Online or onsite education: how do you choose?
There are so many reasons for choosing e-learning. You can study when and where you choose, thereby slotting it in around commitments of work and home. There is no cost attached to opening a...
NCEA’s big revamp
A shake-up of New Zealand’s major school leaving qualification is underway. The government is making changes to the NCEA exam system, first introduced in 2002. The changes include strengthening literacy and numeracy requirements, having...
Whitecliffe Manukau: Finding your passion after high school
Delaney didn’t buy it
The bright 19-year-old completed Art History, Classics, French, English and History in her last year of high school at Long Bay College – but couldn’t stand the idea of walking straight...
Million dollar Government boost to get school students into trades
A Government cash injection of more than $1 million will go towards trades-based events at New Zealand schools.
More than 340 schools will receive $3000 each to run the expo-style experiences this year, most in...
From early school leaver to essential service provider – young graduate becomes role model
In 2012, when Cori Pokotea left college without a NCEA qualification, she never thought that one day she would be providing an essential service through a global pandemic.
Having graduated with a New Zealand Certificate...
In pursuit of excellence: the rise of academies in high schools
The word ‘academy’ has two definitions –
‘a place of study or training in a special field’, and ‘a society or institution of distinguished scholars and artists or scientists that aims to promote and maintain...
Don’t be afraid to ask for help with new DT curriculum, says Ministry
REBEKAH FRASER find schools and teachers are faring well with the implementation of the new digital technologies curriculum, but the Education Ministry urges those who are struggling to ask for help.
History in the making: the push to change the curriculum
Teachers have made another push to make New Zealand’s history a mandatory part of the school curriculum.
The New Zealand History Teachers’ Association has urged the Government to ensure schools “teach our own past” to...
Building entrepreneurship into the curriculum
Jamie Banks believes enterprise systems would help bring meaning to learning for many students.
What will national standards look like post-election
This year’s election is about to hove into view and it’s time once more to consider everybody’s pitch. National Standards is a flagship government policy that’s very much on the line, with the controversy and opposition to its introduction nearly a decade ago refusing to go away. JAYLAN BOYLE considers again some of the main objections and invites Labour’s Chris Hipkins to discuss his version of a post-National Standards world.
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