Education

The principal of a school cited in a report by the Office of the Auditor General earlier this week has refused to answer questions about other expense payments and practices at his school.

The chief executive of Waikato Institute of Technology will have his expenditure and restructuring costs independently reviewed.

The Ministry of Education is seeking a 'please explain' from schools who have been flagged in an audit for unusual or high spending.

Taranaki's largest tertiary education provider is cutting six courses and making at least four staff redundant as it grapples with a $2.4 million deficit.

The Australian government has dropped its plans to make New Zealanders studying at Australian universities pay higher fees. Audio

Most use of te reo Māori is at a basic level but some 44 percent of teachers used it to teach curriculum content, a survey found.

Fewer than half of parents support the national standards in reading, writing and maths - and only five percent consider the controversial benchmarks when choosing a school for their children.

Advocates for autistic children fear some schools may still be using seclusion rooms despite them being outlawed earlier this year.

One school kept money donated for disaster relief in Fiji and another spent $250,000 on an overseas trip, audits show.

An autistic boy who was repeatedly locked in a room by his Wellington school had to have counselling as a result, an ombudsman's report says.