Stories by John Gerritsen

Axing a $118 million scheme that provides extra pay for thousands of teachers is an "ill-considered decision", says one principal, but another says most school leaders in Auckland will back the move.

A leaked report reveals the move to axe Kāhui Ako - which covers 2000 schools - would bring a high risk of a legal or industrial challenge. Audio

StudyLink has processed more applications than last year, but thousands remain uncompleted. Audio

各大高校留学生人数较此前均有增长，怀卡托大学增加800人。

Universities' lucrative international enrolments have rebounded close to pre-pandemic levels.

The Educational Institute is calling for a $2.5 billion boost to support for children with disabilities.

Erica Stanford says her main agencies have improved since she gave them dire satisfaction ratings last year.

Foreign students contributed more than $3 billion to the New Zealand economy last year, MPs at a select committee have been told.

The draft secondary school English curriculum is ringing alarm bells for some teachers.

Missing from a controversial draft document was any reference to Te Mātaiaho. Audio

The government is spending $2.7 billion on tertiary courses this year, but there are early signs it will not be enough to cover all the enrolments. Audio

The Education Ministry has blindsided schools by going to market for a new national test. Audio

An assessment expert says it could lead to league tables.

The Tertiary Education Commission has indicated some tertiary institutions could face funding cuts next year.

Combined with other changes to school and post-school courses and funding, a new qualification could help double the number of school-leavers who opted for industry training and apprenticeships.

The university had forecast a deficit last year following three years of falling enrolments.

With its main food manufacturer, Libelle, in liquidation, the School Lunch Collective has turned to Australia to ensure it had enough meals. Audio

School careers advisors say schools and the qualification system were too focused on the 30 percent of teens who went to university.

The Wairarapa organisation lost contracts last year the School Lunch Collective, whose member company Libelle has gone into liquidation. Audio

The fees, covering day students' use of facilities, has nearly doubled since 2020 Audio

"Is the food going to the right people? These people that are so complaining, are they the ones that really need the food?" asks an intermediate principal.

Some students are so stressed by new high-stakes NCEA exams they are suffering extreme anxiety and sleeplessness.

More children have been attending school each day than at the same time last year, according to the latest data.

Schools are warning the online exams will create a generation of school-leavers with no qualifications. Audio

"For the last eight days in a row we've had food that has been produced by Pita Pit," one principal at a school cutting back says.