Education the key to employment - The Dominion Post

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The high rate of Maori and Pacific Island unemployment must be viewed in the context of the poorer educational outcomes for children from those communities. Only 51 per cent of Maori and 60 per cent of Pacific Island school leavers have NCEA level 2 or ...

Frustrated expert slams government - Otago Daily Times

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URL: Frustrated expert slams government Otago Daily Times "There is an opportunity to deliver our programmes in a different way and leverage other funding sources and resources to deliver nutrition advice and education support to mothers and newborns," Mr Ryall said. Prof Mann said reducing heart disease and ...

Primary teachers begin national meetings over education

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Thousands of primary teachers are to begin two weeks of meetings around the country to discuss the Government’s education agenda.

Primary teachers begin national meetings over education - Voxy

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"We're seeing GERM creeping into our education system here through National Standards, league tables and charter schools and proposals of performance pay for teachers. "These offers are not just an attack on teachers but the whole of our education ...

Principals bewildered by Secretary's claims - Media People: Handy ...

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'The problem we have in New Zealand,' says Simpson, 'is not an educational achievement issue but an equity issue,' he said. 'The Secretary has correctly identified equity as an issue the ... the Minister of Education excitedly reported in September. For example, the increase in the number of Maori and Pacific Island students attaining NCEA levels one, two and beyond between 2009 and 2011 is substantial and clearly reflects that professionals are on the right track.

Finlayson the minister for results - New Zealand Herald

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Education Minister Hekia Parata is the lowest-scoring minister. The political disaster over class sizes was history in a matter of weeks but the damage to her credibility has been lasting. She is now associated more with problems than problem-solving ...

Exam stats show which schools are doing best - New Zealand Herald

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The Ministry of Education and the New Zealand Qualifications Authority are being called on to release national school statistics at the same time as students get their marks back. As thousands of students hunker down for National Certificate of ...

Schools hope Parata pays heed - Marlborough Express

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URL: Schools hope Parata pays heed Marlborough Express Principals, boards and parents across Christchurch are hoping they have done enough to convince Education Minister Hekia Parata to keep their schools open. Parata left the city on Saturday after spending almost two weeks visiting 35 of the 39 schools ...

Maori jobs programme supported - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Maori jobs programme supported Stuff.co.nz They were not taking the right subjects at school to gain them entry into desired courses of higher education and others lacked confidence, depending on their background and the level of support they had at home. Te Arawa and Ngati Pikiao young Maori ...

Waikato scholar wins academic freedom award - Nzweek

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TEU will honour Martin Thrupp for speaking out against national standards being introduced into New Zealand schools. In 2011 Professor Martin Thrupp had to defend his own right to research and speak out on a matter of public concern. Having criticised ...

Pressure will come on Novopay provider, PM says - TVNZ

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URL: Pressure will come on Novopay provider, PM says TVNZ Security breaches are the latest revelations in a long list of problems since the $30 million Education Ministry Novopay system was introduced three months ago. Personal information and bank account details for hundreds of teachers have been leaked.

Call for inquiry into Novopay blunder - TVNZ

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URL: Call for inquiry into Novopay blunder TVNZ The New Zealand Education Institute says there needs to be a full inquiry to find out the cause of the "fiasco", who is responsible and how it can be fixed so the problems never happen again. "Principals, teachers and support staff need a guarantee ...

NZEI demand Novopay inquiry - New Zealand Herald

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Information leak in new teacher pay system - TVNZ

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URL: Information leak in new teacher pay system TVNZ Personal information and bank account details for hundreds of teachers has been leaked in another Education Ministry Novopay blunder. And no assurance has been offered that money was not stolen since the payroll system was first installed. In the past ...

Give Foss the flick and fix Novopay, Hekia - Mahuta - Voxy

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"The problems with Novopay are now so serious and so widespread that the Education Minister Hekia Parata has no choice but to step in over the top of her Associate Minister Craig Foss, who is clearly out of his depth. "Hekia Parata can not sit by any ...

Closure to put disabled students at risk: study - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Closure to put disabled students at risk: study Stuff.co.nz Nelson's Salisbury School board is taking Education Minister Hekia Parata's decision to close the school to court. Parata wants to transform all boys Halswell Residential College in to a ... These figures confirm the vulnerability of post-primary girls ...

Parata says school merger was crazy - 3News NZ

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URL: Parata says school merger was crazy 3News NZ The Government was interested in how it could get a better geographic distribution of Maori education across Christchurch, she said. Labour MP Chris Hipkins tweeted on Sunday that Ms Parata was refusing to release information on Christchurch school ...

Rāmere 09 Whiringa-ā-rangi 2012 - TVNZ

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Te Kōhanga Reo o Pukeatua in Wainuiomata is to close next month and re-open as an independent centre in the New Year under auspices of Te Atiawa Nui Tonu. Pukeatua is the first kōhanga reo established in 1982. They have also just recently lost one of ...