John Gerritsen

After a slow start, the government's forecast spending for its flagship education programme will leap nearly $100 million this year.

Students have dismissed the Productivity Commission's call for interest on student loans, saying it would cause further harm in graduates' lives.

Scrapping University Entrance and a return to charging interest on student loans are among drastic measures being proposed for the tertiary sector in a new report.

The government's broad change agenda for the education system is worrying school and early childhood unions.

Universities say fundraising is becoming increasingly important for their work and they are receiving millions of dollars a year in donations.

There has been a high failure rate among international students retested because of doubts about an Auckland tertiary institution.

Disability and education groups have banded together to call for improvements to special education.

Thousands of teenagers have been getting a sneak peek at the future of NCEA exams this month.

A man says he hopes his complaint of historical sexual abuse by a female teacher in the 1970s will make it easier for other men to come forward.

The number of Indians seeking help for harmful gambling - many believed to be foreign students - almost doubled last year, the Problem Gambling Foundation says.

Teachers have overwhelmingly voted against a proposed change to the school funding system, unions say.

A private tertiary institution has been accused of charging foreign students for pass marks on their exams and improvements in their attendance records.

The State Services Commission wants long-standing problems in education resolved within 10 years.

Criminals are using sex scams to blackmail international students, or lure them to isolated locations to rob them, police say.

Indian community leaders have warned of a backlash because Indian students are increasingly running into problems including prostitution, crime, and exploitation by employers.

NZQA has been accused of moving too slowly in investigating courses offered to international students by an Auckland tertiary provider.

One school will get more than $100,000 from a new funding stream targeting children from families on long-term welfare, the Education Minister says. Audio

Under-funding is at the heart of problems with special education, parents say, as a new report highlights problems with the system.

The government's failure to protect disabled children with an enforceable right to education is a breach of international law, says a community law centre. Audio

High-profile problems for Indian students could damage New Zealand's multi-billion dollar foreign student industry, universities say.

Nearly 400 foreign students will be retested after a New Zealand Qualifications Authority investigation into assessment problems at an Auckland tertiary institution.

Some charter schools are enrolling difficult students and having trouble attracting good teachers, the Ministry of Education has been told.

Backers of two new charter schools want to help Māori students who are doing badly in regular state schools.

Staff morale at New Zealand's biggest polytechnic is critically low with some staff describing the environment as ruthless and chaotic, a leaked report shows.

Two charter school owners say the government should give the publicly-funded private schools more financial assistance to help them grow.