John Gerritsen

The pandemic smashed the international education sector - but are foreign students returning to our shores? Audio

A group of health experts is urging the government to expand its free lunch scheme to more schools as families struggle with the cost of living crisis.

Health Coalition Aotearoa says more children… Audio

Flooding and heavy rain has of course delayed the start of the school year for many in Auckland .

The good news is principals are expecting the big disaster of the last three years, Covid-19, will… Audio

Some schools face falling enrolments as the number of school-aged children drops over the coming decade.

The latest Education Ministry forecast shows the number of school children dipped this year… Audio

Universities are not convinced they need to be part of a single website offering online courses to students around the world.

Education New Zealand has spent nearly two-million-dollars on the project… Audio

Smoking and vaping drove a jump in the number of school children punished with stand-downs last year.

Education Ministry figures show schools made nearly 21,000 stand-downs covering almost 16,000… Audio

New Zealand-made software is putting schools at risk of cyber-hacking attacks.

Education Ministry documents show particular fears about the systems schools use to record information about their… Audio

A deputy principal says international students may be deterred from enrolling in schools here if new NCEA literacy and numeracy tests are too hard to pass. 

From 2024 teenagers must pass tests in… Audio

Newly-released documents show high-level concerns about the damage Covid-19 has done to the school system.

A Cabinet paper and Education Ministry briefings to government ministers cite an urgent need… Audio

Groups representing early childhood services and teachers are divided over calls for mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse but united in their belief that teachers need more training.

They say… Audio

The Education Review Office has gone public saying it has significant concerns about a primary school in Petone.

Wilford School has more than 200 children.

Education correspondent John Gerritsen… Audio

The country's teenagers have again recorded poor results in a trial-run of new NCEA literacy and numeracy tests.

Just 34 percent of students who attempted the writing test passed - similar to last… Audio

Several thousand university staff walked off the job today at the country's eight universities, demanding an 8 percent pay rise.

Our education correspondent John Gerritsen and cameraman Samuel… Video, Audio

Auckland principals worry many senior students will drop out of school over the holidays and not return to finish their qualifications next term.

They say more teens are leaving school early to take… Audio

Schools have hit the final week of the third term and secondary principals are warning that this year is shaping up to be the worst of the pandemic.

They say two-and-a-half years of Covid-19… Audio

Men now make up just 39 percent of New Zealand university students - an all-time low. The figure is down from 42 percent in 2016 and is lower than both the UK and Australia. Our education… Audio

High failure rates in a trial-run of new NCEA literacy and numeracy tests are alarming principals.

One school head told RNZ all their students failed the writing test and others reported pass rates… Audio

A campaign to stop Northland children wagging school is proving surprisingly successful.

Let's Get to School Tai Tokerau is running in 150 schools across the region.

At its heart are messages from… Audio