Stories by John Gerritsen

Universities are encouraging students to attend their lectures in-person in an attempt to avoid a repeat of last year's often-deserted lecture theatres.

Covid, bad weather and the price of petrol are among the challenges schools have encountered in their first few days of the new school year.

Education Ministry figures show serious truancy spiked last year, with nearly 40 percent more than in 2021.

A group of health experts is urging the government to expand its free lunch scheme to more schools.

Flooding in Auckland has dashed hopes of a trouble-free start to the school year but principals are confident their biggest problem of the past three years, Covid-19, will cause a lot less disruption…

Members of the secondary school teachers' union are poised to take industrial action from next week.

Thousands of teenagers and their schools have spent the past 24 hours checking their exam results.

Software makers warn under-funding is prompting schools to use outdated and cheap computer programs that create cybersecurity and privacy risks.

Universities aren't sure they want to be part of a new website that will offer online courses to foreign students.

A rise in students being stood down from school last year was driven by smoking and vaping, according to figures from the Ministry of Education. Audio

Education Minister Chris Hipkins last year urged officials to act faster, documents show.

Aotearoa will have plenty of primary school teachers next year, but it could go either way for secondary schools.

School bus drivers warn some school routes might have no drivers when classes resume next year.

Teachers are worried compulsory NCEA literacy and numeracy tests will be too tough for new migrants, refugees and international students.

Newly released official documents provide a strongly worded warning about the damage Covid-19 has done to the school system. Audio

Organisations representing early childhood services and teachers are divided over calls for mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse.

The Education Review Office also warned nearly half the early childhood services it visited in the past financial year breached regulatory or licensing criteria.

Qualifications Authority figures show students went into exams with fewer NCEA credits under their belts than in any of the previous three years.

The chief ombudsman, Judge Peter Boshier, has defended his office's record on complaints about schools following calls for a faster route for resolving disputes.

An assessment has found big gaps in schools' cybersecurity and recommends a multi-million-dollar boost to school funding for IT.

The Education Review Office is worried about children's safety at a Petone school.

The schools enrolments are bouncing back with about 2500 English language students in the country.

Schools are facing a number of hurdles as they try to rebuild their lucrative foreign student enrolments in a competitive market.

The government is promising to extend learning support to thousands more disabled children through a substantial overhaul of the $1.2 billion special education system.

Teachers and principals at primary and secondary schools look set to refuse a $6000 pay rise describing it as disappointing and hard to stomach.