Less than a third of the tertiary students in the zero-fee scheme last year came from decile 1 to 5 schools, Tertiary Education Commission figures show. Of the 42,227 students in the scheme in 2018, just 12,191 students - or 29 percent - came from......
A former school teacher has been jailed for two years and six months for sexual misconduct involving two students. The 37-year old woman has admitted seven charges of sexual relations with minors and two of sending sexual material to minors. In sentencing......
Schools are ignoring the rules that protect them from fraud and failing to report the crime when it happens, an accounting expert warns. Eastern Institute of Technology auditing and assurance senior lecturer Louise Mackenzie has analysed financial......
Principals and researchers agree that a declining love of reading and rising classroom disruption could be to blame for New Zealand's poor results in a major international test. The Ministry of Education cited the factors as possible reasons the......
New Zealand's 15-year-olds have hit new lows in the international PISA tests of reading, maths and science. The country's average scores in all three subject areas fell slightly, continuing a slide that has been going on for more than a decade......
A big new education bill aims to loosen the laws for teachers using force on children, make religious instruction opt-in, and bring more focus on the Treaty. The Education and Training Bill 2019 was introduced in Parliament yesterday. Restraint and......
Students at an Auckland secondary school are rediscovering the joy of card games, lunch time play and the simple art of conversation thanks to a total ban on phones during the school day. Glendowie College is one of the latest schools to restrict student......
A Northland primary school has achieved an almost complete measles vaccination rate by reassuring parents that the MMR vaccine is safe, contrary to an abundance of misleading information online. Ninety-seven percent of the mainly Māori students at......
The prime minister has announced that nearly every state school will receive up to $400,000 to pay for building upgrades and maintenance. Jacinda Ardern revealed the nearly $400 million capital investment in her closing speech at the Labour Party annual......
High-decile schools in Auckland are taking in millions of dollars more in non-government funding than the rest of the country, helped in part by international students. Annual report figures show the city's high-decile state primary and secondary......