Thousands to benefit from Youth Guarantee

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Steven Joyce | Education
A total of 9616 training places will be available in 2012 for 16 and 17 year olds under the Government's Youth Guarantee Scheme, Tertiary Education, Skills & Employment Minister Steven Joyce and Education Minister Hekia Parata announced today. The Government is investing more than $100 million in the Youth Guarantee Scheme in 2012, which encompasses fees-free tertiary places at levels 1-3 for 16 and 17 year olds, and Trades Academies...

Most schools getting on with national standards | Otago Daily Times ...

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Most schools are using national standards effectively but 20 per cent are either philosophically opposed or struggling to implement them, the Education Review Office says.

Ten per cent of schools still opposed to national standards - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
By Matthew Backhouse Most schools are using national standards effectively but 20 per cent are either philosophically opposed or struggling to implement them, the Education Review Office says. National standards have faced criticism from some teachers ...

Maori Party welcomes trade training initiative - Voxy

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Voxy
Maori Party rangatahi spokesperson, Te Ururoa Flavell, is welcoming today's announcements to increase the numbers of job and skills training places as supporting the focus on employment and training outlined in the relationship accord.

36 Hawkes Bay Schools to get Ultra Fast broadband - All About Hawke's Bay

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All About Hawke's Bay
Local MPs Craig Foss and Chris Tremain welcome news this week that students from Hawke's Bay schools will have access to ultra-fast broadband by July next year. "We are delighted that 36 schools in Hawke's Bay including Hawke's Bay School for Teenage ...

Thousands to benefit from Youth Guarantee - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A total of 9616 training places will be available in 2012 for 16 and 17 year olds under the Government's Youth Guarantee Scheme, Tertiary Education, Skills & Employment Minister Steven Joyce and Education Minister Hekia Parata announced today.

Thousands to benefit from Youth Guarantee - Voxy

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Voxy
A total of 9616 training places will be available in 2012 for 16 and 17 year olds under the Government's Youth Guarantee Scheme, Tertiary Education, Skills & Employment Minister Steven Joyce and Education Minister Hekia Parata announced today.

Call for transparency in tertiary governance - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Call for transparency in tertiary governance Otago Daily Times ... 8 Mar 2012 Greater openness and transparency at the governance level of New Zealand's universities, polytechnics, and tertiary providers has been called for by the Government minister responsible for the sector. Minister of Tertiary Education, ...

University enrolments up - SunLive

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SunLive
Read More The number of full-time equivalent students preparing to study at the University of Waikato's Tauranga campus is up 20 per cent when compared with the same time last year. University of Waikato vice-chancellor Professor Roy Crawford says the ...

Wellington College brainiest school in NZ - Stuff.co.nz

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Wellington College brainiest school in NZ Stuff.co.nz Preliminary results show the decile 10 state school has gained 126 NCEA scholarships – the most by any school in one year since the exams began. Delighted headmaster Roger Moses said: "It's the top exam in the country and we take it very seriously here ...

Stalking claims at under-siege school - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
The education ministry has been asked to stage an intervention to help a dysfuntional North Shore primary school where parents claim complaints of stalking, inappropriate behaviour by a teacher and bullying haven't been properly addressed.