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...
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...
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...
Learning life skills in school time prepares students for the real world
Writing CVs, applying for mortgages and enrolling to vote are all important life skills but most people have to learn how to do them on their own.
However, students will now be able to learn...
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...
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...
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...
Reflecting reality – the move to digital assessment
Thousands of students will be sitting some of their NCEA exams this year using a laptop or PC, as digital assessment starts to roll out in earnest.
On all but one exam day in November...
External exams in NCEA ‘a gigantic step backwards’, college says
A South Auckland school that will be forced to hold external exams for the first time says the latest changes to school assessment are "a gigantic step backwards".
Reverse gear for NCEA: more external exams, more emphasis on traditional subjects
Students will face more emphasis on exams and less on internal asessment in changes to the NCEA system unveiled today.
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The pandemic forced many tertiary education institutions in Australia and New Zealand to speed up their ongoing digital transformation efforts.
