John Gerritsen

Insight investigates the high level of decline rates in study visa applications - particularly from India. Our education correspondent, John Gerritsen, reports. Audio

New Zealand tops the world in the ability to use computers and the Internet. That's even though nearly half of us can only do the basics. Our education correspondent John Gerritsen makes sense of the… Audio

A plan to radically change the way schools are funded has raised the ire of teacher unions. Audio

Teacher unions are worried bulk funding of teacher salaries is back on the table. Audio

A government proposal is threatening to revive one of the most bitter disputes the education sector has seen in the past quarter of a century. Audio

Immigration officials have been finding hundreds of cases of fraud in student visa applications from India and now they're catching up with people who slipped through the net and got to New Zealand. Audio

A group of Indian students is fighting deportation from New Zealand in a case their lawyer says affects hundreds of foreigners studying here. Audio

A group that supports gay and transgender young people has warned that some schools are ignoring advice on how to include their transgender students. Audio

Educators have told a select committee that putting trainee teachers in charge of classrooms could prove dangerous. Audio

Teacher unions are calling a government plan to reserve jobs in schools for trainee teachers sneaky and say it'll open a can of worms. The Government wants to give the Education Ministry the power to… Audio

Polytechnics are cashing in on a surge in enrolments by foreign students, earning a record 150-million-dollars from their fees last year. Audio

With school trustee elections closing tomorrow, some schools have record numbers of candidates fighting for a place on the board. Audio

The Government is being urged to punish Auckland charter school Vanguard Military School which is breaching its contract by refused to enrol students later than January. Audio

Charter schools' annual reports have just been published and they're showing wildly different results. Audio

Hekia Parata has revealed schools will not know which of their students are attracting the new targetted education funding, the government unveiled to target children of long-term beneficiaries. Audio

School principals and teachers are divided by the Government's surprise decision to devote a funding increase to the students who need it most. Audio

Hawke's Bay, Manawatu and Tauranga are increasingly targeting foreign students as a way of adding millions of dollars a year to their economies. Audio

A major new survey out today says secondary school students are better behaved and teachers are happier. Audio