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NZPF Welcomes New Minister Of Education
Fri, 24 Nov 2023 12:12:35 +1300 | New Zealand Principals' Federation
The New Zealand Principals’ Federation (NZPF) President, Leanne Otene, congratulates the new Minister of Education, Erica Stanford and looks forward to working with her. "We realise that today’s announcement gives only a taste of the education ...More >>
PPTA Seeks Urgent Meeting With NZQA About Exam Issues
Fri, 10 Nov 2023 15:37:03 +1300 | PPTA
PPTA Te Wehengarua is seeking an urgent meeting with the NZ Qualifications Authority (NZQA) to express teachers’ serious concerns about the issues with this year’s exams so far. “Running exams is NZQA’s core business and the issues being experienced ...More >>
Mayoral Scholarship Awarded For 2024
Wed, 8 Nov 2023 18:49:50 +1300 | South Waikato District Council
South Waikato District Council is proud to announce the recipients of the 2024 Mayoral Scholarship Fund. Maia Putoko from Forest View High School and Shaun-Leigh Davey from Putāruru College were each awarded a $10,000 scholarship towards their studies. ...More >>
Low Participation Decreases Meaningfulness Of International Education Results
Wed, 1 Nov 2023 13:46:46 +1300 | Post Primary Teachers' Association
New Zealand students’ low participation rates in the latest international reading, maths and science assessments shows its increasing irrelevance to many countries, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua acting president. He was commenting in ...More >>
Whanganui Attracts International Students
Tue, 10 Oct 2023 05:55:06 +1300 | Whanganui and Partners
Whanganui’s international education delegation has completed the Japanese portion of its assignment, meeting more than 40 agents and visiting six schools over a five-day period. The group also held a meeting with the Tokyo Board of Education and visited ...More >>
Who Teaches The Teachers?
Sun, 17 Sep 2023 05:04:08 +1200 | The New Zealand Initiative
Being an effective teacher is one of the most important and difficult jobs there is. It is essential that we prepare teachers well for the classroom. In a new report by The New Zealand Initiative, authors Dr Michael Johnston and Stephanie Martin highlight ...More >>
2022 Vaping Stand Downs Just 0.44% Of All School Students
Mon, 11 Sep 2023 06:53:04 +1200 | Sunny Kaushal
Dairyowners are pointing to a parliamentary answer that puts the vaping “epidemic” in new light, with violence, a much larger issue in schools and something dairy owners say is reflected in youth crime. “No kid should vape, period, but if kids were ...More >>
Rangatahi Māori Can Now Earn Achievement Standards On Financial Education For The First Time
Mon, 11 Sep 2023 05:45:33 +1200 | Te Ara Ahunga Ora Retirement Commission
Te Ara Ahunga Ora Retirement Commission has developed the country’s first te reo Māori Achievement Standard learning and assessment resources for financial education as part of its Te whai hua – kia ora, Sorted in Schools programme. Te whai hua ...More >>
Confronting New Zealand’s Inconvenient Writing Problem
Tue, 5 Sep 2023 09:22:25 +1200 | Writers' Toolbox
Company developed government-coined ‘common practice’ standards for writing years ago The issue of New Zealand’s youth literacy rates has been met with a range of contentious solutions—from the NCEA pilot programmes, to the government's recent ...More >>
Over Half Of NZ Parents Won’t Allow Children To Use AI For Schoolwork
Thu, 24 Aug 2023 11:48:13 +1200 | Fred Russo
Only 46% trust school technology policies and online security measures. Nearly two-thirds of Kiwi parents worry children post things on social media that could impact them later in life. Large language models like ChatGPT have captured the world’s attention ...More >>
Programmes Helping To Lift School Attendance
Tue, 22 Aug 2023 11:03:53 +1200 | Jan Tinetti
412 initiatives funded across 762 schools by Regional Response Fund 84 full-time and part time attendance officers in place Rapid action taken by the Government to improve attendance is working, Minister of Education Jan Tinetti said today. “The ...More >>
Going To Mars, Barbie, And Government Policy: The Moot Must Fall 2023
Fri, 18 Aug 2023 06:24:29 +1200 | Wellington College
Almost one hundred Wellington students spent last weekend arguing at The Moot Must Fall. Students debated everything from using ChatGPT in schools to whether they should accept a one-way ticket to Mars. The Moot Must Fall is a student-led debating competition ...More >>
Relief Teacher Shortage Forces Northland Schools To Double Up Classes And Sometimes Close, Survey Shows
Thu, 10 Aug 2023 11:39:21 +1200 | Tai Tokerau Principals' Association
Te Tai Tokerau Principals’ Association president Pat Newman is calling for the Government to take action after a survey found a lack of relievers in Northland has forced schools to combine classes, put untrained teachers in front of students, and ...More >>
Snapchat Beats TikTok for Top Place with High School Students
Mon, 7 Aug 2023 06:33:44 +1200 | CensusAtSchool
Snapchat has emerged as the top app among high school students, with 61% of them reporting that they used it four or more times the day before participating in the CensusAtSchool questionnaire. TikTok closely followed with 60%. In contrast, primary ...More >>
Specialist Learning Support Staff Accept Offer
Thu, 3 Aug 2023 14:12:59 +1200 | NZEI
Specialist learning support staff have voted to accept their latest offer from the Ministry of Education and have withdrawn their strike action. Specialist learning support staff cover a huge variety of educational specialists who work to support ...More >>
Achievement Of School Leavers Falling – NCEA Data
Tue, 1 Aug 2023 15:57:53 +1200 | New Zealand National Party
Ministry of Education data shows the percentage of school leavers attaining NCEA Level 2 has consistently fallen since Labour came to power, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. Last year, just 75 per cent of school leavers attained ...More >>
Introducing NCEA+ At Marsden
Tue, 1 Aug 2023 09:27:46 +1200 | Marsden School
While some schools have opted to forego NCEA Level 1 from next year in favour of their own diplomas, Marsden School has designed a rigorous future-focused learning programme ‘NCEA+’, which combines NCEA Level 1 and innovative courses, ensuring ...More >>
Karamū High School Student Achieves ‘three-peat’ In Prestigious Speech Competition
Mon, 3 Jul 2023 17:38:53 +1200 | Karamu High School
Karamū High School head student, Lena Ormsby (Ngāpuhi, Tainui) has won the prestigious Ngā Manu Kōrero Te Matau a Māui Speech Competition for the third year in a row. The 17-year-old, who is in Year 13, says she is humbled to have taken out the Senior ...More >>
An Exhibition Of Firsts - Students At The Focus Of Artstart’s Wellington Art Showcase
Mon, 26 Jun 2023 23:11:14 +1200 | Art Start
The Artstart Foundation kicks off its first exhibition in Te Whanganui-a-tara, focused around secondary school students and the potential they hold for the future of local art. The Artstart exhibition held at 152 Featherston Street from 24 June - 8 July ...More >>
PPTA Te Wehengarua Agrees To Arbitration – Industrial Action Called Off
Wed, 21 Jun 2023 17:13:22 +1200 | PPTA Te Wehengarua
PPTA Te Wehengarua Executive voted this afternoon to approve an arbitration process aimed at resolving the industrial dispute between secondary teachers and the government. “We hope an independent arbitration panel will review the matters under dispute ...More >>
