Vocational Pathways to success - HON STEVEN JOYCE Minister

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Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce and Education Minister Hekia Parata have this morning launched the final Vocational Pathway publications, allowing senior secondary and foundation ... The five new Pathways have been developed through a partnership between groups of Industry Training Organisations (ITOs), business, and secondary and tertiary educators, liaising with the Ministry of Education and other government agencies.

Govt releases PwC report on Pay Period 2

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Steven Joyce | Education

Minister Responsible for Novopay Steven Joyce today released the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report on complaints and notifications in regards to Pay Period 2 of the schools’ payroll. Pay Period 2 of the new financial year, which was paid on the morning of 17 April, paid 88,188 people a total of $171.80 million...

Educator critical of learning programme change - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
Waikato University Professor of Maori Education Russell Bishop - who was for 12 years director of Te Kotahitanga - says he does not think the programme being improved at all. He says a key ingredient of the programme, in-class facilitators or coaches ...

Govt dumps successful programme, backs unproven charter plan - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
She says it is ironic that the Government is embarking on its costly and unproven experiment with charter schools because it says “it's worth a try”, while at the same time abandoning a programme that has proven success. “It appears the Government is ...

Cost cutting trumps education achievement - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Cost cutting trumps education achievement Stuff.co.nz The Government is dumping a "highly-successful" education programme that is helping to lift the achievement of Maori students at some Waikato secondary schools. The Ministry of Education will stop funding Te Kotahitanga at the end of the year after ...

Te Wānanga O Aotearoa Appoints New Chief Executive - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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“Te Wānanga o Aotearoa is one of the country's largest tertiary education institutions, providing education to more than 36,000 students nationally,” Mr Batley said. “We have made significant gains in recent years, refining and enhancing our operations ...

Character school results 'challenge Maori under-achievement' - The Daily Post

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The Daily Post
Ben Fraser. Maori character schools in the Rotorua district are beating the odds when it comes to NCEA achievement. National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) 2012 statistics were released recently by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.

Charter Schools; The Drama Queen Strikes Again « Whale Oil Beef ...

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National standards is collapsing a broad-based curriculum, the development of league tables, the growing threat of national testing and the imposition of performance-based pay. They have recognised that these are all ...

Exploring the impact of poverty on children's learning - New Zealand Doctor Online

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New Zealand Doctor Online
Guest speakers includes Dame Iritana Tawhiwhirangi, an advocate of Māori language education and the Kōhanga Reo movement; Professor Jonathan Boston, Co-chair of the Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty and Director of the Institute for ...

Overseas students untapped resource | Otago Daily Times Online ...

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Dunedin's thousands of international students are an untapped resource for boosting tourism and are likely to be targeted by those in the industry.

Literacy and Numeracy Draft Rules and Definitions Appendix D ...

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The TEC has published an appendix detailing the draft rules and definitions for calculating Literacy and Numeracy (LN) performance indicators for Industry Training funds. ... Tertiary Education Commission · Welcome to TEC ...

Free seminar: Why students cheat and how to turn the problem into a ‘teachable moment’

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Presented by Dr Jason Stephens, Faculty of Education.
F2 Lecture theatre, Epsom Campus, Gate 3, 74 Epsom Ave, Epsom (View map).
18 June 2013

Pasifika pupils get creative with arts | Otago Daily Times Online ...

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Secondary school pupils are being given a fresh perspective on their future in the arts, at the Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust's Fresh Horizons programme in Dunedin this week. ... News: Dunedin. Otago Girls' High School pupil Kalala Elisara creates a design for screen printing during the Fresh Horizons art programme at the Dunedin School of Art yesterday. Photo by ... 'Come and explore this', we say to students,'' she said yesterday. Since 2001 ...

New defects found in Novopay system

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Another 172 new defects have been found with the Novopay school payroll system since the Government began fixing original bugs at the end of February.In data released today by PricewaterhouseCoopers on the latest errors with school...