Minister welcomes Pacific Parliamentary and Political Leaders Forum delegation

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Hekia Parata | Pacific Island Affairs

Pacific Island Affairs Minister Hekia Parata welcomes the first Pacific Parliamentary and Political Leaders Forum hosted by the Government today in Parliament. Around 70 Pacific Members of Parliament from across the Pacific region arrived in Wellington last night to participate in the 4-day programme. “I am excited about this great opportunity where we can come together as Pacific colleagues to learn from each other and share our stories in order that we can build a brighter and better future for all Pacific people across the region...

NCEA results show more Māori and Pasifika students achieving

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Hekia Parata | Education

Education and Pacific Island Affairs Minister Hekia Parata has welcomed new figures which show more students are achieving NCEA Level 2, particularly Pasifika students. The final NCEA results from 2012 show that 68 per cent of 16 year-olds achieved NCEA Level 2 last year – up 2 per cent. They show a 3.5 per cent increase in Pasifika achievement with 52.5 per cent of 16 year-old Pasifka students achieving NCEA Level 2 last year – up from 49 per cent in 2011...

Education Minister won't budge on charter schools

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The Education Minister Hekia Parata says the government still has the numbers to pass its charter schools legislation despite United Future pulling its support for the Bill.

Charter school policy in Maori Party hands - Newstalk ZB

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URL: Charter school policy in Maori Party hands Newstalk ZB The Maori Party looks to be flexing its muscle now it holds the future of the Government's charter schools policy in its hands. Without their three votes, legislation enabling the schools won't be able to proceed through parliament now United Future ...

Reason trumps charter schools rhetoric - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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URL: Reason trumps charter schools rhetoric Scoop.co.nz (press release) “The competitive model of education provision we currently have hasn't been good for Maori students, and increasing competition further with charter schools will exacerbate, rather than remove that problem. “Charter schools won't be good for education.

No charter school bill changes despite Dunne's opposition - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
The Education Minister is indicating she won't be making any changes to the legislation governing charter schools despite now having to rely solely on the Maori Party for support for the bill. United Future leader Peter Dunne indicated on Thursday he ...

Congratulations Peter Dunne – no place for charter schools in this country

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NZEI Te Riu Roa is welcoming the decision by United Future leader Peter Dunne to withdraw support for the Government/Act proposal to introduce dangerous charter schools into New Zealand.

Dunne to oppose charter school in upcoming vote

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United Future leader Peter Dunne has announced he will oppose charter schools in an upcoming vote on legislation when it returns to Parliament.Mr Dunne said when the bill was introduced he made it clear he would support the introduction...

Dunne says no to charter schools - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Dunne says no to charter schools Stuff.co.nz Dunne says he's not convinced by the charter schools model and he is particularly concerned at proposals which will allow charter schools to employ teachers who are not registered or nationally certified. The United Future leader is also worried the ...

ECE Grant That Helps You To Qualify While Working - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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URL: ECE Grant That Helps You To Qualify While Working Scoop.co.nz (press release) Early childhood centres are encouraged to apply for a government grant which funds for unregistered staff members to study towards an education degree. Centres funded at less than 50% registered teachers, offering a Maori or Pasifika bilingual or ...

Parata Speech – House Debate: Pacific Leaders' Forum - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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1) quality early pre-school learning; 2) achieving national standards at primary school; 3) securing NCEA2 at secondary school before going on into meaningful work choices. We have had some encouraging results over the last year with the final NCEA ...

NCEA results show more Māori and Pasifika students achieving - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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The NCEA results follow provisional ECE data released last week which showed a nearly two per cent increase in the number of Māori and Pasifika children participating in early childhood education. “Making sure each and every child gets a good education ...

Māori match NCEA boost - Radio Waatea - waateanews.com

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URL: Māori match NCEA boost - Radio Waatea waateanews.com ... 2 percent from 52 to 54 percent, with 5,857 of the 10,841 16 year-old Māori students making the grade. Ms Parata says the qualification means better opportunities for further education, employment, health outcomes and an improved quality of life generally.

Spotlight on mathematics/pāngarau

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This Education Counts webpage brings together a range of resources designed to help those interested in improving students’ achievement levels in mathematics in New Zealand.

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Uproar over plan for new school - Northern Advocate

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Northern Advocate
Efforts by the South Hokianga community of Whirinaki to persuade the Ministry of Education to abandon its plan to move Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Tonga o Hokianga from Whirinaki some seven kilometres, to a new site at Koutu Point, have so far made no ...