Govt makes new appointments to TEC board

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Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment

Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce today announced the appointments of Nigel Gould and Christopher Mace to the Tertiary Education Commission board. Mr Gould, of Wellington, has 30 years’ governance experience in the public and private sector. Mr Mace, of Auckland, is the Chair of NIWA and has been a director of more than 50 companies...

Different schools of thought - The Dominion Post

The Dominion Post

URL: Different schools of thought The Dominion Post "It's not actually a way of recruiting a teacher who may be key to the curriculum you are offering." She finds a similarity with the kohanga reo movement, where kaumatua fluent in Maori but lacking technical qualifications played a crucial part in the ...

Chch schools excel at NCEA - Stuff.co.nz

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This week, the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) released school results for the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) 2012 academic year. In Canterbury 83.5 per cent of year 11 pupils achieved NCEA level one, compared with ...

Fonterra lifting lid on free school milk - Southland Times

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Southland Times
More than 150 Southland and Otago primary schools have been invited to be among the first schools in the country to receive free milk for their students under the nationwide Fonterra Milk for Schools programme. The invitation marks the next step in the ...

Plunket pleased more kiwi kids having B4 School health checks - New Zealand Doctor Online

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New Zealand Doctor Online
The government announced today that nearly 80 percent of four year old children received a B4 School Check last year - an increase of around 30 percent on previous years. Plunket Clinical Advisor Sandra Innes says the B4 School Check aims to ensure ...

Talking About Religion and Schools - Scoop.co.nz

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P: When we're talking religion in schools, we're talking about the religious instruction which occurs outside of the official school hours. So we're talking about what's effectively, well we call it religious indoctrination- the purpose is to try and ...

Schools attracting more male teachers - Timaru Herald

Timaru Herald

URL: Schools attracting more male teachers Timaru Herald There are few male teachers in Timaru primary schools. However, St Joseph's School principal Carmel Brosnahan-Pye said they were quite well off with two men on their teaching staff. "I think it's good to have a balance in schools, so kids can have good ...

University chief issues rankings warning

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New Zealand universities are falling in international rankings and without a radical rethink of funding will struggle to attract top students and staff, a university leader has warned.Auckland University vice-chancellor Professor...

Pukerua Bay pre-school faces closure - The Dominion Post

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The Dominion Post
The non-profit organisation that runs the preschool, the Wellington Free Kindergarten Association, is funded by the Government on a per- child basis and needs to increase the school's roll in order to break even. Parents' committee member Christine ...

Another year for outdoor classes - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Another year for outdoor classes Stuff.co.nz The South Canterbury Museum has learnt its Ministry of Education-funded LEOTC (Learning Experiences Out of the Classroom) contract will be rolled over for 12 months when it expires at the end of June following uncertainty last year. This contract ...

Muslim boys' boarding school now confirmed - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
''We hope to establish close relationships with the schools around us.'' The academy would operate as a not-for-profit school under charitable status, and would accommodate about 100 year 11-13 boys from around New Zealand. The trust wanted to ...