Thank you for your support in following our NZ Education News blog. We have made some changes behind the scenes and from Monday 8 April we will no longer be updating this blog. The good news is that we will continue to provide up-to-date articles, opinions and media releases on the education sector in Aotearoa New Zealand. To continue to receive your updates (if you have not done so already) all you have to do is email comms@nzcer.org.nz and ask to be put on the new Aotearoa New Zealand Education News list ..read more

University of Auckland tops global rankings for sustainability The University of Auckland has been ranked number one in a new global ranking that assesses the social and economic impact of universities. Manukau Institute of Technology to build new $55m trade training school Auckland is about to get a new $55 million trade training school to help meet the desperate shortage of tradies. Toilets, communication to be reviewed after schools’ lockdown during Christchurch shootings Toileting, food and water provisions, and communication with parents will be included in a review of schools’ lockdown p ..read more

Importance of lockdown drills heightened following Christchurch mosque shooting, says principal Mike Dowd, chair of the New Plymouth Principals’ Association and principal of St Joseph’s Catholic School, said the region used Ministry of Education guidance, but did not advise schools to do any extra lockdown drills following the events of March 15. What too much screen time can do to children Alarm bells are ringing for New Zealand health professionals who say that current levels of screen use in schools and for homework are putting children’s physical and mental development in jeopardy. Father ..read more

Nationwide secondary teachers’ strike called off after Christchurch terror attack Calling off next week’s nationwide teachers’ strike was “the only choice” following the Christchurch terror attack, a union president says. About 17,000 secondary school teachers planned to strike on April 3 but Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA) president Jack Boyle said schools needed support, not further disruption. Outspoken Northland principal Pat Newman joins Teaching Council Newman, the principal of decile-2 Hora Hora School in Whangārei, has been a leading critic of Government policies such as the ..read more

Industry training organisations say students will suffer under polytech merger While the union for polytechnic staff is backing the government’s plan to mergepolytechnics and institutes of technology, industry training organisations say students and apprentices will suffer. Kenyan who gave earnings to poor wins $1m teacher prize A Kenyan teacher from a remote village who gave away most of his earnings to the poor won a US$1 million prize on Sunday for his work teaching in a government-run school that has just one computer and shoddy Internet access. K’aute Pasifika founder Peta Karalus went fr ..read more

Primary teachers to vote on Ministry of Education’s offers in electronic ballot Members of the primary teachers’ and principals’ union will vote on the Ministry of Education’s latest offers in an electronic ballot, New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) Te Riu Roa announced. NZEI’s national executive decided to move to an electronic ballot following a teleconference held on Wednesday night. Industry training bodies threaten High Court and Waitangi Tribunal challenges to shakeup Skills Active, which runs training for recreation and performing arts, has told Education Minister Chris Hipkins it ..read more

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