Stories by John Gerritsen

Families of children enrolled with Te Kura variously describe the national distance education school as essential, hopeless and a lifeline.

Staff claim many pupils are submitting only enough work to avoid being kicked off the correspondence school's roll. Audio

The Auditor-General has told the Ministry of Education to get a better handle on inequality among school children.

新西兰各高校在2025年的宿舍申请人数激增，校方鼓励学生考虑合租或寄宿等其他住宿选项。

Students and teachers want results as quickly as possible, and auto-marking could help speed up the process, deputy chief executive Jann Marshall says.

Te Kura says 35 percent of its more than 6000 at-risk students have not returned any work this year.

Students at kaupapa Māori schools attempt more NCEA credits and are more likely to get merit and excellence endorsements than those at comparable mainstream schools.

Some university departments are reverting because of the difficulty securing digital exams. Audio

在最新的泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，新西兰"八大"没有一所进入TOP 150。

University of Auckland has fallen out of the top 150 for the first time, while Otago has also dropped to its lowest position ever. Audio

Universities are wrestling with each another for domestic enrolments, prompting swings worth tens of millions of dollars a year in fees and government funding.

A de facto chief executive to oversee school property will be appointed following a critical ministerial inquiry. Audio

Official figures show 744,000 children should have been in class last Friday but only 544,000 turned up. Audio

Next term Erica Stanford will be announcing new support for those who "are still not getting there".

Many early childhood teachers who work as casual or relief staff face a big pay cut today, with the government's decision to drop them from pay parity rules kicking in.

Many teens are ill-equipped to deal with conflict rationally after the pandemic years, teachers say. Audio

New attendance rules could see schools chasing up the families of nearly half their pupils during the winter months.

A new study could form the basis for an early warning system to help schools identify students at risk of failure.

Māori students were just as likely to get an NCEA qualification as European students from similar socio-economic backgrounds - but that didn't apply to UE.

But the Tertiary Education Union says it is seeking a six percent pay rise for its members.

Teachers are hailing artificial intelligence as a massive time-saver that could revolutionise their work.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education says the risk of AI misuse has contributed to a change in NCEA level one externals from 2025. Audio

Teachers says artificial intelligence has huge potential for improving education, but misuse of the technology is an increasing problem.

Kindergartens New Zealand, the Educational Institute and Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood New Zealand are calling for changes.