Steve Hargreaves

There is a record number of children attending school, with 831,000 children currently enrolled, the highest number ever.

The Education Ministry's mid-year roll count shows schools have nearly 16,000… Audio

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

Education providers will have their eyes on boosting international student numbers, which used to be worth about $5 billion a year before the pandemic.

Student visa applications have reopened today… Audio

It's official, New Zealand has completely reopened to the world.

The last of the Covid-19 border reopening phases happened overnight - opening the maritime border, as well as applications for… Audio

Desperate principals warn that finding teachers to fill vacancies is becoming a nightmare in some parts of the country. While some teachers take off overseas, the traditional arrival of foreign… Audio

The country is ending the week with more record numbers from the Covid outbreak.

New community cases announced today were almost double yesterday's figure at just over a whopping 12,000 and the… Audio

With the number of New Zealand schools with Omicron cases at 320, Principals Association President Steven Hargreaves says they're basically back to remote learning like last year.

"It's right in… Video, Audio

Some Auckland secondary school principals want students back in the classroom next Tuesday.

Auckland schools have been shut for nine weeks because of the delta outbreak.

Education Minister Chris… Audio

New rules leave it to principals to decide if their students should sit exams in alert level 3 regions.

The Education Ministry directive sets strict conditions and is being applied now by Auckland… Audio

Mandatory vaccinations are among the options up for consideration before Auckland's schools re-open on October the 18th, after the school holidays.

That date's just a pencil booking for now, pending… Audio

Official forecasts show secondary schools will need 260 more teachers next year just to meet increased enrolments.

The schools are expected to grow by more than 7000 students in 2022 and will also… Audio

Auckland schools have been planning for a shift to alert level 3 and are expecting only small numbers of children on Wednesday.

At level 3 schools must reopen for the children of people who have to… Audio

The government will consider bringing school holidays forward in Auckland in response to the city's drawn-out lockdown - but can expect resistance from teachers and principals.

Education Minister… Audio

Auckland secondary schools have just two years to head off a worsening teacher shortage.

The Education Ministry has forecast a shortfall of thirty secondary teachers in the city this year, blowing… Audio

Tens of thousands of children will be affected by a push to tighten zoning for 135 schools in Auckland and principals warn some communities will fight back.

Some principals say the scheme is overdue… Audio

Low-decile schools fear the loss of hundreds of students to high-decile schools next year as their richer peers try to make up for the drop in foreign enrolments.

Some higher-decile schools are… Audio