Education

The people behind the wildly successful porn campaign are back with an edgy series aimed at kids on fake news.  Audio

Auckland Primary Principals Association President Stephen Lethbridge says 93 percent of primary and intermediate schools he has spoken to want the upcoming school holidays to remain the same.

"We've… Video, Audio

The next round of school holidays are looming. Auckland has been shown the light at the end of the tunnel, Tuesday 21 September, when Cabinet has penciled in a move to alert level 3.

Even then… Audio

Figures released to Checkpoint under the Official Information Act show five out of eight universities had an increase in cheating last year. Lecturers say the issue is far worse than figures show, as… Audio

While Tamaki Makaurau remains in an Alert Level four lockdown, schools across the motu also remain closed. Approximately 100,000 secondary students will continue to learn online, as end of year exams… Audio

More and more students are relying on digital devices in lockdown so a new initiative, DigiTautua, aims to get more laptops into the hands of young leaners. Audio

Schools outside of Auckland reopened their doors last Thursday after nearly three weeks of classes over Zoom.

Principals across the country have said that few students are arriving to school with… Audio

Urgent retrofitting of older building stock is needed to reduce the risk of Covid-19 in New Zealand's schools, according to several of the country's leading public health experts.

They say that New… Audio

Many Auckland students, still under Lockdown Level 4, are pulling out all the stops to keep focused.

More than half a million young people returned to classrooms last week as schools outside of… Audio

Universities and polytechnics are being told they could be doing more to help their students through the pandemic.

The Union of Students Associations says some institutions have not provided… Audio

With Covid case numbers in Auckland remaining stubbornly high, teachers, students and their parents are beginning to think it could be next term before schools reopen. Nina Hood is a University of… Audio

Should early childhood centres be allowed to open in Auckland when the region reaches alert level 3? Early childhood education centres are currently required to open at level 3, if there is demand… Audio