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Tertiary Education Commission Faces Another Round Of Damaging Cuts
Thu, 27 Mar 2025 05:11:50 +1300 | PSA
Ordering more cuts when the Government knows costs can only be saved by reducing the TEC workforce shows how little the Government cares about those who help our tertiary education sector function effectively.More >>
Stop Early Childhood Education Going The Same Way As School Lunches, NZEI Te Riu Roa Says
Wed, 26 Mar 2025 12:05:25 +1300 | NZEI Te Riu Roa
“The school lunches changes have cut costs while torpedoing quality and even introducing safety risks. Now we’re facing quality cuts to young children’s education – even saying teachers don’t need to be qualified to teach in the classroom – and ...More >>
Will The $2.7b Cost Of Tertiary Courses Be Enough?
Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:29:17 +1300 | RNZ
The government is spending $2.7 billion on tertiary courses this year, but there are early signs it will not be enough to cover all the enrolments. More >>
Harmful And Outdated: Government Standardised Testing Move Is Dangerous
Fri, 21 Mar 2025 09:18:49 +1300 | NZEI Te Riu Roa
The Government's decision to tender for new standardised assessment tests from year 3 risks shifting teacher efforts from personalised teaching and learning to over-assessment, Ms Madden says.More >>
Principals Stunned As Ministry Looks For New Reading, Maths Tests
Thu, 20 Mar 2025 21:25:18 +1300 | RNZ
The Education Ministry has blindsided schools by going to market for a new national test. More >>
Tertiary Institutions 'Should Not Assume Funding Will Be Maintained'
Thu, 20 Mar 2025 21:08:20 +1300 | RNZ
The Tertiary Education Commission has indicated some tertiary institutions could face funding cuts next year. More >>
'Hōhā': Te Reo Māori Teaching Students 'Left In The Dark' Over Delayed Scholarship Payments
Wed, 19 Mar 2025 19:08:28 +1300 | RNZ
Teaching students are struggling to meet the demands of full-time study without the money. More >>
Overhauling New Zealand’s Apprenticeship System Could Engage Youth And Boost Our Economy
Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:59:10 +1300 | The New Zealand Initiative
Schools are primarily geared toward university-track education, even though only about one-third of school leavers enrol in degree programmes. More >>
Associate Education Minister David Seymour Accuses School Lunch Programme Critics Of 'Nitpicking'
Mon, 17 Mar 2025 20:13:30 +1300 | RNZ
The Associate Education Minister told Q+A the programme had "shown two sides of New Zealand". More >>
Language Is A ‘Central Element In Being Māori’ – Using Structured Literacy To Teach Te Reo Misses The Point
Sat, 15 Mar 2025 20:49:23 +1300 | The Conversation
Using structured literacy to teach te reo Māori is more about an educational ideology than about understanding the essence of New Zealand’s Indigenous language. More >>
The Cost Of A Meal That Sticks In The Throat
Fri, 14 Mar 2025 20:22:49 +1300 | RNZ
The school lunch debacle is causing an increasing clamour to rip it up and start again. More >>
Health Requirements Strengthened For Children Of Temporary Visa Holders
Fri, 14 Mar 2025 13:40:48 +1300 | New Zealand Government
From 17 March, dependent children of temporary visa holders will no longer be eligible for student and visitor visas if they have a severe cognitive or development disorder that requires significant support.More >>
2025 Ngarimu VC And 28th (Māori) Battalion Memorial Scholarships Announced
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 18:36:00 +1300 | New Zealand Government
The awards pay homage to the heroes of the 28th (Māori) Battalion, and the Victoria Cross recipient Second Lieutenant Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu. They also celebrated the winners of the 2024 Ngarimu Video Competition and the inaugural Ngarimu Waiata ...More >>
Auckland Schools Express Concern Over Future Of Free Lunch Programme
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 06:35:50 +1300 | Mary Afemata - Local Democracy Reporter
Sean Teddy from the Ministry of Education says meal services will continue despite Libelle Group's liquidation, with Compass Group stepping in to assist. More >>
Erica Stanford And David Seymour Meet Over Free School Lunches Programme Fiasco
Wed, 12 Mar 2025 21:01:58 +1300 | RNZ
Erica Stanford and David Seymour have met to talk about the school lunches programme. The Education Minister and her associate were set for one of their regular meetings last TuesdayMore >>
School Lunches Are For Kids, Not For Pigs
Wed, 12 Mar 2025 19:27:44 +1300 | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Taxpayers’ Union Communications Officer, Alex Emes, called this “a misuse of taxpayer-funded food. More >>
Billion-dollar Business Lessons From Kiwi Entrepreneur
Wed, 12 Mar 2025 10:13:08 +1300 | University of Auckland
Big news for budding business students: Jamie Beaton, the youngest New Zealander to build a billion-dollar company, is returning to where it all started at the country’s top-ranked tertiary institution, the University of Auckland.More >>
If Our Tamariki Are Hungry, Whangaia: A Hauora Approach To School Lunches
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 11:28:12 +1300 | Hapai Te Hauora
Recent data from the New Zealand Health Survey shows food insecurity among tamariki is rising. School lunches have benefits beyond nutrition. In Aotearoa, they have been linked to better attendance and engagement, especially in communities facing ...More >>
Saving Money With Cheap Lunches Is A Waste Of Money If Kids Can't Eat Them
Sun, 9 Mar 2025 12:39:42 +1300 | Women's Rights Party
Women’s Rights Co-leader Jill Ovens says the well documented failures of Compass and its partners to deliver edible food on time to our nation’s children is not actually saving money if the children cannot eat the meals.More >>
Complaints About Lunches Frustrate Principal Whose Students Go Without
Fri, 7 Mar 2025 20:55:12 +1300 | RNZ
"Is the food going to the right people? These people that are so complaining, are they the ones that really need the food?" asks an intermediate principal. More >>
