John Gerritsen

Immigration New Zealand granted study visas to a record 19,860 children of foreign workers in the past financial year.

David Wallis' behaviour amounted to "serious misconduct", tribunal rules.

It comes just months before the government here introduces similar tests.

It will also spend $30m on resources and workbooks for every primary and intermediate school.

Teachers at about 160 schools will get more training and time to hold small group sessions with students.

Just a week before exams start, the Qualifications Authority has admitted that nearly the entire team that supports its secondary school exams has left and been replaced over the past year.

80,000 children were chronically absent in term two this year, an major ERO report says. Audio

Families of children enrolled with Te Kura variously describe the national distance education school as essential, hopeless and a lifeline.

Staff claim many pupils are submitting only enough work to avoid being kicked off the correspondence school's roll. Audio

The Auditor-General has told the Ministry of Education to get a better handle on inequality among school children.

新西兰各高校在2025年的宿舍申请人数激增，校方鼓励学生考虑合租或寄宿等其他住宿选项。

Students and teachers want results as quickly as possible, and auto-marking could help speed up the process, deputy chief executive Jann Marshall says.

Te Kura says 35 percent of its more than 6000 at-risk students have not returned any work this year.

Students at kaupapa Māori schools attempt more NCEA credits and are more likely to get merit and excellence endorsements than those at comparable mainstream schools.

Some university departments are reverting because of the difficulty securing digital exams. Audio

在最新的泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，新西兰"八大"没有一所进入TOP 150。

University of Auckland has fallen out of the top 150 for the first time, while Otago has also dropped to its lowest position ever. Audio

Universities are wrestling with each another for domestic enrolments, prompting swings worth tens of millions of dollars a year in fees and government funding.

A de facto chief executive to oversee school property will be appointed following a critical ministerial inquiry. Audio

Official figures show 744,000 children should have been in class last Friday but only 544,000 turned up. Audio

Next term Erica Stanford will be announcing new support for those who "are still not getting there".

Many early childhood teachers who work as casual or relief staff face a big pay cut today, with the government's decision to drop them from pay parity rules kicking in.

Many teens are ill-equipped to deal with conflict rationally after the pandemic years, teachers say. Audio

New attendance rules could see schools chasing up the families of nearly half their pupils during the winter months.