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 […]
Teenagers are ending the third school term today with 93,000 fewer NCEA pass marks than at the same time last year. The figures provided to RNZ by the Qualifications Authority show schools had reported 1.4 million achieved, merit and excellence results to the authority so far this year, 6 percent fewer than last year and […]
From 2022 onwards, New Zealand’s histories will be taught in all schools. According to a Ministry of Education Spokesperson, learning New Zealand’s histories will provide New Zealanders with an understanding there are multiple perspectives on historical and contemporary events and help them develop their critical thinking and inquiry skills. A draft of the curriculum encouraged […]