URL: Students leaving school with higher qualifications
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata says students are leaving school with higher qualifications than ever before, including young Maori and Pasifika...
Friday, September 28, 2012
Prisoner education and employment exceeds targets
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Anne Tolley | Corrections
Corrections Minister Anne Tolley says targets for prisoners engaged in education and employment have been exceeded by more than 100 per cent. During the course of the Prisoner Skills and Employment Strategy 2009-2012, the number of prisoners in vocational training, employment and literacy and numeracy education increased to 7,529 from 5,359 – an increase of 2170 compared to the target of 1000. “These figures are fantastic and we are determined to do even better,” says Mrs Tolley...
Anne Tolley | Corrections
Corrections Minister Anne Tolley says targets for prisoners engaged in education and employment have been exceeded by more than 100 per cent. During the course of the Prisoner Skills and Employment Strategy 2009-2012, the number of prisoners in vocational training, employment and literacy and numeracy education increased to 7,529 from 5,359 – an increase of 2170 compared to the target of 1000. “These figures are fantastic and we are determined to do even better,” says Mrs Tolley...
The Press on Standards « The Standard
URL: The Press on Standards « The Standard
Other commentators have identified the serious dangers of using national standards data when judging the performance of schools. They have noted the inconsistency between schools in how national standards are ...
Other commentators have identified the serious dangers of using national standards data when judging the performance of schools. They have noted the inconsistency between schools in how national standards are ...
Ministry of Education publishes national standards results
URL: Ministry of Education publishes national standards results
The Ministry of Education is publishing the national standards results of nearly 2-thousand schools this morning.
The Ministry of Education is publishing the national standards results of nearly 2-thousand schools this morning.
Principal a fan of publishing National Standards - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Principal a fan of publishing National Standards
Stuff.co.nz
''It's difficult because they [the Education Ministry] have only asked for evidence for Maori and Pasifika and for genders. ''So that doesn't actually represent our school because we have such a wide range of ethnicities.'' Plowright says variances in ...
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''It's difficult because they [the Education Ministry] have only asked for evidence for Maori and Pasifika and for genders. ''So that doesn't actually represent our school because we have such a wide range of ethnicities.'' Plowright says variances in ...
NZQA putting whanau first in Maori education plan - Radio New Zealand
URL: NZQA putting whanau first in Maori education plan
Radio New Zealand
The NZQA's deputy chief executive of Maori says the key to this is working in collaboration with other agencies such as the Ministry of Education, Careers New Zealand, the Tertiary Education Commission and iwi across the country. Daryn Bean says ...
Radio New Zealand
The NZQA's deputy chief executive of Maori says the key to this is working in collaboration with other agencies such as the Ministry of Education, Careers New Zealand, the Tertiary Education Commission and iwi across the country. Daryn Bean says ...
Roger Moses: NZ Education Among the World's Best | Stuff.co.nz
URL: Roger Moses: NZ Education Among the World's Best | Stuff.co.nz
Of the Western countries, Finland is often lauded as the zenith of educational achievement, a country where teaching as a profession is regarded highly and a model to which all should aspire. It is unarguable that Finland ...
Of the Western countries, Finland is often lauded as the zenith of educational achievement, a country where teaching as a profession is regarded highly and a model to which all should aspire. It is unarguable that Finland ...
At the threshold of understanding: University of Waikato
URL: At the threshold of understanding: University of Waikato
Ann Harlow is a senior educational researcher with an interest in student-centred learning approaches, and says one of the common problems with subjects like engineering is finding ways to get students to articulate their ...
Ann Harlow is a senior educational researcher with an interest in student-centred learning approaches, and says one of the common problems with subjects like engineering is finding ways to get students to articulate their ...
Charter schools forums at Unis | TEU - Tertiary Education Union
URL: Charter schools forums at Unis | TEU - Tertiary Education Union
QPEC's tertiary education spokesperson John O'Neill says Mike Feinberg's visit encapsulates many of the tensions that face contemporary public universities in a mixed economy of open and commercial science, where potential .... of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington, University bargaining 2012, vocational education and training, Wānanga, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, Te Whare Wānanga Awanuiārangi, Women ...
QPEC's tertiary education spokesperson John O'Neill says Mike Feinberg's visit encapsulates many of the tensions that face contemporary public universities in a mixed economy of open and commercial science, where potential .... of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington, University bargaining 2012, vocational education and training, Wānanga, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, Te Whare Wānanga Awanuiārangi, Women ...
School leavers with NCEA Level 2 or above
URL:School leavers with NCEA Level 2 or above
New Zealand schools are now using a new method of electronic student roll collection. This has enabled the collection of disaggregated school leaver data from 2008. For the 2011 school leaver indicators, this has allowed the identification of school leavers not identified prior to 2010 and for ethnic group analysis to take account of all the ethnic groups a student belongs to.
Find a school: http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/find-a-school
New Zealand schools are now using a new method of electronic student roll collection. This has enabled the collection of disaggregated school leaver data from 2008. For the 2011 school leaver indicators, this has allowed the identification of school leavers not identified prior to 2010 and for ethnic group analysis to take account of all the ethnic groups a student belongs to.
Find a school: http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/find-a-school
Students leaving school with higher qualifications - Voxy
URL: Students leaving school with higher qualifications
Voxy
Education Minister Hekia Parata says students are leaving school with higher qualifications than ever before, including young Maori and Pasifika. Ms Parata says figures released by the Ministry of Education today show qualification levels of school ...
Voxy
Education Minister Hekia Parata says students are leaving school with higher qualifications than ever before, including young Maori and Pasifika. Ms Parata says figures released by the Ministry of Education today show qualification levels of school ...
PM offers faint hope on school closures - The Press
 The Press | URL: PM offers faint hope on school closures The Press Following proposals to close and merge Canterbury schools, principals were told they would each receive a letter from Education Minister Hekia Parata outlining the timeframe for consultation during the school holidays, but one principal learnt last ... |
Muslim school for Dunedin - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Muslim school for Dunedin Otago Daily Times Trust chairman Mohammad Alayan said Muslim children attending state secular schools were subjected to an educational environment which pressured them to adopt values which were contradictory to Islamic values, such as evolution theory, sexual relations ... |
Government needs to start again over Christchurch education plan
URL: Government needs to start again over Christchurch education plan
NZEI Te Riu Roa is calling on the Education Minister Hekia Parata to stop the sham consultation process over the future of education in Christchurch and start again - and this time do it properly.
NZEI Te Riu Roa is calling on the Education Minister Hekia Parata to stop the sham consultation process over the future of education in Christchurch and start again - and this time do it properly.
Working in partnership with iwi and hapu to develop a localised curriculum
URL: Working in partnership with iwi and hapu to develop a localised curriculum
Schools in the Taupō area, including Wairakei School, have worked in partnership with Ngāti Tūwharetoa to ensure students learn about their iwi, its history, places, and stories.
Schools in the Taupō area, including Wairakei School, have worked in partnership with Ngāti Tūwharetoa to ensure students learn about their iwi, its history, places, and stories.
Hawke’s Bay Leads with Innovative Teaching Degree
URL: Hawke’s Bay Leads with Innovative Teaching Degree
The Eastern Institute of Technology is responding to community demand for primary teacher training in Hawke’s Bay by launching New Zealand’s first undergraduate practice-based degree.
The Eastern Institute of Technology is responding to community demand for primary teacher training in Hawke’s Bay by launching New Zealand’s first undergraduate practice-based degree.
Capturing learning for special education students and their families
URL: Capturing learning for special education students and their families
Learning stories enable teachers at Johnsonville School’s special education unit to show their students are making progress, no matter how small the steps. They also celebrate this learning in meaningful ways with parents and whānau.
Learning stories enable teachers at Johnsonville School’s special education unit to show their students are making progress, no matter how small the steps. They also celebrate this learning in meaningful ways with parents and whānau.
Free lunch goes down well
URL: Free lunch goes down well
Hunger and junk meals at schools is a political hot potato, but not one that concerned Cannons Creek pupils yesterday when Kids Kai Time came calling.
Hunger and junk meals at schools is a political hot potato, but not one that concerned Cannons Creek pupils yesterday when Kids Kai Time came calling.
Career Navigator Pilot a Great Success
URL: Career Navigator Pilot a Great Success
The Foundation for Youth Development‘s (FYD) Career Navigator programme is already proving a success. Launched at Manurewa High School last Friday, employers involved with the pilot have expressed interest in working with the school and FYD to offer ...
The Foundation for Youth Development‘s (FYD) Career Navigator programme is already proving a success. Launched at Manurewa High School last Friday, employers involved with the pilot have expressed interest in working with the school and FYD to offer ...
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