Education

Truancy may increase if free lunches are axed

A school leader says he is worried truancy will increase if school meals are limited to certain students next year. Associate Education Minister David Seymour... Read More

Teachers refuse $5000 offers to help with NCEA

Some teachers refused offers of $5000 to help the government fast-track critical guidance for new NCEA standards just days before Christmas. With a late-January... Read More

New NCEA tests a concern - principals

Most students who failed crucial new NCEA tests on their first attempt last year failed again on their second attempt. Figures provided to RNZ by the Qualfications... Read More

New NCEA tests a concern - principals

Most students who failed crucial new NCEA tests on their first attempt last year failed again on their second attempt. Figures provided to RNZ by the Qualfications... Read More

Rotorua Boys' High School sets sail

Rotorua Boys' High School is geared up for adventure with a $20,000 grant from New Zealand Community Trust. The grant has helped with the purchase of... Read More

Students embark on vocational education journey

Hundreds of Bay of Plenty and South Waikato high school students have been formally welcomed to Toi Ohomai as participants in the institute's Secondary Tertiary... Read More

School's win in bid to protect kid’s privacy

A small Rotorua school that fought plans to allow higher buildings in its neighbourhood after finding human poo, drug paraphernalia and sanitary pads on its... Read More

New classroom builds in doubt amid cost-cutting

More than 100 new classroom builds are in doubt in a cost-cutting exercise that's already forced the Secretary of Education to apologise, following the Minister's... Read More

Rotorua Lakes Council summer interns

Rotorua Lakes Council summer intern Kahotea Gardiner epitomises the whakataukī (proverb); kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua (I walk backwards into the future... Read More

School lunches essential but reinvest in education

New Zealand's largest education union, NZEI Te Riu Roa, says the Government's decision to continue to fund Ka Ora, Ka Ao Healthy School Lunches programme... Read More

Scion’s central role in €7.5 million project

Scion's leading biomaterials, 3D printing, packaging, and machine-learning knowledge is being called on as part of a €7.5 million (NZD$13.25m) research... Read More

Privacy precautions for back-to-school photos

As the 2024 school year is underway, Police encourage parents and carers to take privacy precautions before posting back-to-school photos online. Many families... Read More