Education
Māori Party wants Māori immersion schools to get equal funding to mainstream schools
The Māori Party wants Māori immersion schools to receive equal funding to mainstream schools and to give a quarter of the entire education budget to Māori models of care.
Staff member wants apology over medical education pathways cap
An Otago University staff member wants an apology from senior leadership for the way it's dealt with a proposal to impose caps on preferential entry pathways into medical school.
Trainee teachers lack classroom experience due to Covid-19
Hundreds of student teachers will graduate with less practical experience than usual because the pandemic has disrupted their placements.
Calls for apology over Otago Uni handling of medical school cap
An Otago University staff member wants an apology from senior leadership for the way it's dealt with a proposal to impose caps on preferential entry pathways into medical school.
The university has… Audio
Teachers allowed to graduate with less classroom experience
More than 1000 student teachers can graduate with less classroom experience than usual after the Teaching Council lowered its minimum standards.
The pandemic has hampered students' ability to go into… Audio
Students disappointed Labour Party dropped fees-free plan
Student representatives say they're deeply disappointed the Labour Party will not extend its fees-free plan for second and third-year tertiary students if returned to government.
Labour's campaign… Audio
Labour pledges to focus on apprenticeships, scrap decile system
Labour has announced it won't be extending the fees-free tertiary programme past the first year of study, instead prioritising free apprenticeships and targeted areas of vocational training. Video
Labour promises to close pay gap for early childhood teachers
The Labour Party is headlining its election season education policy with a promise to close the pay gap for early childhood teachers.
It has also reannounced its pledge to extend its free lunch… Audio
Ōtaki-based wānanga to get $8m over 3 years
Te Wānanga o Raukawa will receive $8 million from the government over three years as partial recognition of its Waitangi Tribunal claim.
Labour announces its education policy
Labour is promising to extend pay parity for all early childhood teachers if re-elected, but would scrap plans to extend its fees free policy beyond the first year of tertiary study..
Chris Hipkins… Audio
Work visas for foreign students added to election agenda
A group of private tertiary institutions wants foreign students studying online from overseas to remain eligible for New Zealand work permits when they graduate.
Nats accused of colonial attitude to Māori education
Those working in the education sector say the National Party's newly unveiled education policy leaves a lot to be desired.
Private tertiary institutes want work permits for students
A group of private tertiary institutions wants foreign students who study online from overseas to have the right to work permits in this country when they graduate.
Quality Tertiary Institutions says… Audio
National promises $1.9 billion boost to education
The National Party is promising a $1.9 billion education package if elected into government.
That includes almost half a billion dollars for students who need extra learning support.
Political… Audio
National Party promises $1.9bn for education
National is promising an extra $1.9 billion for education over four years, with a focus on learning support, teacher aides, and new special character schools. Video
Otago Uni staffer claims seniors tried to push medical admissions caps
Otago University bosses are being accused of misleading critics over its proposal to cap medical school admissions for Māori and other priority groups through its preferential entry pathways.
New book examines how childhood shapes later life
In his new book, The Origins of You: How Childhood Shapes Later Life, University of Otago professor Richie Poulton and his co-authors set out to determine to what extent our origins shape our later… Audio
Teachers want answers on Green School fund
Taranaki educators want more details about how an $11.7 million grant of public funds was granted to a privately-run Green School in the region.
Proposal on Māori, Pasifika medical school limits 'disturbing'
A prominent medical organisation has called a proposal by Otago University to impose caps on special medical school admissions for Māori and Pasifika "deeply disturbing".
The Royal Australasian… Audio
Positive covid case at new Auckland school
A student at Henderson North School in Auckland has tested positive for COVID-19.
Principal Irene Ogden says the student is a sibling of a student at nearby St Dominic's who previously tested… Audio
