Questions And Answers Feb 16 — Parliament Today

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They have applied the law appropriately for 7 years, and have got to a point where one small aspect of the tests that were put in place all those 7 years ago does need to be reconsidered in a different light—so going from before and after to with or without. I would ask ..... What we do know is that half the women on the domestic purposes benefit have not achieved a level of education of National Certificate of Educational Achievement level 1 or foundation course skills.

National Standards 'bad for kids' - principal

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An Auckland principal says the school curriculum is failing students.

Principal's resignation sparks call for National Standards review - TVNZ

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TVNZ
There's been a call for the Government to review the implementation of National Standards, following news that a successful Auckland primary school principal has resigned over their roll-out. Louis Guy had served at New Windsor School for 22 years, ...

Associate head quits after response criticised - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Hutt Valley High School's associate principal has resigned amid fallout from a damning ombudsman's report into sexual abuse at the college. But Steve Chapman says he did not step down because of pressure from victims' parents.

resignation reignites ethical dilemma for principals - Media People ...

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'New Zealand schools are up with the best in the world in their standards of educational excellence and achievement and parents and teachers do not want to see the very rich and unique curriculum be narrowed down by ...

Likely scrutiny of small urban schools - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Likely scrutiny of small urban schools Otago Daily Times "The education sector is very dynamic and schools are opened, closed and merged throughout New Zealand for a variety of reasons." The briefing has put many school principals and boards of trustees on edge. Otago Primary Principals' Association ...

Rotary Park commissioner seeks decision on school - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
By John Lewis on Fri, 17 Feb 2012 A letter has been sent to the Education Minister by Rotary Park School commissioner Cleave Hay, asking for a decision on the school's future. The school reopened for term 1 with about 30 pupils, but the roll had since ...

Over-65s crowd teens out of market - New Zealand Herald

Otago Daily Times

URL: Over-65s crowd teens out of market New Zealand Herald But the numbers who are not in any kind of education, employment or training (NEET) rose from 7.7 per cent of the age group in 2006 to 11.7 per cent in 2009. NEET numbers have since come back halfway to 9.7 per cent. Mr Johnson said this was partly ...

Pupils ditch bus for bikes - Southland Times

Southland Times

URL: Pupils ditch bus for bikes Southland Times Seddon School pupils ditched the school bus yesterday morning and braved the wet weather on a bike ride to school. The pupils, staff and parents rode about 15 kilometres along the bus route from Marama Rd – a quiet country road away from the traffic ...

Tokonui pupils do it for fun - Southland Times

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Southland Times
A team from Tokonui has again tasted success at the Otago-Southland AgriKids regional final. At the Otago-Southland AgriKids regional final in Balclutha on Sunday, children from across the region competed in agricultural tasks and problem-solving.

New year marks change for schools - The Nelson Mail

The Nelson Mail

URL: New year marks change for schools The Nelson Mail Henley Primary is now home to two new schools catering for the region's gifted children and an Education Ministry's special needs unit for high needs pupils from Richmond and Waimea. Henley principal John Armstrong said the special needs school was a ...

Scooters overtake bikes at school - The Ashburton Guardian

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The Ashburton Guardian
By Amanda Durry February 16, 2012 The days of bike stands at schools are behind us, as the fascination with scooters takes over. Scooters have been growing in popularity recently and since school has started back, it's a craze that principals cannot ...

Northland schools sign up for free milk - Northern Advocate

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Northern Advocate
CHEERS: Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings is backing the Milk For Schools programme. PICTURE/APN More than half of all primary schools in Northland have registered for Fonterra's Milk in School's programme, which begins next month.

School aims to cut role - Auckland stuff.co.nz

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URL: School aims to cut role Auckland stuff.co.nz Westlake Girls High School is hoping to lose its title of the country's largest girls' school. New principal Roz Mexted is working towards reducing the school roll from almost 2300 to 2000 by capping year 9 enrolments. After a steady increase of ...