald
URL: Gil Laurenson: Decile-one schools - know them before you judge them
New Zealand Herald
Articles on education constantly refer to the 20 per cent tail of under-achievement in New Zealand which the PISA studies have revealed, and give the impression, that all those students either attend decile-one schools or live in South Auckland.
New Zealand Herald
Articles on education constantly refer to the 20 per cent tail of under-achievement in New Zealand which the PISA studies have revealed, and give the impression, that all those students either attend decile-one schools or live in South Auckland.
Good employment law crucial to good vocational training - Nzweek
URL: Good employment law crucial to good vocational training
Nzweek
Teachers must be included in governance and delivery decisions about vocational education and training according to Education International's special advisor David Robinson. Dr Robinson, who was speaking at a UNESCO International Congress on vocational ...
Nzweek
Teachers must be included in governance and delivery decisions about vocational education and training according to Education International's special advisor David Robinson. Dr Robinson, who was speaking at a UNESCO International Congress on vocational ...
Pasifika students at risk - Education Review Office - 3News NZ
 3News NZ | URL: Pasifika students at risk - Education Review Office 3News NZ By Sanele Chadwick Pasifika students are still most at risk of not achieving in New Zealand schools according to the Education Review Office. This Samoan Language Week, campaigners are calling on the Government to address the issue, by giving more ... |
Students, disabled hit hardest in Budget - Otago Daily Times
URL: Students, disabled hit hardest in Budget
Otago Daily Times
Students and the disabled will be the biggest losers among a multitude of small cuts across the gargantuan welfare bureaucracy that will help fund new services for jobless youth. Student allowances are being trimmed by $47.7 million (7.4 percent) in ...
Otago Daily Times
Students and the disabled will be the biggest losers among a multitude of small cuts across the gargantuan welfare bureaucracy that will help fund new services for jobless youth. Student allowances are being trimmed by $47.7 million (7.4 percent) in ...
Govt technology move 'huge blow' to schools - Otago Daily Times
Otago Daily Times | URL: Govt technology move 'huge blow' to schools Otago Daily Times In the Budget, the Government cut the majority of teacher to pupil ratios from 1:29 to 1:27.5, eliminating the technology teacher ratio of 1:120. "As part of the changes to teacher-student ratios, technology staffing for year 7 and 8 learners is now ... |
Intermediates face big teacher losses - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Intermediates face big teacher losses Stuff.co.nz GUIDING HAND: Tawa Intermediate technology teacher Ian Bunckenburg "Mr Bunks'' with 11-year-old pupil Alistein Tavila. Hundreds of technology teachers nationwide could lose their jobs, and aspiring builder Matt McAlpine, 11, only has two words to say: ... |
Cuts to education 'a drive back to the 50's' - principal - TVNZ
3News NZ | URL: Cuts to education 'a drive back to the 50's' - principal TVNZ A reduction in funding for intermediate schools could send education back to the 1950's one principal says. This week's "zero" Budget revealed that funding to specialist subjects such as music, art and woodwork and food technology for year 7 and 8 ... |
Budget brings 'natural disaster' for schools - Stuff.co.nz
3News NZ | URL: Budget brings 'natural disaster' for schools Stuff.co.nz At least 1000 primary and intermediate school technology teachers throughout the country could lose their jobs thanks to changes buried deep in the Budget, according to teachers. In yesterday's Budget, the education vote was boosted to $12.4 billion. |
Too soon to talk about redundancies - education ministry - TVNZ
URL: Too soon to talk about redundancies - education ministry
TVNZ
It is too soon to know how changes in funding for schools announced in yesterday's Budget will affect staffing levels, says the Ministry of Education. The "zero" Budget revealed that funding to specialist subjects such as music, art and woodwork and ...
TVNZ
It is too soon to know how changes in funding for schools announced in yesterday's Budget will affect staffing levels, says the Ministry of Education. The "zero" Budget revealed that funding to specialist subjects such as music, art and woodwork and ...
Kids learning the tough lessons | Stuff.co.nz
URL: Kids learning the tough lessons | Stuff.co.nz
Meanwhile, the Education Review Office has proposed leading a think-tank with the New Zealand Qualifications Authority and the commission to monitor the teaching and assessment of financial education in schools.
Meanwhile, the Education Review Office has proposed leading a think-tank with the New Zealand Qualifications Authority and the commission to monitor the teaching and assessment of financial education in schools.
Private Training Establishments ~ Tertiary Education Commission
URL: Private Training Establishments ~ Tertiary Education Commission
This is part of the ongoing commitment to improving educational opportunities and achievement for 16 and 17 year olds, and will provide up to 3000 more Youth Guarantee places over the next four years by making existing ...
This is part of the ongoing commitment to improving educational opportunities and achievement for 16 and 17 year olds, and will provide up to 3000 more Youth Guarantee places over the next four years by making existing ...
Wānanga ~ Tertiary Education Commission
URL: Wānanga ~ Tertiary Education Commission
This is part of the ongoing commitment to improving educational opportunities and achievement for 16 and 17 year olds, and will provide up to 3000 more Youth Guarantee places over the next four years.
This is part of the ongoing commitment to improving educational opportunities and achievement for 16 and 17 year olds, and will provide up to 3000 more Youth Guarantee places over the next four years.
Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics ~ Tertiary Education ...
URL: Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics ~ Tertiary Education ...
This is part of the ongoing commitment to improving educational opportunities and achievement for 16 and 17 year olds, and will provide up to 3000 more Youth Guarantee places over the next four years by making existing ...
This is part of the ongoing commitment to improving educational opportunities and achievement for 16 and 17 year olds, and will provide up to 3000 more Youth Guarantee places over the next four years by making existing ...
Choice In Education | Kahurangi School
URL: Choice In Education | Kahurangi School
In May 2011 the Kahurangi Educational Trust filed an application with the Ministry of Education (MOE), to establish a special character school in Golden Bay. Coming under Section 156 of the Education Act, the ... We believe this proposal is very strong and provides choice and alternatives for the children of Golden Bay and yet within a school environment which covers the NZ Curriculum, National Standards and NCEA. We will keep you updated with any news as we ...
In May 2011 the Kahurangi Educational Trust filed an application with the Ministry of Education (MOE), to establish a special character school in Golden Bay. Coming under Section 156 of the Education Act, the ... We believe this proposal is very strong and provides choice and alternatives for the children of Golden Bay and yet within a school environment which covers the NZ Curriculum, National Standards and NCEA. We will keep you updated with any news as we ...
University of Canterbury's 2013 student recruitment drive
URL: University of Canterbury's 2013 student recruitment drive
This weekend the University of Canterbury will officially launch a bold new marketing campaign as part of its 2013 student recruitment drive, which will include national television advertising and a new red and black visual identity.
This weekend the University of Canterbury will officially launch a bold new marketing campaign as part of its 2013 student recruitment drive, which will include national television advertising and a new red and black visual identity.
The OC: School of hard knocks - New Zealand Herald
New Zealand Herald | URL: The OC: School of hard knocks New Zealand Herald And although schools like Otahuhu College are closing the gap, their NCEA and University Entrance pass rates are still nowhere near the national average. Only 32 per cent of the school's Year 11 students passed NCEA Level 1 in 2010, compared to 75 per ... |
Girls nurse training plan - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Girls nurse training plan Stuff.co.nz Nursing aspirations: Marlborough Girls' College Year 13 students Georgia Romana and Amber Pearson, both 17, are studying a nursing foundation course at Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology part time while going to school. |
Student allowance regime will hit architecture - Voxy
URL: Student allowance regime will hit architecture
Voxy
The new regulations announced in the Budget for tertiary students will hit architecture students very hard says the chief executive of the Institute of Architects, Beverley McRae. "It means that architecture students will receive student allowances for ...
Voxy
The new regulations announced in the Budget for tertiary students will hit architecture students very hard says the chief executive of the Institute of Architects, Beverley McRae. "It means that architecture students will receive student allowances for ...
Kawerau School closer to opening - SunLive
URL: Kawerau School closer to opening
SunLive
The Ministry of Education has announced its one step closer to opening the new Year 7-13 Kawerau School with the appointment of the school's board of trustees. The new school is expected to opening by term one next year and will be located on the ...
SunLive
The Ministry of Education has announced its one step closer to opening the new Year 7-13 Kawerau School with the appointment of the school's board of trustees. The new school is expected to opening by term one next year and will be located on the ...
Gisborne's first Tongan immersion unit blessed - Gisborne Herald
URL: Gisborne's first Tongan immersion unit blessed
Gisborne Herald
THE first Tongan bilingual unit in the district and one of 30 in the country was opened and blessed at Kaiti School yesterday. Ministry of Education Pasifika senior manager for early childhood and regional education Dr Lesieli Tongati'o said the day ...
Gisborne Herald
THE first Tongan bilingual unit in the district and one of 30 in the country was opened and blessed at Kaiti School yesterday. Ministry of Education Pasifika senior manager for early childhood and regional education Dr Lesieli Tongati'o said the day ...
College in gun as roll tumbles - New Zealand Herald
URL: College in gun as roll tumbles
New Zealand Herald
Northland College, in Kaikohe, has received a damning report from the Education Review Office, which says longstanding property and financial issues at the school are compromising students' education. There are 11 Northland schools that have Ministry ...
New Zealand Herald
Northland College, in Kaikohe, has received a damning report from the Education Review Office, which says longstanding property and financial issues at the school are compromising students' education. There are 11 Northland schools that have Ministry ...
School goes digital after Powerco grant - Wanganui Chronicle
URL: School goes digital after Powerco grant
Wanganui Chronicle
TECHNOLOGY: St Marcellin School students show technology skills. Nygllhuw Morris, PowerCo Trust chairperson discusses iPad learning with senior students Liam Ander (left) and Quinn Tauroa as they study The Real Pochahontas, their current literacy unit ...
Wanganui Chronicle
TECHNOLOGY: St Marcellin School students show technology skills. Nygllhuw Morris, PowerCo Trust chairperson discusses iPad learning with senior students Liam Ander (left) and Quinn Tauroa as they study The Real Pochahontas, their current literacy unit ...
Iwi Invites Employers to Take on 400 Unemployed Māori Youth - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Iwi Invites Employers to Take on 400 Unemployed Māori Youth
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Throughout the Kahungunu rohe, there are around 1700 Māori youth on all main benefit types. And even more of our young people are not in employment, education, in training or on benefits, often being financially supported by whānau members.
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Throughout the Kahungunu rohe, there are around 1700 Māori youth on all main benefit types. And even more of our young people are not in employment, education, in training or on benefits, often being financially supported by whānau members.
Kids learning the tough lessons - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Kids learning the tough lessons Stuff.co.nz "If you want it to become an integral part of the curriculum then you must provide the professional development and the training that's required for teachers." The latest progress report on the national strategy for financial literacy in December noted ... |
Friday, May 25, 2012
$511.9m more to deliver better results for students
URL: $511.9m more to deliver better results for students
Hekia Parata | Budget 2012
Budget 2012 focuses on raising student achievement by investing $511.9 million of operating funding for new initiatives in education over the next four years, Education Minister Hekia Parata says. This takes the Government’s total investment in early childhood education and schooling to $9.6 billion for 2012/13. “Our education system is among the best in the world,’’ says Ms Parata. “Four out of five kids are successful and we must celebrate their success and the outstanding professionals in the education system who make that possible...
Hekia Parata | Budget 2012
Budget 2012 focuses on raising student achievement by investing $511.9 million of operating funding for new initiatives in education over the next four years, Education Minister Hekia Parata says. This takes the Government’s total investment in early childhood education and schooling to $9.6 billion for 2012/13. “Our education system is among the best in the world,’’ says Ms Parata. “Four out of five kids are successful and we must celebrate their success and the outstanding professionals in the education system who make that possible...
$110.9m to increase early childhood participation
URL: $110.9m to increase early childhood participation
Hekia Parata | Budget 2012
Extra Budget operating funding of $110.9 million for early childhood education (ECE) over the next four years continues the Government’s drive to increase the number of vulnerable children participating in ECE, Education Minister Hekia Parata says. “We know that participating in early childhood education has considerable benefits for children. “One of the 10 measurable targets of the Prime Minister’s Better Public Services results centres on early childhood education...
Hekia Parata | Budget 2012
Extra Budget operating funding of $110.9 million for early childhood education (ECE) over the next four years continues the Government’s drive to increase the number of vulnerable children participating in ECE, Education Minister Hekia Parata says. “We know that participating in early childhood education has considerable benefits for children. “One of the 10 measurable targets of the Prime Minister’s Better Public Services results centres on early childhood education...
Raising quality in early childhood education
URL: Raising quality in early childhood education
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hon Hekia Parata has today released a series of recommendations on how to improve the quality of early childhood education (ECE). The recommendations are the findings of two advisory groups which were established in January of this year to focus on improving the quality of ECE services, particularly for those children under the age of two. “I welcome the recommendations and thank the advisory groups for identifying many practical solutions that can be implemented quickly.”...
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hon Hekia Parata has today released a series of recommendations on how to improve the quality of early childhood education (ECE). The recommendations are the findings of two advisory groups which were established in January of this year to focus on improving the quality of ECE services, particularly for those children under the age of two. “I welcome the recommendations and thank the advisory groups for identifying many practical solutions that can be implemented quickly.”...
Government support for Māori education
URL: Government support for Māori education
Pita Sharples | Budget 2012
Māori education remains a Government priority, despite the challenging economic climate, Māori Affairs and Associate Education Minister Pita Sharples says. “Several initiatives in this year’s Budget will help improve education outcomes for Māori,” Dr Sharples says. “The Government’s investment of $76.4 million over the next four years will help our tamariki and mokopuna achieve education success...
Pita Sharples | Budget 2012
Māori education remains a Government priority, despite the challenging economic climate, Māori Affairs and Associate Education Minister Pita Sharples says. “Several initiatives in this year’s Budget will help improve education outcomes for Māori,” Dr Sharples says. “The Government’s investment of $76.4 million over the next four years will help our tamariki and mokopuna achieve education success...
Cadetships a focus for Māori Affairs
URL: Cadetships a focus for Māori Affairs
Pita Sharples | Budget 2012
The Government will fund 1,000 Māori cadetships over the next four years, Māori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples says. “A total of $10 million allocated to the Māori cadetship programme over the next four years will enable 250 young Māori cadets a year to get paid jobs and training opportunities for at least six months,” Dr Sharples says...
Pita Sharples | Budget 2012
The Government will fund 1,000 Māori cadetships over the next four years, Māori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples says. “A total of $10 million allocated to the Māori cadetship programme over the next four years will enable 250 young Māori cadets a year to get paid jobs and training opportunities for at least six months,” Dr Sharples says...
Hundreds of schools to benefit from broadband
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Hekia Parata | Budget 2012
Budget 2012 continues the Government’s commitment to making New Zealand schools among the most connected in the world, Education Minister Hekia Parata and Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams say. The Government is providing $8 million in 2012/13 to help schools connect to the ultra-fast broadband (UFB) network. Hundreds of schools will have access to government funding to cover the costs of the fibre connection from the school boundary into the school...
Hekia Parata | Budget 2012
Budget 2012 continues the Government’s commitment to making New Zealand schools among the most connected in the world, Education Minister Hekia Parata and Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams say. The Government is providing $8 million in 2012/13 to help schools connect to the ultra-fast broadband (UFB) network. Hundreds of schools will have access to government funding to cover the costs of the fibre connection from the school boundary into the school...
First investment to develop 21st Century Schools
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Hekia Parata | Budget 2012
The Government is investing the first $33.8 million of proceeds from the Future Investment Fund into upgrading school IT networks, Education Minister Hekia Parata and Associate Education Minister Craig Foss say. This is part of the $1 billion ring-fenced in the fund for investing in the Government’s 21st Century Schools programme. The fund is established in Budget 2012 to invest the $5 billion to $7 billion expected proceeds from the Government’s partial share sales of five SOEs...
Hekia Parata | Budget 2012
The Government is investing the first $33.8 million of proceeds from the Future Investment Fund into upgrading school IT networks, Education Minister Hekia Parata and Associate Education Minister Craig Foss say. This is part of the $1 billion ring-fenced in the fund for investing in the Government’s 21st Century Schools programme. The fund is established in Budget 2012 to invest the $5 billion to $7 billion expected proceeds from the Government’s partial share sales of five SOEs...
Extra support for vulnerable youth
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Paula Bennett | Budget 2012
Budget 2012 includes an $18.3 million investment over the next four years in mental health services for children and young people, Youth Affairs Minister Paula Bennett says. “Young people can be among our most vulnerable and need specific support to address their needs,” she says. “I’m pleased to be putting more funding into mental health services for young people, including youth workers and One-Stop Shops.”...
Paula Bennett | Budget 2012
Budget 2012 includes an $18.3 million investment over the next four years in mental health services for children and young people, Youth Affairs Minister Paula Bennett says. “Young people can be among our most vulnerable and need specific support to address their needs,” she says. “I’m pleased to be putting more funding into mental health services for young people, including youth workers and One-Stop Shops.”...
$326m boost for science, innovation, and research
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Steven Joyce | Budget 2012
Budget 2012 delivers on the Government’s commitment to building a more competitive and productive economy, with $250 million of new operating funding and $76.1 million in capital funding over four years for science, innovation, and research. “Science and technological innovation are major drivers of growth and international competitiveness, which is why we have continued to increase funding for them despite tight fiscal constraints,” Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce says...
Steven Joyce | Budget 2012
Budget 2012 delivers on the Government’s commitment to building a more competitive and productive economy, with $250 million of new operating funding and $76.1 million in capital funding over four years for science, innovation, and research. “Science and technological innovation are major drivers of growth and international competitiveness, which is why we have continued to increase funding for them despite tight fiscal constraints,” Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce says...
Tertiary savings fund new investment
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Steven Joyce | Budget 2012
Budget 2012 rebalances the Government’s $4.3 billion investment in tertiary education between expenditure on student support and investment in tuition and research, says Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce. “We have one of the most generous student support systems in the world. Rebalancing it allows us to free up money we can reinvest in improving the quality of tertiary education we provide, and help our overall fiscal position,” Mr Joyce says. Key changes include:...
Steven Joyce | Budget 2012
Budget 2012 rebalances the Government’s $4.3 billion investment in tertiary education between expenditure on student support and investment in tuition and research, says Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce. “We have one of the most generous student support systems in the world. Rebalancing it allows us to free up money we can reinvest in improving the quality of tertiary education we provide, and help our overall fiscal position,” Mr Joyce says. Key changes include:...
$159m to strengthen higher-level tertiary education
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Steven Joyce | Budget 2012
Budget 2012 commits $158.9 million over four years to invest in engineering, science, and research-led learning in our tertiary institutions, Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce says. “New Zealand has an under-supply of engineers and we are training about only half the number we require,” he says...
Steven Joyce | Budget 2012
Budget 2012 commits $158.9 million over four years to invest in engineering, science, and research-led learning in our tertiary institutions, Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce says. “New Zealand has an under-supply of engineers and we are training about only half the number we require,” he says...
$29.5m to stimulate competitive innovation in tertiary sector
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Steven Joyce | Budget 2012
Budget 2012 commits $29.5 million operating spending over four years for Private Training Establishments (PTEs), to create a fairer funding system that rewards competitive innovation across the tertiary sector. The Government is committing the funding to close the gap between the historical differential funding rates of PTEs and public providers of the same service, Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce says...
Steven Joyce | Budget 2012
Budget 2012 commits $29.5 million operating spending over four years for Private Training Establishments (PTEs), to create a fairer funding system that rewards competitive innovation across the tertiary sector. The Government is committing the funding to close the gap between the historical differential funding rates of PTEs and public providers of the same service, Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce says...
3,000 more Youth Guarantee places funded
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Steven Joyce | Budget 2012
Budget 2012 continues the Government’s support for foundation training for young people, with 3,000 more places funded over the next four years under the Youth Guarantee Scheme. “With these extra fees-free places, there will be 8,750 tertiary-based Youth Guarantee places in 2013,” Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce says...
Steven Joyce | Budget 2012
Budget 2012 continues the Government’s support for foundation training for young people, with 3,000 more places funded over the next four years under the Youth Guarantee Scheme. “With these extra fees-free places, there will be 8,750 tertiary-based Youth Guarantee places in 2013,” Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce says...
Budget focuses on better public service results
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Bill English | Budget 2012
Budget 2012 includes further steps towards an innovative, efficient public sector delivering better results for New Zealanders within tight financial constraints, Finance Minister Bill English says. “This Government is focused on getting better results, rather than just increasing inputs. It’s time to measure success by better outcomes, rather than by how much extra money we are spending, as was the case for much of the 2000s,” Mr English says...
Bill English | Budget 2012
Budget 2012 includes further steps towards an innovative, efficient public sector delivering better results for New Zealanders within tight financial constraints, Finance Minister Bill English says. “This Government is focused on getting better results, rather than just increasing inputs. It’s time to measure success by better outcomes, rather than by how much extra money we are spending, as was the case for much of the 2000s,” Mr English says...
No decision yet on south Auckland charter school - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
University of Auckland's Associate Professor of Education Peter O'Connor said the audience was caught by surprise when Charter Schools Working Group chairwoman Catherine Isaac said no region had been settled on for a trial and south Auckland may not be ...
New Zealand Herald
University of Auckland's Associate Professor of Education Peter O'Connor said the audience was caught by surprise when Charter Schools Working Group chairwoman Catherine Isaac said no region had been settled on for a trial and south Auckland may not be ...
Early childhood education subsidies cut - Stuff.co.nz
New Zealand Herald | URL: Early childhood education subsidies cut Stuff.co.nz Early childhood education subsidies have been frozen in the Budget, likely forcing up fees for families in the coming years. Education Minister Hekia Parata announced a series of new spending initiatives in the ECE sector, which add up to $110.9 ... |
Record numbers for Early Childhood Council's Conference
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The organiser of a conference for early childhood centre managers and teachers to be run in Auckland this weekend, has struggled to accommodate the numbers seeking to attend.
The organiser of a conference for early childhood centre managers and teachers to be run in Auckland this weekend, has struggled to accommodate the numbers seeking to attend.
Early Childhood Council reacts to Budget
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The Early Childhood Council has welcomed the money in the Budget that is being directed to increasing participation in early childhood education by vulnerable groups.
The Early Childhood Council has welcomed the money in the Budget that is being directed to increasing participation in early childhood education by vulnerable groups.
New Zealand Kindergarten Response to the 2012 Budget
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“Additional funding to support increased participation in early childhood education is welcome news,” said Clare Wells, Chief Executive of New Zealand Kindergartens.
“Additional funding to support increased participation in early childhood education is welcome news,” said Clare Wells, Chief Executive of New Zealand Kindergartens.
Parents face burden of preschool squeeze
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Early childhood education subsidy cuts worth tens of millions of dollars are likely to be passed on to some parents through increased fees.
Early childhood education subsidy cuts worth tens of millions of dollars are likely to be passed on to some parents through increased fees.
Budget fails Maori in tertiary education - academic
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An Otago University Professor of Maori Studies is highly critical of announcements in the Budget for tertiary education.
An Otago University Professor of Maori Studies is highly critical of announcements in the Budget for tertiary education.
Budget 2012: Te reo schools to keep their small classes - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
Maori immersion schools will be exempt from increases in class size announced in this year's Budget - a move critics have labelled unfair. Associate Minister of Education Pita Sharples announced yesterday that kura kaupapa and wharekura would not be ...
New Zealand Herald
Maori immersion schools will be exempt from increases in class size announced in this year's Budget - a move critics have labelled unfair. Associate Minister of Education Pita Sharples announced yesterday that kura kaupapa and wharekura would not be ...
Young Maori in education benefit from Budget - Radio New Zealand
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Radio New Zealand
The spending is aimed at getting more tamariki into Maori pre-schools - including kohanga reo services. The Ministry of Education says initiatives will be developed and delivered through iwi and other partners. There is also an increase in what is ...
Radio New Zealand
The spending is aimed at getting more tamariki into Maori pre-schools - including kohanga reo services. The Ministry of Education says initiatives will be developed and delivered through iwi and other partners. There is also an increase in what is ...
Priority two
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MOE
This section describes our focus on maximising the contribution of education to the economy.
MOE
This section describes our focus on maximising the contribution of education to the economy.
Priority one
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MOE
This section describes our focus on improving education outcomes for Māori learners, Pasifika learners, learners with special education needs and learners from low socio-economic backgrounds.
MOE
This section describes our focus on improving education outcomes for Māori learners, Pasifika learners, learners with special education needs and learners from low socio-economic backgrounds.
Operating intentions
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MOE
This section sets out our operating intentions for the next three years. We have two key priorities that will enable us to meet our outcomes. The two priorities are supported by a focus on improving our capability and effectiveness.
MOE
This section sets out our operating intentions for the next three years. We have two key priorities that will enable us to meet our outcomes. The two priorities are supported by a focus on improving our capability and effectiveness.
Statement of Intent 2012 – 2017
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MOE
The Ministry of Education’s Statement of Intent 2012 – 2017 sets out the key elements of how we will contribute to the delivery of Government’s priorities for education.
MOE
The Ministry of Education’s Statement of Intent 2012 – 2017 sets out the key elements of how we will contribute to the delivery of Government’s priorities for education.
Improving the Ministry’s capability, efficiency and responsiveness
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MOE
This section describes the improvement in capability, efficiency and responsiveness required of the Ministry to achieve our two priorities.
MOE
This section describes the improvement in capability, efficiency and responsiveness required of the Ministry to achieve our two priorities.
Early Childhood Education (ECE) initiatives
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MOE
Main Early Childhood Education (ECE) initiatives announced by the Government in Budget 2012
MOE
Main Early Childhood Education (ECE) initiatives announced by the Government in Budget 2012
Schooling (primary and secondary education) initiatives
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MOE
Main schooling (primary and secondary education) initiatives announced by the Government in Budget 2012
MOE
Main schooling (primary and secondary education) initiatives announced by the Government in Budget 2012
Special education initiatives
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MOE
Main special education initiatives announced by the Government in Budget 2012
MOE
Main special education initiatives announced by the Government in Budget 2012
Tertiary education initiatives and savings
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Main tertiary education initiatives and savings announced by the Government in Budget 2012
Main tertiary education initiatives and savings announced by the Government in Budget 2012
Budget 2012: The Students Say ... - Stuff.co.nz
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Stuff.co.nz
A raft of changes to the student loan scheme has been announced, including increasing the repayment rate from 10 per cent to 12, removing the voluntary repayment bonus, freezing the parental income threshold for student allowances and removing ...
Stuff.co.nz
A raft of changes to the student loan scheme has been announced, including increasing the repayment rate from 10 per cent to 12, removing the voluntary repayment bonus, freezing the parental income threshold for student allowances and removing ...
Budget labelled 'an attack on students' - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Budget labelled 'an attack on students' Stuff.co.nz The head of the country's largest student union has labelled the 2012 Budget as an attack on students, particularly those studying part-time. Massey University Extramural Student's Society president Ralph Springett said the Government was focused on ... |
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