Education
Govt to spend $164m on new and upgraded classrooms
The government is investing $164 million towards the building of new classrooms and other school upgrades.
Big cyber hit for businesses and Macs more like iPhones
Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about new research which has found more than half of businesses have bene successfully targeted by ransomware in the past year. Apple has… Audio
Education Ministry advising schools against lockdown drills
The Education Ministry is advising schools not to practise violent offender drills with their students because they might cause fear and anxiety.
It also told them that teachers cannot stop parents… Audio
NZQA case against private tertiary institute fails
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority has failed to prove criminal charges against a now-defunct tertiary institute - the International College of New Zealand - and its owner.
ECE advocate says system needs overhaul
The damning results of a survey of Early Childhood Education teachers comes as no surprise to an advocate who wants the system overhauled.
A quarter of the 4000 teachers surveyed said they wouldn't… Audio
Large cohort of Pasifika educators graduate from NZMA Manukau
Over 100 graduates from the New Zealand Management Academies Manukau have received their level 4 certificate in Early Childhood Education home-based teaching - all of whom are Pasifika. The graduation… Audio
ECE 'has become baby farming'
A quarter of the roughly 4000 early childhood teachers surveyed said they could not endorse the quality of the places they worked.
Teacher survey reveals worrying criticism of ECE centres
Early childhood teachers have made worrying allegations of crowded, noisy centres where profit is put before children's welfare in a new survey.
Three-quarters of the 4,000 respondents to the Child… Audio
First NCEA online exams held today
The first online NCEA exams have been done today. The Panel speaks to online learning pioneer and Albany Senior High School principal Claire Amos about how the day has gone and any issues which might… Audio
Anti-bullying nationwide tour of schools under way
A nationwide tour of schools to spread the anti-bullying message begins today. Audio
ECE teachers critical of centres in national survey
Early childhood teachers have complained of stress and overcrowding in a national survey.
Four thousand teachers responded to the Child Forum survey and a quarter said they would not send their own… Audio
ECE teachers reveal centres' secrets in national survey
A thousand early childhood teachers have so little confidence in the early learning centres they work in that they wouldn't send their own children there.
NCEA and Scholarship exams begin today
NCEA and Scholarship exams start this morning, involving 140,000 teenagers over the next four weeks.
ECE teachers wouldn't send their own kids to their workplaces
A thousand early childhood teachers have so little confidence in the early learning centres they work in that they wouldn't send their own children there.
The teachers were among 4000 who responded… Audio
Napier school reopens after flooding damage
Half of the classrooms at Henry Hill School in Onekawa were partially submerged after the floods in Napier last week.
When other schools in the city reopened on Thursday, staff at the school were… Audio
NCEA and Scholarship exams starting after disrupted school year
NCEA and Scholarship exams start this morning, marking the beginning of the end of a school year disrupted by the pandemic.
Today's exams are ten days later than originally planned, a delay designed… Audio
1000 ECE teachers lack confidence in their own centres
Hundreds of early childhood teachers have slated the centres they work in, with some saying they are stressful and feel like prisons. They are among 4000 teachers who responded earlier this year to a… Audio
More NCEA students go digital for exams, starting tomorrow
End of year NCEA exams begin tomorrow for high schoolers, with more than two-thirds of schools offering exams online.
Teen paying her way through uni by naming 900,000 Chinese babies
Beau Jessup is not your typical British teen. The 19-year-old is making hundreds of thousands of dollars and funding her way through a B.Sc. Social Anthropology by coming up with 'culturally… Audio
Complaints thwart attack at Tasman area school
A teenager who planned a violent armed attack on their South Island school was prevented because people took their concerns to authorities.
