John Gerritsen

Education Ministry figures showed schools this year faced a bigger shortfall of secondary teachers than previously expected. Audio

预计今明两年将有1220名教师的缺口，高于去年预测的880人；这一现象可能至少会持续到2028年。

The gap is much bigger than officials thought, and likely to last for years.

A woman said she lodged a complaint in 2023 about abuse that happened 30 years ago at a secondary school.

The programme called Lifting the Lid runs in several parts of the country and started in Wellington in 2022.

Vocational Education Minister Penny Simmonds said the money would ensure financial viability and sustainability of training during the transition phase.

The Public Service Commission has published its investigation into procurement and conflicts of interest management.

教育部要求新西兰公立学校奖学金应公开公平，但对外国留学生开放。

The review also recommended the council investigate whether schools are failing to report incompetent teachers.

School sport leaders say they do not believe the cases are symptomatic of a wider problem. Audio

A review found the council appeared to have the culture of an advocacy body rather than of a regulatory or membership body.

Should primary and intermediate schools teach children to type so they are ready for online exams at high school? Audio

The ministry says schools now have to add extra days to the end of the school year to make up for welcoming new students a day or two before other students return to class. Audio

A consultation paper said there were "significant concerns" regarding the ongoing health and safety of students and the quality of education provided.

Thousands did not reach critical new reading, writing and maths benchmarks last year.

Twenty-one recently published Education Review office reports say the schools need statutory managers, a commissioner or guidance.

"I watched colleagues run back and forth to the Beehive for approval, watched academics and sector experts be removed," she says.

Submissions to Parliament's Education and Workforce Select Committee nearly all spoke against the Education and Training (System Reform) Amendment Bill.

Provisional data shows 57.3 percent of children attended school regularly in term 4 last year up from 48.7 percent in 2022.

The Educational Institute Te Riu Roa and the Council of Deans of Education said the messages show a conflict.

An Ministry document said schools were supposed to be open for at least 380 "half-days" each year but it forgot to allow for the Matariki holiday in its 2027 term calculations.

NCEA考试成绩今日起可在教育主管部门网站查询，专家提醒学生有多种成绩复核渠道。

The 2025 results will be closely watched due to fears high-stakes literacy and numeracy requirements will dent pass rates. Audio

Attendance slumped badly in the few schools that remained open beyond mid-December.

Two new primary schools are scheduled to open at the start of 2026 - one in Christchurch and the other in Auckland.