Govt boosts international education support for Chch

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Steven Joyce | Canterbury Earthquake Recovery
The Government is boosting its support for the Christchurch international education sector with a dedicated $5 million fund that will promote the city overseas as an education destination over the next four years, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Steven Joyce announced today. “Christchurch is normally our second largest destination for international students and the city has an international reputation for very high-quality education,” Mr Joyce says...

185,000 free pieces of fruit a year for Sth Canty kids

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Tony Ryall | Health
953 South Canterbury primary school children in 6 schools are eating their way through around 185,000 free pieces of fruit this year. The National Government extended the Fruit in Schools programme two years ago to include both decile one and two primary and intermediate schools, reducing administration costs at the same time. Nationally, 96,125 primary school children in 478 schools will enjoy around 18.6 million pieces of fruit this year...

No teachers on charter school working group - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
Groups representing school teachers, principals and trustees say more teachers and principals should have been appointed to the Government working group on charter schools. The Government has chosen no teachers and one current principal for its working ...

Treasury's class size comments refuted by expert - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
An education expert has dismissed Treasury's call to rethink classroom sizes so more money can be pumped into improving teacher quality, saying New Zealand teachers are already among the highest performers in the OECD.

Budget cuts put huge pressure on preschools

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Early childhood centres are having to make drastic changes to their businesses because of a lack of Government funding and many say they expect operating conditions to get worse.A national survey carried out by the Early Childhood...

Orcon releases UFB prices for schools - Geekzone

TechDay.co.nz

URL: Orcon releases UFB prices for schools Geekzone Orcon CEO Scott Bartlett says schools are contacting the company because it is leading the fibre for schools initiative. Orcon has already connected five Whangarei schools: Manaia View Primary School, Whangarei Intermediate, Blomfield Special School, ...

Rural Kids Will Be Safer As Farmlands Gives $12000 in Grants - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Road safety education, signage and bypass areas are just some of the additional safety measures six rural primary schools in the North Island can implement thanks to a $12000 grant from Farmlands. The schools were excited to receive the money, ...

TEU Tertiary Update Vol 15 No 9

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Closure of theatre, film, American and cultural studies at UC Nine full time-equivalent staff will lose their jobs and more than 150 students will lose their majors and programmes at the University of Canterbury according to an announcement by the vice ...

Greens slam student allowance freeze - TVNZ

3News NZ (blog)

URL: Greens slam student allowance freeze TVNZ The Green Party says the Government's decision to freeze the student allowance parental income threshold will act as a further barrier to higher education. Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce said today there would be no increase to the student ...

AUT University Announces New Chancellor

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The Council of Auckland University of Technology has announced the election of Mr John Maasland as the Chancellor of the University.

Students give Waikato economy a boost

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It's not Waitomo Caves or Hobbiton that are the Waikato's biggest attractions - it's Wintec and Waikato University that are keeping visitors in the region.Hamilton's tertiary sector is boosting the region's international visitor...