Stories by John Gerritsen

Young children with disabilities and behaviour problems are waiting up to a year for help from the Education Ministry's early intervention service.

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.

The government has invited universities to bid for funding to set up a new medical school for rural GPs.

There has been a sudden drop in satisfaction with the special education service, school principals say.

As part of its efforts to relieve Auckland's teacher shortage, the government has expanded a recruitment scheme and revived relocation payments to attract teachers from overseas.

Tougher English-language testing rules for foreign students will not stop some education providers from rorting the system, a group representing private tertiary institutions warns.

Examiners will be on the lookout for students using memorised or plagiarised answers in this year's school exams, following an independent review. Audio

The number of children passing the national standards in reading, writing and maths has dropped slightly, new figures show.

Nearly half the children at some primary schools report being bullied at least once a week, a national survey has found.

A growing number of Indian students are facing shame for failing to gain New Zealand residency despite, spending tens of thousands of dollars, support groups say.

Tertiary institution staff are under suspicion of immigration fraud and their employers may be turning a blind eye to some offending, documents show. Audio

Indian students are being exploited into paying up to $40,000 for jobs they believe will help them gain residency, members of the Indian community have told RNZ.

Indian business owners are charging foreign students $20,000 or more for jobs that will get them work visas or residence, Immigration New Zealand documents show.

Some private tertiary institutions have stopped working with three men suspected of controlling a large part of the Indian student market.

Immigration officials are worried three men are controlling much of the multi-million-dollar market through a network of agents, documents show.

Results from a $500,000 online survey that shows what students think of their courses are running late.

Books and reading are closely linked to good numeracy, literacy, and problem-solving skills among 16 to 24-year-olds, analysis of the 2014 Survey of Adult Skills shows.

Over-crowding and dubious marking of students' work has prompted NZQA to take action against 27 tertiary institutions in the past 15 months.

Auckland is facing its worst teacher shortage in 20 years and schools are already worried they won't be able to find enough teachers for next year, principals say.

Ninety-five percent of the pass marks an Auckland tertiary institute awarded in two business diplomas were wrong, a Qualifications Authority investigation has found.

The Labour Party has pledged to roll back cuts to early childhood funding made by previous National-led governments and raise minimum requirements for qualified teachers if it is elected to…

Schools and teachers should be assessed in a way that accounts for students' backgrounds, a think thank says.

People who went to playcentre or kindergarten more than 35 years ago are earning more than those who did not, new research shows.

NZQA staff wanted to stop tertiary institutions carrying out English language tests on their own prospective foreign students, a memo reveals.

All children would be required to learn how to program computers at primary school under proposed changes to the school curriculum.