Secondary School students to visit Santiago as part of a new exchange programme

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Hekia Parata | Education

Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced that seven 15 and 16 year-old Spanish language students from New Zealand will travel to Santiago later this year as part of a new exchange programme. The “Flying Kiwis” programme has been developed in response to the highly-successful Chilean government-sponsored “Penguins without Borders” programme, which was piloted in New Zealand this year, and saw forty Chilean students come to New Zealand to live and study for two terms in the first half of the year...

National Standards boycott

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Phil Harding is the Principals Federation president; he joins the programme to talk about the proposed boycott by schools of the use of the National Standards Progress and Consistency Tool.

National Standards: Groups need to 'put their pistols away' - PM

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Prime Minister John Key says the Ministry of Education and groups planning to boycott a new assessment tool for National Standards should "put their pistols away" and meet to avoid industrial action.Teachers and principals announced...

National Standards unreliable - Northern Advocate

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Northern Advocate
Education standards designed to assess numeracy and literacy in young Northland learners often fail to show student progress, local principals warn. Richard Stanton, chairman of the Northland Secondary Schools Principals' Association and principal of ...

Teachers Supported Over Computer System - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“It's one broken promise after another from the Government – Novopay, charter schools, National Standards and now the PaCT tool. “The Government's taking another backward step for education. “Teachers are clearly at the end of their tether to have ...

High school students get a dry run on IT careers | Computerworld ...

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Programme at Manukau Institute of Technology raises awareness of career opportunities in IT among school students.

High staff turnover for Maori immersion teachers - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
The national body for Maori medium education says its teachers are sticking with the job for only about five years. Te Runanga Nui o Nga Kura Kaupapa Maori o Aotearoa says the critical issue was highlighted in a meeting with Education Minister, Hekia ...

Youngsters seen as key to survival of te reo - Manawatu Standard

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Manawatu Standard
Milton Rauhihi, foundation member of the project team, said it had been more than a decade since kohanga reo education had been available to Foxton families. Most of the parents who have enrolled their children at Te Pa Harakeke already speak Maori in ...

Call to debate outdoor education in schools - Independent Community Newspaper

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Independent Community Newspaper
"We can't let EOTC (education outside the classroom) be taken out of schools, but at the same time we have to make sure health and safety are paramount." Mr Bowden said the college had made changes to its health and safety policies since the tragedy.