Education
Trades and vocational training: a problem of perception
Monica Kershaw from the Manukau Institute of Technology joins the panellists to discuss whether there's unconscious social bias against trades as a viable career option for clever people. Audio
Ode to Joy gets te reo Māori makeover
Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’ will be performed in te reo Māori as part of a worldwide project. Video, Audio
Two teachers censured for pushing or pulling children
Two primary school teachers have been censured for pushing or pulling young children, reigniting debate about when teachers can and can't touch their students.
Teachers censured for pushing or pulling children
Two primary school teachers have been censured for pushing or pulling young children, reigniting debate about when teachers should be able to handle students. Education Correspondent John Gerritsen… Audio
What do our truancy figures say about us?
The Education Ministry's released its annual attendance survey, this is looking at term 2 in 2018 ... It found more than a THIRD of children failed to attend school regularly - that's defined as… Audio
Regular truants 'will lose at least a term'
More than a third of children failed to attend school regularly last year and girls in Year 13 were the worst offenders.
More than 'just a kaiako'
Teachers help foster their students dreams and help them achieve their goals, but often that's not what's seen from the outside. Audio
Apple's profits sour and deep fakes get deeper
Technology commentator Bill Bennett looks at what's been a bad week for Apple; the world's first trillion dollar company has seen its profits drop just as a new security bug was discovered by a… Audio
One-third of children fail to attend school regularly
A quarter of a million children failed to turn up to school regularly in 2018, with year 13 girls the worst offenders. The Education Ministry's annual attendance survey says children who missed more… Audio
Indian students were misled - migrants' association
A group of Indian students who were deported from New Zealand say their lives are ruined, and Labour MPs who promised to help have abandoned them. Jacinda Ardern and Andrew Little publicly supported… Audio
Chinese enrolments fall again
The five-billion-dollar foreign student industry is facing another drop in enrolments from its single most important market, China. In the last six months 500 fewer Chinese students got new study… Audio
NZ's Chinese student enrolments fall again
Student enrolments from New Zealand's single biggest source of foreign students, China, have continued to fall. In the past six months Immigration New Zealand has issued 500 fewer new study visas to… Audio
US academic sparks anger over `speak English' email to students
A United States university professor has been removed as director of a graduate programme, amid a furore over an email she sent urging students not to speak Chinese.
MP floats idea to help parents struggling with school holidays
National MP Nicola Willis is floating the idea of a shorter summer school holiday period to provide relief to working parents struggling under financial strain. Our video journalist Rebecca… Audio
Schools struggle to fill teacher vacancies as students return
Despite the government hiring 220 teachers from overseas to help cover the teacher shortage affecting schools across the country, recruitment agencies are still trying to fill 280 teaching roles. Video, Audio
Are the summer school holidays too long?
National List MP Nicola Willis believes shortening the school holiday break could ease the financial strain on stressed, working parents and she's working on a Private Members Bill to get a law change… Video, Audio
Hair today, gone when school starts ...
Should a young person's school be able to dictate whether or not they can wear their hair long? Audio
Hundreds of teacher vacancies as schools reopen
Schools are advertising hundreds of vacancies as they reopen for the year and principals say they're making compromises to ensure they have enough teachers.
Schools find retirees, overseas teachers to fill staff gaps
Schools are starting to reopen from today and many are still searching for teachers. In some cases schools are using retired teachers, overseas teachers and part-time workers to ensure they begin the… Audio
Hundreds of teacher vacancies as schools reopen
Children back at school this week could be taught by untrained teachers with schools still looking to fill hundreds of teaching positions. Principals say they're having to make compromises to fill the… Audio
