John Gerritsen

A draft government document warns the return of foreign students could worsen housing and teacher shortages, enrich some institutions but not others, and create over-reliance on students' fees.

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Māori educators believe schools are on the cusp of an unprecedented change that will see them finally walk the talk of upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

They say courses for teachers on racism and te… Audio

Teachers say learning te reo and tikanga Māori is making them better teachers. 

A hundred-million-dollar programme, launched this month, aims to  teach the language to forty-thousand early childhood… Audio

Principals and teachers say training teachers to stamp out racism is essential for improving the school system.

They say some teachers find the lessons confronting. Cultural capability is one of… Audio

The latest report from the national internet service for New Zealand schools, the Network for Learning, say it was blocking more than 1500 security threats a minute in 2020.

The report comes just… Audio

Universities are nervous about changes that will boost research funding for Māori and Pasifika academics ahead of their Pakeha colleagues. 

The $315 million a year Performance Based Research Fund… Audio

Massey University has closed its doors to new students for the rest of the year. This applies to courses for the second half of the year as well as summer school. RNZ Education Reporter John Gerritsen… Audio

Massey University has shut its doors to new domestic students because it is at risk of breaching government enrolment limits.

It says it is not accepting new domestic students for courses in the… Audio

2020's lockdowns damaged children's achievement in writing, but had little effect on reading and maths.

An Education Ministry report says by the end of last year, writing scores for children in years… Audio

A woman who has fought for years to get her granddaughter back to school is angry the teenager has now missed nearly three years of education.

She says the Education Ministry and Oranga Tamariki are… Audio

A woman is blaming the Education Ministry and Oranga Tamariki for the fact that her granddaughter has missed nearly three years of schooling.

She says problem started late in 2018 when the girl's… Audio

Two Wellington homes have been completely destroyed in a house fire overnight.

The fire was in Hanson Street, in the suburb of Newtown. It spread from one house to its neighbours, and at its peak… Audio

The Education Ministry has been trying to find schools for more than a hundred children who have been kicked out of other schools.

Some under 16 year olds have been out of class for more than a… Audio

Primary and intermediate schools fear foreign student enrolments worth more than $20 million a year are under threat.

They say they've been blind-sided by the announcement of a government review of… Audio

Teachers backing the new compulsory New Zealand history curriculum say it will help close woeful gaps in young people's knowledge of this country's past.

Consultation on the draft curriculum ended… Audio

Teachers are hopeful the incoming compulsory New Zealand history curriculum will help close woeful gaps in young people's knowledge of this country's past.

Close to 5000 submissions were made on the… Audio

Universities are banking on partnerships with foreign institutions to keep the cash rolling in from international student enrolments.

They say there is a trend away from using agents to sign up as… Audio

A teachers' union is mystified by the conclusion that $278 million is the right amount to settle Holidays Act underpayments to school staff.

The Educational Institute says it has been working on the… Audio

Historians warned the new school history curriculum could hurt and it has.

Moriori say they are pained that the draft curriculum for what will be a core subject from next year mentions them just… Audio

The head of the Secondary Principals Association, Deidre Shea, says the government's wellbeing budget will make teachers' job easier.

She says the increased social spending in the Budget will help a… Audio