Education

Supplied Content A Hindi language school in West Auckland is set to benefit from a charitable initiative which saw $1 million donated to almost 50

Supplied Content Sadia Afrin is one of a kind. While studying for the Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology at MIT, she was known by

Gill Bonnett Unregulated marketing managers hired by New Zealand education institutes are using cut-throat recruitment practices to lure international students, some immigration advisers say. Representatives

Kieran Madden The Government is dead-set on improving “wellbeing” as the mark of their leadership, and “long-term intergenerational wellbeing” in particular. This requires whipping out

An Analysis by John Gerritsen  The government’s plan for a monster merger of all 16 polytechnics and institutes of technology has taken everyone by surprise, but some

Supplied Content From Unicorns to Fairies, Mythical Creatures have contributed their mite to honing of the fantasy world of children. Parents and educators have tried

Have your say on the changes coming Supplied Content The government-subsidised education and care of young children that takes place in the educator’s home or

Jane Patterson The National Party was looking to gazump the Prime Minister’s first big speech of the year by making public what it says are

Learning Maori Language should be compulsory Peter Dunne Another Waitangi Day has passed – this year without adverse event – and with it, the often

Supplied Content ‘One-size-fits all’ approach to suicide prevention will not work and new strategies tailored to the older people are needed a University of Auckland

Anita Balakrishnan Imagine for a minute, a New Zealand without vineyards, wonton soup, Diwali (the Festival of Lights), the art of John Pule, Golfer Lydia

School Principals are expecting disruptions because of a shortage of staff when most schools went back this week. It is estimated that 650 more teachers

Bhartiya Bhasha Evam Shodh Sansthan launched Supplied Content January 10 was an important date on the Indian languages calendar. It was on this day that

John Hall Transparency International New Zealand (TINZ) recently commented on the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) Review conducted as part of the national Education

RNZ, Hamilton –  New Zealand’s education system is failing Māori students by continuing to marginalise their culture, Waikato University Professor Mere Berryman, a 2017 New Zealander

Sourced Content The most popular career last year was Police Officer, according to the most searched for jobs on careers.govt.nz in 2018. Tertiary Education Commission Chief Executive

RNZ (Auckland) A $10 million donation to the University of Otago by New Zealand’s richest man will help the institution open a new $28.2 million

Lucy Wyndham Around 40% of five-year-old children who had dental check-ups in 2017 had tooth decay, according to data compiled by New Zealand’s Ministry of

Supplied Content Paul Brafield has been appointed as the new Head of Media Design School (MDS), an award-winning digital and design technology tertiary institution. The

Venkat Raman The challenges faced by journalists in a fast-changing world, their response to disruption in mainstream media and the ‘creative tension’ that exists in

Kieran Madden “Our Gross National Product…measures everything, except that which makes life worthwhile.”  Bobby Kennedy’s famous 1968 speech decried how measures like GDP count the

Professor Rod Carr It is time for this Government to play its part in helping ensure that the University sector remains a viable and successful

Jane Patterson Mental health is likely to get a significant funding boost, Finance Minister Grant Robertson said, addressing Labour Party members in Dunedin last fortnight.

Supplied Content Darryn Melrose has been appointed Chief Executive of Whitecliffe College, a privately-owned art and design institution based in Auckland. He previously had a

Sourced Content The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) is unlikely to reach its target of having NCEA exams completed online by 2020. A computer glitch interrupted

The Post Primary Teachers Association, representing secondary teachers, has rejected the Education Ministry’s pay offer in a vote on October 2, 2018. Delegates to the

First Overseas operations commenced on September 15 Venkat Raman The Rainbow Corner Group of Companies opened its first overseas Early Childhood Centre in Mumbai on

Supplied Content The Education Ministry is looking at options to make the Export Education Levy (EEL) fund more sustainable to protect New Zealand’s reputation as