Education
High employment, Covid-19 see high rates of teens leave school early - principals
Principals say high employment and Covid-19 disruption are behind a spike in teenagers leaving school early.
Number of teens leaving school early up
The number of teenagers leaving school early has jumped. Almost one in five school leavers in 2021 was under the age of 17, the highest figure in a decade.
One of the worst-affected areas is Taranaki… Audio
Expert thinks anti-mask movement involved in hoax bomb threats
A security expert believes members of the anti-mask movement could be behind the hoax bomb threats made to schools across the country.
Thousands of students were forced to lockdown or evacuate their… Audio
Schools disrupted by bomb threats
At least a dozen schools across the country were disrupted yesterday by a series of bomb threats.
Schools from Palmerston North to Alexandra were sent into lockdown after receiving alarming phone… Audio
Offshore source may be behind bomb threats to schools, police say
Police are working hard to identify the origin of threats being made to some of the country's schools, an assistant commissioner says. Audio
Schools threatened with explosive device, police say
At least a dozen schools across the country have been forced into lockdown or evacuated, after being threatened by phone. Police are investigating after schools in Masterton, Kaikoura, Greymouth… Video, Audio
Polytech system a 'national disgrace'
Former Otago Polytechnic chief executive Phil Ker has called for an apology from Education Minister Chris Hipkins for turning the country's polytechnic education system into "a national disgrace".
Hipkins wants Te Pūkenga deficits down
The Education Minister wants the new mega-polytech to make more progress reducing deficits and getting its operating plan in place, as the 1 January deadline bears down fast.
Te Pūkenga - or the New… Audio
Christchurch school Banks Avenue Primary opens shiny new chapter after decade of challenges
After 10 years of making do with a broken school Banks Avenue Primary students in Christchurch have finally moved into shiny new digs.
Banks Avenue Primary move into flash new school
Banks Avenue Primary students in Christchurch have had to put up with a broken school.
Broken paths, faulty windows, cold classrooms and scruffy carpet - after 10 years of making it work, today… Video, Audio
Registration cost, Covid-19 risk prompting relief teachers to leave
Rising registration costs and the risk of getting Covid-19 are prompting some relief teachers to look for other work, just when schools need them more than ever.
Relief teachers in short supply
New data has revealed there was a 34 percent drop off in the availability of relief teachers in primary schools between 2012 and 2021. NZEI Te Riu Roa President Liam Rutherford talks to Jesse about… Audio
Are plans for a mega-polytech in serious trouble?
Are the governments plans for a mega-polytech in serious trouble? Te Pukenga - or the New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology - is supposed to be up and running by the January 1 2023, bringing… Audio
Registration costs, Covid-19 prompting relief teachers to leave
Rising registration costs and the risk of Covid-19 are prompting some relief teachers to look for other work just when schools need them more than ever.
Official figures show there are more school… Audio
The Detail: Rite of passage or abject poverty?
Two-thirds of students struggle to afford the very basics. Why aren't we doing anything about it? Audio
The Detail: Rite of passage or abject poverty?
Two-thirds of students struggle to afford the very basics. Why aren't we doing anything about it?
AudioAssociate Education Minister to meet principals over staff, student stress
The Associate Education Minister is offering to meet secondary principals who say schools are at breaking point with the stress of staff shortages and student absences. Video, Audio
Thank you for the music, from Porirua to Harvard: Jess Jenkins
A young Porirua violist has been selected to study at an Ivy League university in the US. Former Tawa College student Jess Jenkins has been accepted at Harvard, from over ten thousand applications… Audio
Schools struggling with dropping relief teacher numbers
School principals have been vocal in their warnings about the health and wellbeing of children and staff this winter, after the third term began yesterday.
But new data revealed by the Educational… Audio
Willis: individual schools should decide on mandatory masks
Each week we get to catch up with the deputy leaders of both the Labour and National parties. Today its the turn of National's Nicola Willis, who we asked about Covid in schools, the trouble in the… Audio
