Education
Waikato University staff lead project on racial oppression
Researchers at the University of Waikato are leading a new project that will investigate racial oppression and inequality in Aotearoa and the world. Audio
Covid-19 and schools: where to from here?
Senior Researcher at the New Zealand Council for Educational Research, Mohamed Alansari with what the learnings about learning at home during lockdown have been to date. Audio
Clean energy coal boiler replacement fund rolls out to more schools
Government funding to switch coal boilers to clean energy is being rolled out to another 18 schools.
Reported NCEA achievement slumps 20 percent
The pandemic has put a big dent in the number of NCEA credits schools have reported to the Qualifications Authority.
The authority says schools have logged twenty percent fewer results than at the… Audio
Waikato University staff to lead project on racial oppression
Researchers at the University of Waikato are leading a new project that will investigate racial oppression and inequality in Aotearoa and the world.
Twenty-one researchers from institutions in New… Audio
Students doing well despite lockdown - Māngere principal
The pandemic has caused a 20 percent drop in the number of NCEA credits schools have reported to the Qualifications Authority.
It is not yet clear if there is a real fall in student achievement or… Audio
Reported NCEA credits drop 20% amid Covid-19 disruption
The Qualifications Authority said schools were cancelling or deferring some assessments, and principals say they hope students will catch up before the end of the year.
Grieving family still feeling let down by hall of residence operator
The family of Mason Pendrous is deeply disappointed about the way it has been treated by the operator of the hall where he died.
Schools fear knock-on effect of foreign student loss
Low-decile schools fear the loss of hundreds of students, as some schools increase their out-of-zone enrolments to make up for the drop in foreign students.
Prospective Māori students question if uni is a safe space
The fear and intimidation Waikato University professors have experienced when calling out racism has been putting prospective students off from going to university, the Māori Tertiary Student's… Audio
The fate of recession-era school-leavers
With New Zealand officially in recession will school-leavers lose-out while universities benefit? Longitudinal research from the UK suggests recession-era school-leavers face life-long difficulties… Audio
Minister under pressure to order review of casual racism at unversities and polytechnics
The Education Minister is under increasing pressure to order a wide ranging review into systemic and causal racism at universities and polytechs.
Thirty- six Māori professors are demanding action… Audio
Schools fear knock-on effect of foreign student loss
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
Students call for a review of all unis following racism at Waikato
Te Mana Ākonga, the Māori Tertiary Student's Association, is calling for a national review of universities, saying they are failling to protect Māori students and uphold te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Waikato… Audio
NCEA exams could go ahead even under level 3, ministry confirms
Secondary school principals are pleased the Education Ministry has confirmed NCEA and Scholarship exams can proceed even at alert level 3 .
NCEA exams to go ahead under Alert Level 1, 2 and 3
The Education Ministry has confirmed NCEA and Scholarship exams could go ahead if the covid alert level were to rise back up to three.
Principals had worried a level three lockdown might force the… Audio
Meet: The Te Awe Team
The Te Awe Team is made up of Curators, Collection Technicians, Conservators, Storage Technicians and a dedicated photographer who care for the incredible variety of taonga Māori housed in the Museum.
…Te reo Māori digital technology helps language to thrive
An increasing number of te reo Māori phone apps have been developed to help second-language learners use it everyday, and creators say digital technologies are crucial for the language to thrive.
Early learning centres reluctant to raise fees for parents - survey
Many early learning centres are looking to draw on their own cash-strapped resources to survive Covid-19, rather than increasing fees for parents.
'Every time we raise this, we get the brush off from the ministry'
A Christchurch Māori immersion school has been told its dilapidated leaky building will only get a repair instead of a rebuild, 10 years after the Ministry of Education started looking at a new build.
