Collaboration resolves relief staffing admin error

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Hekia Parata | Education

Education Minister Hekia Parata is pleased to announce the resolution of a long-standing administrative error over relief staffing entitlements. The error saw some schools receiving more short-term relief staffing entitlement than others and meant an additional $68.2m went into the sector in 2011. Ms Parata says the extra resource will be kept within the sector and following an agreement with sector organisations will be distributed equitably amongst all schools and learners from 2013...

Peter Lyons: Robust debate key to fixing NCEA problems

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This year is the 10th anniversary of the NCEA qualification in our schools. Controversy over this qualification has festered but gradually diminished. Teachers have become accustomed to the increased workload that it requires and...

Charter schools to ignore zoning - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
The plan to introduce "charter schools" changed again yesterday after the policy's champion, John Banks, said the schools would be under no obligation to accept students in their local areas. The policy was agreed by National and Act, both saying the ...

Parata does U-turn on two proposed mergers - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Parata does U-turn on two proposed mergers Stuff.co.nz Education Minister Hekia Parata has ruled out a ''completely unacceptable option'' to merge four Christchurch single-sex secondary schools into two. The ministry announced proposals in September to merge Avonside Girls' High at Christchurch Girls' High ...

Parata rejects high school mergers - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Parata rejects high school mergers Stuff.co.nz In the first major backdown since Canterbury's school shake-up was announced, Education Minister Hekia Parata has ruled out merging four Christchurch secondary schools into two. But principals of other ... She released a statement later in the day ...

Teacher attrition as rolls drop - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
Two co-educational secondary schools in Dunedin plan to cut teacher numbers as the fall in school-age children starts to affect the secondary sector. The March roll return shows secondary school rolls in the city have dropped by 612 in the past decade ...

School's IT initiative backed by charity - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
An information technology initiative was launched at Wakatipu High School yesterday, aiming to help the school become an "exemplar" in delivery and the use of IT in an e-learning environment. Principal Steve Hall said the scheme, called e-xcellerate ...

Remote Blackmount School defends its 8-strong roll - The Southland Times

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URL: Remote Blackmount School defends its 8-strong roll The Southland Times One of Southland's most isolated schools is in talks with the community and the Ministry of Education about its future. Blackmount School board of trustees chairman Tim Gow said parents, the community and the ministry were aware its number of pupils ...

ACG Education Council appoints John Morris

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07 November, 2012, Auckland. Education specialist John Morris has had a busy week of appointments. He has been welcomed as a member of the ACG Education Council and Minister Joyce has also announced John’s appointment to the Tertiary Education ...

Napier and Gisborne Suffer Polytechnic Cuts

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Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) is planning to cut courses and staff after the government’s decision to strip tens of millions of dollars of level 1 and 2 funding from regional polytechnics around New Zealand. Overall, EIT told staff it ...