URL: 1000 more engineering places in 2013
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
There will be 1000 more engineering places available at universities and institutes of technology in 2013, Tertiary Education Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce announced today. The Government is directly funding 700 extra places for engineering students, while institutions are re-prioritising a further 300 places to meet additional engineering demand Mr Joyce says. “New Zealand has an undersupply of engineers. Historically the number we have been training is about half the OECD average,” Mr Joyce says...
Monday, November 26, 2012
Early childhood education 'brings social drawbacks' | Voxy.co.nz
URL: Early childhood education 'brings social drawbacks' | Voxy.co.nz
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
The business side of charter schools - The Press
URL: The business side of charter schools
The Press
The business case for setting up a "for-profit" charter school is strong, but private business won't be among those opening schools in the first wave of the education revolution National and ACT are planning. Legislation is being developed to create ...
The Press
The business case for setting up a "for-profit" charter school is strong, but private business won't be among those opening schools in the first wave of the education revolution National and ACT are planning. Legislation is being developed to create ...
Minister of Pacific Island Affairs fails Pacific education - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Minister of Pacific Island Affairs fails Pacific education
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Le Afioga Galumalemana Alfred Hunkin has today resigned as a member of the Pacific Advisory Council to Hekia Parata in protest over the meaningless 2012 Pacific Language Framework strategy and the Pasifika Education Plan 2013 – 2017 hastily ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Le Afioga Galumalemana Alfred Hunkin has today resigned as a member of the Pacific Advisory Council to Hekia Parata in protest over the meaningless 2012 Pacific Language Framework strategy and the Pasifika Education Plan 2013 – 2017 hastily ...
Pacific adviser resigns over school languages policy - Radio New Zealand
 Radio New Zealand International | URL: Pacific adviser resigns over school languages policy Radio New Zealand Galumalemana Alfred Hunkin, a senior lecturer in Samoan at Victoria University, says he is frustrated that the latest Pasifika Education Plan ignores what Pacific communities want. His protest follows the Raise Pasifika coalition's decision to remove ... |
Two Ministries come together to help raise Pasifika achievement
URL: Two Ministries come together to help raise Pasifika achievement
It embraces Government's education and Pacific Island priorities to drive measureable gain in Pasifika education participation and achievement from early childhood [89 per cent – 98 per cent in 2016] to NCEA 2 [63 per cent ...
It embraces Government's education and Pacific Island priorities to drive measureable gain in Pasifika education participation and achievement from early childhood [89 per cent – 98 per cent in 2016] to NCEA 2 [63 per cent ...
National Library moves into future - The Dominion Post
 The Dominion Post | URL: National Library moves into future The Dominion Post He sees the high-tech, book-free ground floor as ''not so much as an exhibition space but a project space, for educational projects, seminars and workshops, a space more attuned to the future than the past''. ''Collections are important but it's what ... |
Tertiary sector needs big shakeup - The Press
URL: Tertiary sector needs big shakeup
The Press
Instead of condemning Joyce, New Zealand should be encouraging the minister to go much further in reforming New Zealand's tertiary education. To amalgamate institutions, require them to offer more undergraduate courses through extra-mural and distance ...
The Press
Instead of condemning Joyce, New Zealand should be encouraging the minister to go much further in reforming New Zealand's tertiary education. To amalgamate institutions, require them to offer more undergraduate courses through extra-mural and distance ...
2013 PLD info / News / Home - Educational Leaders
URL: 2013 PLD info / News / Home - Educational Leaders
This PLD is focused on The New Zealand Curriculum, Literacy (including English Language Learners), Mathematics, Science, Leadership and Assessment, Senior Secondary student achievement and Secondary English for Speakers of Other ... For example, PRT/OTT (provisionally registered teachers/overseas trained teachers), Aspiring Principals, First Time Principals and Secondary Student Achievement (NCEA) for all secondary school middle leaders. Contact ...
This PLD is focused on The New Zealand Curriculum, Literacy (including English Language Learners), Mathematics, Science, Leadership and Assessment, Senior Secondary student achievement and Secondary English for Speakers of Other ... For example, PRT/OTT (provisionally registered teachers/overseas trained teachers), Aspiring Principals, First Time Principals and Secondary Student Achievement (NCEA) for all secondary school middle leaders. Contact ...
Maori Education: Fears For Te Kotahitanga Project... | Stuff.co.nz
URL: Maori Education: Fears For Te Kotahitanga Project... | Stuff.co.nz
Negotiations are under way over the future of an education project helping to lift the achievement of Maori students. ... The project, which was started in 2001, is aimed at improving Maori achievement at secondary level. It has been implemented at six Waikato schools ... The rate of students achieving NCEA level 2 at Hamilton's Melville High School has increased from 20 to 73 per cent, and level 3 from 0 to 35 per cent between 2008 and 2011. Ministry of Education ...
Negotiations are under way over the future of an education project helping to lift the achievement of Maori students. ... The project, which was started in 2001, is aimed at improving Maori achievement at secondary level. It has been implemented at six Waikato schools ... The rate of students achieving NCEA level 2 at Hamilton's Melville High School has increased from 20 to 73 per cent, and level 3 from 0 to 35 per cent between 2008 and 2011. Ministry of Education ...
IWI CALL FOR INCREASED PROVISION OF MAORI MEDIUM EDUCATION - TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views
 TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views | URL: IWI CALL FOR INCREASED PROVISION OF MAORI MEDIUM EDUCATION TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views “If raising educational outcomes for Maori students is a government priority, then here is a ready-made solution. The recent Waitangi Tribunal Report on the kohanga reo claim clearly states that the Government has not properly supported kohanga reo ... |
Iwi want bigger say on Maori pupils - Radio New Zealand
URL: Iwi want bigger say on Maori pupils
Radio New Zealand
Iwi around the country are calling on the Government to let them have a say to improve educational outcomes for Maori students. A group appointed by 57 iwi education partners is voicing its concerns following a national conference in Auckland on Tuesday.
Radio New Zealand
Iwi around the country are calling on the Government to let them have a say to improve educational outcomes for Maori students. A group appointed by 57 iwi education partners is voicing its concerns following a national conference in Auckland on Tuesday.
Curran sceptical of Govt handling N4L - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Curran sceptical of Govt handling N4L Stuff.co.nz Labour communications spokeswoman Clare Curran says she has concerns about the Government's ability to oversee its flagship education technology initiative, the Network for Learning, given the Novopay school payroll debacle. N4L, the new Crown-owned ... |
A “Heck No, Hekia!” from Young Pacific Rep - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: A “Heck No, Hekia!” from Young Pacific Rep
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“They are raising the university entrance prerequisites, making student loans and allowances harder to access and financially, Pasifika education and resources are on the downwards slope. As the future and growing face of New Zealand, we deserve better ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“They are raising the university entrance prerequisites, making student loans and allowances harder to access and financially, Pasifika education and resources are on the downwards slope. As the future and growing face of New Zealand, we deserve better ...
Classrooms for the next generation? - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Classrooms for the next generation? Stuff.co.nz A three-year project with 400 eight to 10-year olds found that using interactive "smart" desks can have benefits over doing maths on paper, and that pupils are able to improve their fluency and flexibility in maths by working together. "Our aim was to ... |
'Star-Trek' desks boost maths skills, scientists say - TVNZ
URL: 'Star-Trek' desks boost maths skills, scientists say
TVNZ
A three-year project with 400 eight to 10-year olds found that using interactive "smart" desks can have benefits over doing maths on paper, and that pupils are able to improve their fluency and flexibility in maths by working together. "Our aim was to ...
TVNZ
A three-year project with 400 eight to 10-year olds found that using interactive "smart" desks can have benefits over doing maths on paper, and that pupils are able to improve their fluency and flexibility in maths by working together. "Our aim was to ...
Bring students to town - Parker - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Bring students to town - Parker Stuff.co.nz Parker has called for an urgent forum with the Government, education leaders and the council to discuss bringing students back to the central city and preventing Christchurch from becoming a "sleepy hollow". Current plans were not bold enough. |
UCOL confirms programmes
URL: UCOL confirms programmes
There is some good news for UCOL staff and future students as four popular programmes will now be offered next year after they were proposed for closure in order to meet reduced funding levels. The programmes are the Certificate in Fashion and Beauty ...
There is some good news for UCOL staff and future students as four popular programmes will now be offered next year after they were proposed for closure in order to meet reduced funding levels. The programmes are the Certificate in Fashion and Beauty ...
More than 1,500 schools called to provide additional support
URL: More than 1,500 schools called to provide additional support
Media release 23 November 2012 More than 1,500 schools called to provide additional support More than 1,500 schools have been called this week by the Ministry of Education to provide additional support for end of year payroll reports. Group Manager, Rebecca ...
Media release 23 November 2012 More than 1,500 schools called to provide additional support More than 1,500 schools have been called this week by the Ministry of Education to provide additional support for end of year payroll reports. Group Manager, Rebecca ...
Ministry of Education CEO on Novopay payroll system debacle
URL: Ministry of Education CEO on Novopay payroll system debacle
With Lesley Longstone - Education Secretary talking about the Ministry's troubled Novopay payroll system, which has seen many teachers not get paid.
With Lesley Longstone - Education Secretary talking about the Ministry's troubled Novopay payroll system, which has seen many teachers not get paid.
Special needs school closure
URL: Special needs school closure
A parent speaks out about the devastating impact of the Government's decision to shut her 14 year old's residential special needs school.
A parent speaks out about the devastating impact of the Government's decision to shut her 14 year old's residential special needs school.
Canterbury Skills and Employment Hub opens - Invest in NZ
URL: Canterbury Skills and Employment Hub opens
Invest in NZ
Canterbury Skills and Employment Hub opens. The Canterbury Skills and Employment Hub is now open and available to help employers looking for workers for the Canterbury rebuild, Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce announced ...
Invest in NZ
Canterbury Skills and Employment Hub opens. The Canterbury Skills and Employment Hub is now open and available to help employers looking for workers for the Canterbury rebuild, Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce announced ...
Massey to offer extra positions - Stuff.co.nz
 New Zealand Herald | URL: Massey to offer extra positions Stuff.co.nz Massey spokesman James Gardiner said the university planned to offer about 100 extra Equivalent Fulltime Student places (EFTS) for engineering students at its Manawatu and Albany campuses over the next two years. "We are pleased to see this support ... |
U-Skills students’ success tops 83 percent
URL: U-Skills students’ success tops 83 percent
Proud friends and families, school teachers and UCOL staff gathered at UCOL yesterday to celebrate the graduation of 67 students from throughout the region. The secondary school age students were the first graduates of one of the Government’s new trade’s ...
Proud friends and families, school teachers and UCOL staff gathered at UCOL yesterday to celebrate the graduation of 67 students from throughout the region. The secondary school age students were the first graduates of one of the Government’s new trade’s ...
principal's career 'damaged' - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: principal's career 'damaged' Stuff.co.nz Prue Taylor's reputation and career as a high school principal in New Zealand could have been "damaged beyond repair" by her dismissal, an Employment Relations Authority (ERA) report says. Further details of the damning report into the sacking of the ... |
Staff key to success, says Hooker - Taranaki Daily News
 Taranaki Daily News | URL: Staff key to success, says Hooker Taranaki Daily News Hooker Pacific was active in the community sponsoring Duffy Books in Schools for PukeTapu School, Womad, Life Education Trust and Taranaki Rugby Football Union to name just a few. Until recently Hooker Pacific had flown below the radar in the transport ... |
Papa Don't Preach: Teacher's pay 'a national disgrace'
URL: Papa Don't Preach: Teacher's pay 'a national disgrace'
Given the fine job school teachers do, it's a national disgrace that they are not being paid properly - if at all - because of the debacle over their dodgy payroll system.The Ministry of Education should dump the shoddy Australian...
Given the fine job school teachers do, it's a national disgrace that they are not being paid properly - if at all - because of the debacle over their dodgy payroll system.The Ministry of Education should dump the shoddy Australian...
Kindergarten teacher one of the best - The Daily Post
URL: Kindergarten teacher one of the best
The Daily Post
Mr Boyle, from Hamurana, recently won a top national award - the National Excellence in Teaching (NEiTA) Education Programs Teaching Award - presented annually to five teachers across the country. The award followed the NEiTA regional awards ...
The Daily Post
Mr Boyle, from Hamurana, recently won a top national award - the National Excellence in Teaching (NEiTA) Education Programs Teaching Award - presented annually to five teachers across the country. The award followed the NEiTA regional awards ...
Action taken against four PTEs - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Action taken against four PTEs
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A joint New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) and Immigration New Zealand (INZ) led operation has resulted in action being taken against four Private Training Establishments (PTEs) found to be non-compliant with their obligations in respect to ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A joint New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) and Immigration New Zealand (INZ) led operation has resulted in action being taken against four Private Training Establishments (PTEs) found to be non-compliant with their obligations in respect to ...
Geoff O'Halloran: Novopay will deliver benefits to schools in the long term
URL: Geoff O'Halloran: Novopay will deliver benefits to schools in the long term
The introduction of Novopay has been difficult. I can't dispute that. There have been too many errors. But despite all of the difficulties, I am convinced the introduction of Novopay was a good decision and will achieve real benefits.As...
The introduction of Novopay has been difficult. I can't dispute that. There have been too many errors. But despite all of the difficulties, I am convinced the introduction of Novopay was a good decision and will achieve real benefits.As...
Novopay launch 'reckless' when trial showed system not ready
URL: Novopay launch 'reckless' when trial showed system not ready
The Education Ministry was warned Novopay was unusable just a fortnight before the school online payroll system's disastrous launch in August.
The Education Ministry was warned Novopay was unusable just a fortnight before the school online payroll system's disastrous launch in August.
$50,000 fine for school payroll faults 'not enough'
URL: $50,000 fine for school payroll faults 'not enough'
Australian company Talent2 faces a maximum penalty of $50,000 each time its Novopay payroll system botches teachers' fortnightly payroll cycle, according to a source with connections to the company.
Australian company Talent2 faces a maximum penalty of $50,000 each time its Novopay payroll system botches teachers' fortnightly payroll cycle, according to a source with connections to the company.
Novopay a $30m horror show
URL: Novopay a $30m horror show
Novopay is a horror show. A $30 million school payroll system due for completion in 2010 is finally rolled out in August 2012 with a price-tag closer to $100m. Thousands of staff are underpaid, overpaid or not paid at all.
Novopay is a horror show. A $30 million school payroll system due for completion in 2010 is finally rolled out in August 2012 with a price-tag closer to $100m. Thousands of staff are underpaid, overpaid or not paid at all.
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