Education
'Catastrophic': Universities plead for more subsidies
The tertiary education sector is having another hard year - with half of universities expecting to be millions of dollars in the red.
Helping teens make peace with anxiety
Clinical and health psychologist Dr Toni Lindsay says anxiety is a bit like chocolate: a little bit is ok, but too much can make you spin out. Audio
Schools refusing to enrol excluded students in defiance of ministry
Two Auckland and one Waikato high school are defying Ministry of Education orders to enrol expelled students.
New tests can help students who are most at risk of failing - ERO
Compulsory tests will ensure fewer children fall through the cracks at school, says the head of the Education Review Office.
Massey Uni ditches online exams after tech failures
After technology failures affected hundreds of students last month, alternative assessments will replace online supervised exams for the second semester.
Rolleston to get new primary school
It is hoped the school will ease growing demands on Selwyn's school network.
NZQA board told to do 'more intensive monitoring and reporting'
A looming deficit and complicated IT problems prompted the government to order the Qualifications Authority's board to step up its oversight of the organisation.
TEC directive for Te Pukenga "unusual" - union
The Tertiary Education Union says a directive for Te Pukenga to hire specific consultants to lead a major cost-cutting exercise is unusual and won't address the core issue -- that the sector is… Audio
Midday essentials for Friday 12 July
On today's episode, we cross to our Washington DC correspondent as President Joe Biden holds a rare, solo news conference. The Tertiary Education Union says a directive for Te Pukenga to hire specific… Audio
Closing the digital divide for Tairawhiti elderly
Keeping connected - how a Gisborne charity is helping elderly, kaumatua and the technically challenged across the Tairawhiti Region. Audio
Te Pūkenga told to hire razor gang to cut costs
The national polytech has been ordered to hire consultants to lead major cost cutting. Audio
Te Pukenga chief executive on consultants for cuts
The national polytech Te Pukenga has been ordered to hire consultants to take charge of cutting costs at its polytechnics .In June, the Tertiary Education Commission chief executive Tim Fowler gave… Audio
Te Pūkenga ordered to bring in consultants over spending
A razor gang is to be called in to fix the huge deficits at our Polytechs. The parent body, Te Pūkenga has been ordered to appoint four consultancy firms to figure out what courses are needed and how… Audio
Amid rampant teen vaping, school hail success of sensors in bathrooms
Schools say younger students are so intimidated by groups of older students vaping, they are forced to hold on or find a different bathroom instead.
The Panel with Aimie Hines and Mike Williams (Part 2)
Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Aimie Hines and Mike Williams discuss anxiety surrounding school field trips, employers ghosting job applicants, and Democrats pressuring President… Audio
Kiwi founder of online private school plans to apply for online charter school
Crimson Global Academy chief executive Jamie Beaton says the company wants to extend its online model to a charter school.
Schools install cameras in bathrooms to eliminate vaping
Several schools said younger students feel intimidated by groups of older students who vape inside bathrooms so are forced to hold on or find a different bathroom instead. That's led to some high… Audio
School's Taylor Swift raffle nets more than $100k
It helps when the world's biggest superstar is involved. Audio
Why red tape might end the great Kiwi school trip
Analysis - Anxiety about legal liability and the burden of paperwork are affecting teacher attitudes to taking trips outside the classroom.
Leaked emails on rewriting curriculum: 'Robustness is missing'
The emails have fuelled secondary school English teachers' fears about the likely content of their rewritten curriculum. Audio
