John Gerritsen

The confusion has thrown today's NCEA and university exams into confusion. With more here's our education correspondent John Gerritsen. Audio

Talks about the impact on schools today. Some NCEA and scholarship exams were scheduled to take place. Each school decides for itself whether it should be open based on their buildings and potential… Audio

NCEA exams start this morning with Level one English.Our education correspondent, John Gerritsen, has been talking to parents and teens about the exams. Audio

The University of Auckland has defied the wishes of many of its own staff and pushed ahead with plans to expand its law school. This year it accepts 320 second year students, next year it will be 380.

The union for early childhood teachers says the quality of their service is at risk due to government funding reductions, and is calling for more money. Audio

NCEA and Scholarship exams start next week. John Gerritsen talks to students and educators about the best way to study for these important exams. Audio

The controversial Novopay school payroll system is causing problems again, and this time it appears to involve a major privacy breach. Audio

Not as many students are studying the humanities at university as they have in the past, and that's leading to job losses, and a fear that important subjects will be lost. Audio

Extra pay for Auckland teachers is likely to be raised when secondary teachers and principals meet government agencies today in Wellington to tackle what principals say is a teacher shortage. Audio

School counsellors are calling for more funding as they say they are struggling under high workloads, and are sometimes responsible for more than 1000 teenagers each. Audio

Documents reveal the defunct private tertiary institution, IANZ, was passing students it should have failed and gave the Qualifications Authority false information. Audio

Almost every secondary school in Auckland is losing staff because of high house prices, principals say. Meanwhile, principals in other areas are also finding it difficult to recruit staff. Audio

Special education advocates say seclusion rooms are a symptom of under funding of the special education system. Education correspondent John Gerritsen reports. Audio

The Productivity Commission has raised the idea of reintroducing interest on students loans - the third time the idea has come up in two months. Audio

The Government is being urged by the Productivity Commission to abolish University Entrance and instead consider setting up a 45-thousand dollar account for every teenager to spend on tertiary… Audio

The University of Auckland wants to raise $300 million by 2020 in the the biggest fund-raising campaign ever run by a New Zealand university. Audio

The vast majority of the business diploma students from the International Academy of New Zealand or IANZ failed some or all of their credits, the Qualifications Authority says. Audio