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Financial Education Will Help Disadvantaged Kids Succeed
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:42:13 +1200 | ACT New Zealand
These curriculum changes are part of a broader shift to refocus education on real-world skills instead of ideology. More >>
Transforming Financial Education In Schools
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:35:09 +1200 | New Zealand Government
“Embedding essential skills into the curriculum will ensure our young people are better prepared to make informed financial decisions in a complex financial world. This will positively impact their lives and the broader economy,” says Minister ...More >>
Minister Takes Steps To Support Teachers
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 20:29:24 +1200 | Early Childhood New Zealand
We hope this announcement forms part of a larger education workforce strategy to encourage teachers to choose this profession, and for others, to remain in the profession. More >>
Teacher Registration Funding Is A Positive Step
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:47:17 +1200 | Early Childhood Council
This initiative addresses the ECC’s concerns about the Teaching Council’s impending registration fee increase. More >>
Principals Welcome Government Teacher Registration Relief
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:12:58 +1200 | NZ Principals Federation
"Principals welcome this initiative," said Gavin Beere, who heads up the NZPF Executive Pou on policy. More >>
Pulling The Mat Out From Under The Early Childhood Education (ECE) Sector
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:33:18 +1200 | Lynley Tulloch
The legacy of colonial domination and erasure of te reo Māori and culture is being stealthily reenacted in this attempt to remove the acknowledgement of “the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua” from Te Whāriki.More >>
Backing Teachers: Teacher Registrations Funded
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:26:54 +1200 | New Zealand Government
The Government has committed funding of $53 million in Budget 2025 to cover fees through to 2028, including any increases the Teaching Council may implement through their current fee review.More >>
PPTA Welcomes Government Decision To Pay Teachers’ Practising Fees
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:09:12 +1200 | PPTA
Teaching is an extremely rewarding and amazing profession; it is also an increasingly challenging and demanding one, so we need to everything possible to keep all of our experienced and skilled teachers in the workforce. Paying their Teaching Council ...More >>
Government Calls On Mayors To Boost School Attendance
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 09:52:12 +1200 | New Zealand Government
The dashboard provides region-specific data. For instance, the Mayor of Southland is able to see their region recorded an 89% attendance rate on the last Monday of Term 1.More >>
Govt Vocational Education Reforms Will Cause Massive Disruption
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:13:06 +1200 | NZCTU
“The NZCTU remains fundamentally opposed to these reforms, which will create further disruption across the sector and come off the back of a period of disruption and change in the sector over the past five years,” said NZCTU Acting President Rachel ...More >>
Education Should Be Led By Experts-Not Economists
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:36:17 +1200 | Te Pati Maori
Research shows that a strong sense of identity is central to the success of tamariki Māori. A government that develops education policy within David Seymour’s cost-cutting Ministry, shows a clear disregard for the future of our tamariki Māori.More >>
Parents Reject ECE Deregulation: "Children’s Safety Is Not Optional"
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 13:05:49 +1200 | My ECE
ECE Parents’ Council spokesperson Michelle De Bono said that it was not about red tape — it was about children’s lives. More >>
ECE Regulation Change Timeline Welcomed By Providers
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 12:10:38 +1200 | Early Childhood Council
“It’s good progress to have a clear timeline approved by Cabinet. We can expect changes within the next 18 months, ensuring the regulatory improvements can happen as soon as possible,” said ECC CEO Simon Laube.More >>
Lowering Teacher Qualifications Is A Cheap Fix With A Lifelong Cost
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 11:09:50 +1200 | Early Childhood New Zealand
“While there was a pressing need for a review,” says Kathy Wolfe, CE Te Rito Maioha, “the review needs to ensure that quality education, best practice, and the wellbeing and education of our tamariki are kept at the centre of any decision ...More >>
Cuts To ECE Required Practices: Paving The Way For Baby Farming
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 11:05:14 +1200 | Office of Early Childhood Education
Chief advisor to the OECE, Dr Sarah Alexander said that a market approach does not work when goals are to improve outcomes for children because ECE is a public good like schools.More >>
Teacher-Led Early Childhood Education: The Cornerstone Of Our Future
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:57:55 +1200 | New Zealand Kindergartens
“The reference to possible legislative change within the Education and Training Amendment Bill raises serious concerns for us. Any dilution of the qualified, teacher-led workforce would be a regressive move with long-term consequences for tamariki, and ...More >>
ECE Sector Review Changes An Opportunity For Innovation
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:56:02 +1200 | Early Childhood Education
The changes include introducing new licensing criteria for all ECE services by the end of September, following the recommendation to change or merge approximately three-quarters of the current licensing criteria.More >>
Barnardos Welcomes The Beginning Of ECE Sector Review Changes And Remains Committed To Ensuring Teacher-led ECE Thrives
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:53:48 +1200 | Barnardos Aotearoa
“It’s encouraging to see the review progressing and the recommendations considered by Cabinet in such a short time. This gives us hope that tamariki are being put first, and that they will be able to access a greater quality of early care and education ...More >>
ECE Sector Leaders Partnership Welcomes Reform, But Raises Red Flags Over Potential Workforce Changes
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:50:52 +1200 | Early Childhood New Zealand
“We remain concerned about the lack of information about Review Recommendation 10,” says Kathy Wolfe, CEO of Te Rito Maioha. “And we are troubled by the reference in the Minister’s release about changes in the Education and Training Amendment ...More >>
ECE Services Welcomes Approval Of Regulatory Review Recommendations
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:43:43 +1200 | Advocates for Early Learning Excellence
“ECE managers and teachers have been confused by conflicting regulations, tied up with overburdensome paperwork and moving goal posts, which has taken time, resources and quality interactions away from children’s learning.”More >>
