URL: Ministers launch BPS education action plans
Steven Joyce | Education
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce and Education Minister Hekia Parata today released two action plans which detail the Government’s work to achieve the Better Public Service targets of boosting skills and employment. The Result Action Plans – 5 and 6 – were announced by the Ministers at the Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec) in Petone...
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Government grant extends research project into Pasifika children - Radio New Zealand International
 Radio New Zealand International | URL: Government grant extends research project into Pasifika children Radio New Zealand International Professor Janis Paterson, who heads the study, says findings from their research have so far prompted changes in education, social services, and policy regarding Pacific youth and families. “We've seen some changes in the area of immunisation ... |
New Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs CEO appointed - Voxy
 Te News | URL: New Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs CEO appointed Voxy Ms Winter (Te Ati Awa-Taranaki/Samoa), who is currently the Director of the Office of Pasifika Advancement at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT), has also run her own company, Interpacific Limited (Ltd), specialising in governance training ... |
ERO - a biased political weapon for the government
URL: ERO - a biased political weapon for the government
ERO claimed yesterday’s report was a “wake-up” call for teachers, principals and Boards of Trustees and highlighted what it said was schools’ “three most important shortcomings” – schools need to focus on the needs of individual students, ...
ERO claimed yesterday’s report was a “wake-up” call for teachers, principals and Boards of Trustees and highlighted what it said was schools’ “three most important shortcomings” – schools need to focus on the needs of individual students, ...
National Tertiary Learning & Teaching Conference: Presentations ...
URL: National Tertiary Learning & Teaching Conference: Presentations ...
Once we think about learning in this way, we can see that different strategies for assessment are required. Proficiency based assessments cover the learning to know. But to fully understand learning, assessment of practices ...
Once we think about learning in this way, we can see that different strategies for assessment are required. Proficiency based assessments cover the learning to know. But to fully understand learning, assessment of practices ...
Govt push for more tertiary enrolments - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Govt push for more tertiary enrolments
Stuff.co.nz
The Government wants 55 per cent of 25 to 34 year olds to achieve a level 4 qualification - tertiary certificate - or above, and 85 per cent of young people achieve a NCEA level 2 qualification or equivalent, up from 68 per cent, by 2017. The plans are ...
Stuff.co.nz
The Government wants 55 per cent of 25 to 34 year olds to achieve a level 4 qualification - tertiary certificate - or above, and 85 per cent of young people achieve a NCEA level 2 qualification or equivalent, up from 68 per cent, by 2017. The plans are ...
Trustee urges ministry to listen to parents - Radio New Zealand
URL: Trustee urges ministry to listen to parents
Radio New Zealand
A Maori school board trustee is urging the Ministry of Education to listen to parents' concerns before shutting down their school for children with special needs at the top of the South Island. Ministry officials plan to close two of four residential ...
Radio New Zealand
A Maori school board trustee is urging the Ministry of Education to listen to parents' concerns before shutting down their school for children with special needs at the top of the South Island. Ministry officials plan to close two of four residential ...
2015 school terms and holidays
URL: 2015 school terms and holidays
2015 term start and end dates. For state and state-integrated primary, intermediate, secondary and composite schools
2015 term start and end dates. For state and state-integrated primary, intermediate, secondary and composite schools
Teen has job to keep siblings at school - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Teen has job to keep siblings at school
Stuff.co.nz
The forum was told that 60.2 per cent of New Zealand's 15 to 24 year olds were currently employed, while 13 per cent were neither in employment, training or education. An expert advisory group set up by the Children's Commission this week released a ...
Stuff.co.nz
The forum was told that 60.2 per cent of New Zealand's 15 to 24 year olds were currently employed, while 13 per cent were neither in employment, training or education. An expert advisory group set up by the Children's Commission this week released a ...
Days of the old school yard - The Dominion Post
 The Dominion Post | URL: Days of the old school yard The Dominion Post On Friday about a dozen 1950s Upper Hutt School pupils were given guided tours by current pupils to see what hasn't changed and what has, especially in the classroom. Memories of writing with pens, that had to be continually dipped in ink wells, and ... |
Tough competition for workplace literacy award - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Tough competition for workplace literacy award
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The reasons for this skills shortage vary – young school leaving age, learning difficulties, low confidence, speaking English as a second language. This year's Skills Highway Award entrants are proof that workplace literacy training can improve ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The reasons for this skills shortage vary – young school leaving age, learning difficulties, low confidence, speaking English as a second language. This year's Skills Highway Award entrants are proof that workplace literacy training can improve ...
Lions President Launches Personal Literacy Campaign
URL: Lions President Launches Personal Literacy Campaign
Wayne Madden, from Indiana USA and installed as the Lions International President two-months ago, will use the Queenstown Convention to launch his own personal campaign, the Reading Action Program (RAP), to improve literacy in this region of the world.
Wayne Madden, from Indiana USA and installed as the Lions International President two-months ago, will use the Queenstown Convention to launch his own personal campaign, the Reading Action Program (RAP), to improve literacy in this region of the world.
Why handwriting skills still imperative in a digital age
URL: Why handwriting skills still imperative in a digital age
With Janet de Witt - a teacher and brain gym educator, she also works as a RTLB teacher and resource in learning and behaviour.
With Janet de Witt - a teacher and brain gym educator, she also works as a RTLB teacher and resource in learning and behaviour.
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