John Gerritsen

An independent report says it's likely the design of new NCEA literacy and numeracy tests is unfair on Māori and Pacific teenagers.

The report says the online tests could be harder for students who… Audio

The number of New Zealanders enrolling in universities has dropped. 

The fall in domestic enrolments is concentrated on the five North Island universities.

Between them they have 4500 fewer… Audio

Teachers could resort to further strike action if unions and the government can't sort out a collective agreement soon.

Tens of thousands of teachers walked off the job yesterday with current… Audio

Angry, forgotten, under-appreciated. And out in their thousands today, teachers up and down the country stepping out of the classroom to say enough is enough.

Marching and chanting in rallies today… Video, Audio

About 50,000 school and kindergarten teachers and principals are striking today, forcing the closure of hundreds of schools.

It's only the second time primary and secondary school teachers have… Audio

Hundreds of thousands of school children will get a day off school when about 50-thousand school and kindergarten teachers join forces in a mega-strike next week.

Members of the Post Primary Teachers… Audio

Widespread school closures are likely next week after primary and kindergarten teachers voted to go on strike on the same day as secondary school teachers.

The decision means nearly 50,000 union… Audio

Teachers agree the Qualifications Authority unwittingly made trial NCEA tests too difficult last year.

Documents show the Education Ministry warned the authority that the way the reading, writing and… Audio

If they can't pass just make the test easier. That was the Education Ministry response to high failure rates in new High School literacy and numeracy tests.

Documents obtained by RNZ show the… Audio

An insurer says owners of cyclone-hit homes that were flooded in metres of water and contaminated silt can expect a write-off.

But that's not been the experience of some Hawkes Bay residents, who are… Audio

Universities are encouraging students to actually turn up to their lectures instead of watching them online.

Academics say talking to near-empty halls last year was demoralising and they worry it… Audio

More than 90,000 children miss two or three weeks of class each term, and they could be getting a knock on the door very soon.

This morning the government announced a $74 million attendance package… Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

Covid-19, bad weather and the price of petrol are among the challenges schools have encountered in their first week back.

Principals say so far attendance has been good and they hope to keep it that… Audio

Education Ministry figures show serious truancy spiked in 2022. 

The Attendance Service dealt with nearly 29,000 cases, - 40  percent or 8500 more than in 2021.

This year the ministry has nearly… Audio

The pandemic smashed the international education sector - but are foreign students returning to our shores? Audio

A group of health experts is urging the government to expand its free lunch scheme to more schools as families struggle with the cost of living crisis.

Health Coalition Aotearoa says more children… Audio

Flooding and heavy rain has of course delayed the start of the school year for many in Auckland .

The good news is principals are expecting the big disaster of the last three years, Covid-19, will… Audio