Education

A home childcare organisation has had nine licences temporarily suspended after complaints about carers breaking the rules, but it claims it's the victim of malicious intent from a former staff…

The AI tool ChatGPT is capable of passing - or at least nearly passing - the US medical licensing exams, according to researchers.

Donations to charities are being hit by the rising cost of living, KidsCan says, and it is worried its ability to help children will be affected.

Emeritus professor Stuart McCutcheon, who led the university for 15 years, died on Friday.

Pioneer Māori broadcaster Dr Haare Williams has been appointed a knight for services to Māori, literature and education.

A new exhibition will teach visitors to Blenheim over summer about the seismic environment the local iwi have lived in for hundreds of years.

Software makers warn under-funding is prompting schools to use outdated and cheap computer programs that create cybersecurity and privacy risks.

Childcare savings of up to $6.07 an hour are on the cards for low-income parents next year, figures provided to RNZ show.

By 2032 there could be about 789,000 children at school, the lowest figure since 2016 and about 30,000 fewer than this year.

Universities aren't sure they want to be part of a new website that will offer online courses to foreign students.

"It's too hard to accept, it's unbelievable, I can't believe it's happening," one student said.

The move further restricts women's access to formal education, after they were excluded from most secondary schools.

A rise in students being stood down from school last year was driven by smoking and vaping, according to figures from the Ministry of Education. Audio