Two Ministries come together to help raise Pasifika achievement

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Steven Joyce | Education

A new initiative aimed at raising achievement among Pasifika students has been launched by the Government today in Auckland. The Pasifika Education Plan 2013-2017, which has been developed by the Education and Pacific Island Affairs Ministries sets out how ministries can work together with other agencies, schools and communities to help raise achievement among Pasifika students...

Early childhood education 'brings social drawbacks' - Voxy

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... author of the 2008 paper "Assessing the evidence on early childhood education/childcare" says, "In September 2002 the government released a 10 year plan for ECE and the New Zealand Council for Educational Research Competent Children, Competent ...

Media Release 12 – Early Childhood Education Brings Social ...

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... on early childhood education/childcare” says, “In September 2002 the government released a 10 year plan for ECE and the New Zealand Council for Educational Research Competent Children, Competent Learners study ...

Education plan called toothless and timid by co-author - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
The Pasifika Education Plan for the next five years has been unveiled in Auckland by Education Minister Hekia Parata, who is also Pacific Island Affairs Minister. Raise Pasifika was invited to co-author the plan with the education ministry, but Radio ...

Teachers angry over reforms - SunLive

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SunLive
The union is campaigning against large class sizes, introducing league tables, performance pay for teachers, reforms to the board of trustees model and charter schools – which Rachel says international research has shown cut the quality of education.

Trouble in our schools - The Bay of Plenty Times

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The Bay of Plenty Times
Mr Leckie said there was evidence the reform movement was creeping into New Zealand's education system through national standards, league tables and charter schools and proposals of performance pay for teachers. "These offers are not just an attack on ...

Editorial: Threats won't produce more engineers

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Steven Joyce is not the first Tertiary Education Minister to be frustrated by the discrepancy between the courses offered by universities and what the country needs. Nor is he the first minister to threaten government coercion if...

Skills crisis: Government tells students to target skill shortages

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High percentages of students in their final year of study are planning to seek employment in industries where there are already too many workers and not enough jobs.The Government says their expectations need to be adjusted if we...

Skills Crisis: Little work for graduate

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A year after graduating with a fine arts degree, Aaron Wilson is still working at Whitcoulls as he struggles to afford materials to submit artwork to galleries.Worried he may not get a job after four years of study, the 33-year-old...

Bilingual language exclusion won't go unnoticed - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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“As a Te Reo speaker, Hekia Parata should understand the importance of our Māori and Pacific students learning their heritage language. Her exclusion of bilingual education resources from the Pacific Education Plan for another three years suggests ...

Don't put our disadvantaged at risk - The Nelson Mail

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The Nelson Mail
It is very keen to deal with "the long tail of underachievement" and has enacted legislation to establish special charter schools where communities feel they are being short- changed. Salisbury School is a dedicated national resource established to ...

Māori Party Celebrates Research Excellence - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Professor Smith has led kaupapa Maori education research for nearly a generation, to establish a philosophical and theoretical basis for evaluating education from a Māori cultural perspective,” said Dr Sharples. “She has enabled us to consider the ...

Slow start to Maori economic renaissance - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
It sets ambitious goals to boost education, workforce skills, financial literacy, use of natural resource, and exports. It pays to remember Maori were consummate traders way back. In the report, Maori Economic Development Panel chair Ngahiwi Tomoana ...

Waikato Uni joins Maori savings initiative - Voxy

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Voxy
The National Centre of Literacy and Numeracy for Adults, Tukua Kia Rere, at the University of Waikato will join Russell Investments, the Federation of MÄ ori Authorities, the National Urban MÄ ori Authority, the MÄ ori Trustee and NgÄ i Tahu to help ...

University backs boost to Maori financial literacy - The Bay of Plenty Times

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The Bay of Plenty Times
The National Centre of Literacy and Numeracy for Adults, Tukua Kia Rere, at the University of Waikato will join several interested organisations to help create plans and strategies and to complement existing work in designing Maori-specific savings ...

Government seeks more Pasifika teachers - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
The drive to improve educational outcomes for Pacific peoples includes lifting the participation rate of Pasifika children in early childhood education from 86.2 per cent to 98 per cent. The plan, by the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs and the ...

Weltec funding cut prompts protests - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
About 20 Tertiary Education Union (TEU) members, including tutors from the trade academies likely to be affected, protested at WelTec's Petone campus yesterday with the cutting of a red-iced cake as part of protests across 14 polytechnics around the ...

Teachers reject employment agreement proposal - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
NZEI National Secretary Paul Goulter said there was strong concern among members about the Government laying a base for the introduction of performance-based pay. He said it could result in teachers' pay being linked to their students' National ...

Domino effect in Novopay debacle

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NZEI Te Riu Roa remains unconvinced that the problems with the Novopay payroll system for school staff will be ironed out before the next payroll period and it is becoming apparent that the problems are having effects way beyond schools and their staff salaries.

Novopay pushes school to the edge - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

URL: Novopay pushes school to the edge New Zealand Herald Solway Primary School principal Gail Marshall said she was dealing with pay errors every day alongside her office manager and spending up to 10 hours a week correcting mistakes despite Ministry of Education assurances the system was working.

Talent2 Statement on Novopay implementation - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
In our experience Talent2 is a professional and capable organisation that sticks to its commitments.” Don Sykes, CEO of New Zealand based software Development Company Asparona, added, “We have worked with Talent2 on developing the Novopay ...