More investment in protecting children from rheumatic fever

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Tony Ryall | Health

Nearly three thousand more children most vulnerable to rheumatic fever will join the Government’s battle against the third world disease when they start back at school this term. The children are from 24 schools in Northland and Waikato. “Rheumatic fever is largely preventable, yet it can develop into a life threatening heart disease if left untreated,” says Health Minister Tony Ryall...

Education system under attack while nation holidays - Martin - Voxy

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"The Education Amendment Bill requires comment on Charter Schools which will become cash cows for foreign investors." Ms Martin says the Government is also attempting to slip through major changes to the Board of Trustees (BOT) governance role.

Banks' call on charter schools irks union - The Dominion Post

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The Dominion Post
A teachers' union says it is "rankly hypocritical" of Associate Education Minister John Banks to issue a final call for submissions on his proposed charter schools during school holidays. Post Primary Teachers' Association president-elect Angela ...

School Principals Welcome Consultation Review

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The decision to review consultation processes in the wake of controversial school mergers and closures has been welcomed by New Zealand's school principals.

Targeting youth unemployment - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
A debate has broken out over the needs of New Zealand's young people and whether their needs in education and training is adequate to provide them with the skills needed to fill the job market. Reports published in this newspaper suggest the Government ...

Displaced pupils don't have new schools yet - Stuff.co.nz

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McKenzie Residential School in Yaldhurst was closed by the ministry last month in favour of an intensive wrap-around service that will see pupils placed in mainstream classrooms. Salisbury, in Richmond, Nelson, successfully challenged its closure in ...

Rheumatic fever prevention programme in 24 schools - Newstalk ZB

Newstalk ZB

URL: Rheumatic fever prevention programme in 24 schools Newstalk ZB More than 3,000 children from 24 schools in Northland and Waikato will take part in the Government's rheumatic fever prevention programme when they start back in the classrooms this year. The Government promised before the 2011 election to spend $24 ...

Second chance - Manawatu Standard

Manawatu Standard

URL: Second chance Manawatu Standard He plans to continue his education and his ultimate goal is to manage a Maori block. Another who was a bit of a lost soul when LBT in Palmerston North picked him up was Ihaka Gibb. He did his training, moved to Gisborne, and has returned to his ...

Schools warned to prepare for more problems

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Schools are being warned to prepare for more problems with underpayments in the first two pay rounds of the school year.Principals and support staff around the country have been forced back to school early to deal with the ongoing...

NCEA results served up at last - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: NCEA results served up at last Stuff.co.nz Out of the frying pan: Former Marlborough Boys’ College student Jamie Perrott, 17, serves up his NCEA level two results at work yesterday after passing in all of his subjects. The day before, he took up a position in his ideal career – as a chef ...

NCEA site brought to near-standstill - New Zealand Herald

Otago Daily Times

URL: NCEA site brought to near-standstill New Zealand Herald An NZQA spokeswoman said national student achievement statistics would not be published until March. Statistics released last year show achievement rates were generally on the rise in the five years to 2011. The achievement rate at NCEA Level 1 ...

Yet another major Novopay error revealed

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School principals are faced with yet another major Novopay headache – this time over errors in the way the payroll system is calculating and reconciling school staffing for the year.

Love for son led to award - Northland Independent Community

Northland Independent Community

URL: Love for son led to award Northland Independent Community Mrs Duff has fought hard to change the maximum age of respite care in New Zealand from 17 to 21. She also set up a specialist classroom for autistic children at the Phoenix Centre at Pakuranga's Riverhills School. "It was fully fenced and classrooms ...

Two Receive Ray White Allens Scholarships

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Two impressive Northland youth – Sean Thorburn and Kelly Springford – are this year’s recipients of the Ray White Allens Education Foundation Scholarships to study at NorthTec.