Desperately needed teachers with visas to get into New Zealand face months in bureaucratic limbo as they still cannot get a spot in managed isolation (MIQ), despite the school year starting this week. The situation is so dire the Ministry of Education has told some to apply for an emergency spot – usually reserved for […]

Universities and colleges are worried that the border opening to foreign nationals in April will have little effect on international student mobility due to the visas being on processing hold until August. “Although the government has said it will begin a staged reopening of the border to fully vaccinated foreign nationals from April 30, international […]

A group of gifted high school students in Thailand were given a taste of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) specialty at the University of Otago as part of a recent webinar series to promote New Zealand’s education offering. The Princess Chulabhorn Science High School (PCSCS) network consists of 12 schools across four regions […]

New Zealand and China strengthened their partnership in the higher vocational education sector with ideas and best practices exchange at the two-day long China-NZ Summit on Higher Vocational Education, on the sidelines of the recently concluded APAC TVET Forum. The China-NZ summit focused specifically on the bilateral partnership on higher vocational education. “New Zealand and […]

NCEA and Scholarship exams delayed by Covid-19 will commence today. Students from Auckland, Waikato and Northland will have the option to take up ‘unexpected event’ grades. The delay of two weeks is in response to the severe disruptions caused by Covid-19 lockdowns in these areas. Some Auckland students will not complete their exams says college […]

Using technology a group of teachers from Vietnam, Indonesia, South Korea and New Zealand came together to learn and complete the NZGCC [New Zealand Global Competence Certificate & Teacher Training Course for Vietnam] course. To be awarded the certificate teachers were required to attend 10 online sessions and 20 self-directed modules over a five week […]

Universities say their foreign enrolments have remained “astonishingly high” and they are hoping international students can return to the country in the middle of next year. But they say it is not practical to expect large numbers of students until managed isolation and quarantine requirements are dropped. Universities New Zealand chief executive Chris Whelan said […]

A dramatic fall in enrolments and high compliance costs are to blame for the suspension of free courses for struggling students across the South Island. Community Colleges New Zealand (Comcol) has offered free training and qualifications for teenagers for 40 years but from January the Youth Guarantee programme is being suspended “due to multiple reasons”. […]

People who missed out on one of the 165,000 residence visas are cursing their bad luck at not being on the right visa on the right day. Among those also feeling aggrieved are those still working for New Zealand companies from overseas – and with valid visas – but who are excluded from the immigration […]

Five high schoolers from across New Zealand have been crowned winners in the inaugural BizVenture Programme, a pilot initiative led by Education New Zealand and its Japanese partners to give Kiwi and Japanese students a first-hand experience conceiving business solutions that address the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Forty specially selected students* from New Zealand and […]