Increased international tuition revenues for 2012

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Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment

Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce has released today the Ministry of Education’s 2012 Export Education Levy data that show an increase of two per cent in international education sector revenues for 2012. The data shows international tuition revenues have increased to $745.7 million – the highest level of revenue recorded since 2004...

Education ministry 'ineffective' - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
The Ministry of Education is bloated, inefficient and making the jobs of principals more difficult by "stealing their precious time" making them fill out paperwork, says the outgoing president of the Secondary Principals' Association. In his final ...

Peter W. Watt: Real mathematics, not calculators, foster lifetime skills

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When I declare that I teach mathematics I anticipate with near certainty the typical responses: "How do you do that? I hated maths at school" ... "I got stuck once we started algebra" ... "I passed School C but after that maths was...

Parenting with Celia Lashlie

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Celia Lashlie, former prison manager, researcher and author discusses issues around raising boys.

Bullying: Principals want action - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Ministry group manager Brian Coffey said comprehensive work had been done on bullying, much of it in close consultation with the education sector including the principals' group. Development of a self-review tool had been commissioned, which would ...

Teachers told to beware Novopay 'distraction' - The Nelson Mail

The Nelson Mail

URL: Teachers told to beware Novopay 'distraction' The Nelson Mail Unionised teachers from 28 schools gathered at Broadgreen Intermediate yesterday to discuss their collective agreement negotiations and to debate other issues such as Novopay, national standards, charter schools, and GERM - the global education reform ...

Special report: Gangs of NZ - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

URL: Special report: Gangs of NZ New Zealand Herald They generally have come from very hard upbringings where they've been belted around by their folks, perhaps been wards of the state, their education levels are low and what they're looking for is surrogate family. "They want what we all want and need, ...

Education 2013 School Staffing Amendment Order 2013

URL: Education 2013 School Staffing Amendment Order 2013
Status: Modified

ID: regulation/public/2013/0038/9.0

Version: as made

Information type: regulation

Legislation type: public

Year: 2013

No: 38

Current as at date: 18/03/2013

65% of trustees planning to re-stand in school elections

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65% of school trustees are planning to re-stand in the 2013 triennial trustee elections, with a further 7% yet to make up their mind says the President of the New Zealand School Trustees Association.

Teachers Council breaking own rules

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Head of the Teachers Council Peter Lind acknowledged today before a Parliamentary Select Committee it has been breaking its own rules.Mr Lind appeared before the Regulations Review Committee over complaints the council have suddenly...

Waikato cuts way to surplus | TEU - Tertiary Education Union

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The University of Waikato has posted a decline in its budgeted surplus for 2012, but still turned in a 4 percent return on investment, reports.

12-year-old world maths champion - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
The 12-year-old Kai Iwi School student was ranked top in the online maths game Live Mathletics last week, beating competitors from around the world. In the game, students go head-to-head to solve math problems quickly and accurately against three other ...

Wikitoria Katene officially opened

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The new Health education facility at Whitireia was officially opened yesterday by the Hon Tony Ryall, Minister of Health. The new building has been named Wikitoria Katene, the name gifted to the previous health building, by Ngāti Toa in 2008.

Outstanding student surprised by her own success | The Waikato ...

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Wintec graduate Emma Powell surpassed her own expectations graduating as top all-round student in nanny education. Powell, 22, graduated this week with a Certificate in Nanny Education from Wintec. She received the ...