John Gerritsen
RNZ
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Teacher training to get $95m more government spending over four years
The government has announced a $95 million package to train or support 3280 extra teachers over the next four years. → Read More
Gun owners shocked at short submission time on firearms law change
A parliamentary select committee is giving gun owners one day to make oral submissions on the government's fast-tracked firearm law changes. → Read More
Can New Zealand really be smokefree by 2025?
Is the government's goal for New Zealand to be smokefree by 2025 a pipe dream? Anti-smoking groups want bold action, writes John Gerritsen. → Read More
NZ's unique te reo tweets
Millions of tweets have been analysed to see how te reo Māori is being used on the social media platform. → Read More
Teachers defend strike decision
Primary school teachers and principals are defending their union's decision to continue with this week's series of one-day strikes despite an improved offer from the Education Ministry. → Read More
Principals worried by teacher shortage forecast
Principals are worried by official predictions that schools will be short of 2450 teachers by 2025. → Read More
Exploited students urged to change work visa
Former foreign students are being urged to change their work visas to escape exploitation by dodgy employers. → Read More
Insight: Examining Tomorrow's Schools
Nearly every aspect of the school system is under review. RNZ's Education Correspondent, John Gerritsen examines the hard questions being asked about deciles, zones and school boards. → Read More
Most NZ universities slip in global rankings
Six New Zealand universities have slipped and two have improved in a global league table of the top 1000 universities. → Read More
End of exams in sight
One in five exam papers has already been marked, the Qualifications Authority says. → Read More
English schools fear loss of work visas for students
The government has indicated it could exempt English language schools from plans to cut work visas for 20-30,000 foreign students. → Read More
Teachers delighted by end of National Standards
National Standards are likely to be scrapped under the new Labour-led government. Principals and teachers are delighted, but it might take some time for school trustees to adjust. → Read More
Universities work to attract Indian students
Universities are confident they can get a slice of the boom in Indian student enrolments without the fraud and other problems that have accompanied Indian enrolments at other institutions. → Read More
Delays over human rights hearing unfair
Disability services provider IHC is fed up with delays in getting a hearing for allegations the education system is breaching the human rights of disabled children. → Read More
'Please Nana get enrolled'
Some schools in areas where there are low voter turn-outs are encouraging the parents of their students to turn out and vote. → Read More
Call to teach NZ history to combat rising racism
New Zealand is making a huge mistake by not requiring schools to teach more colonial history, two former prime ministers say. → Read More
National's prefab classroom claim is rubbished by principals
Principals have scotched National's claims that school buildings are in great condition and that 3700 prefab rooms are state-of-the-art classrooms. → Read More
Teacher shortage reaching crisis point
One in five secondary schools has axed a subject because of a lack of staff, and half have teachers working outside their areas of expertise, a survey shows. → Read More
Officials' tertiary fraud fears revealed
Tertiary institution staff are under suspicion of immigration fraud and their employers may be turning a blind eye to some offending, documents show. → Read More
Kids to learn how to code before high school
All children would be required to learn how to program computers at primary school under proposed changes to the school curriculum. → Read More