Vaughan Couillault
Secondary Principals' Association on Libelle liquidation
School lunch provider Libelle Group owes more than $14 million to nearly 250 creditors, many of those creditors are schools. Secondary Principals' Association president Vaughan Couillault spoke to… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Tuesday 4 March 2025
In today's episode, the new lunch in schools programme has been riddled with problems, with delayed and poor quality meals, wastage - and most recently MPI investigations into halal meals and melted… Audio
Principals discuss school lunch programme
The new lunch in schools programme has been riddled with problems, with delayed and poor quality meals, wastage - and most recently MPI investigations into halal meals and melted plastic packaging… Audio
Large schools paying more under new school lunch programme: Principal
A high school principal says large schools are being forced to pay extra under the new school lunch programme. Papatoetoe High School principal and Secondary Principals' Association head Vaughan… Audio
NCEA results released
More than 160,000 students will be able to access their provisional NCEA results from last year's exams through the New Zealand Qualifications Authority website on Wednesday. Secondary Principals'… Audio
Secondary Principals Association on NCEA level one criticism
The Education Review Office says it is time to consider dumping level one of the NCEA or overhauling it - again. Secondary Principals Association president Vaughan Couillault spoke to Corin Dann. Audio
Seymour warns teachers about maintaining political neturality
The minister in charge of curbing truancy is concerned students are "missing out on valuable learning time" by joining a march to parliament in protest at his controverisal Treaty Principles Bill… Audio
Deepfake porn showing up in New Zealand classrooms
Deepfake porn is easier to create, and students are suffering the consequences Audio
AI ate my homework
Chat GPT is here and changing education, with new versions of the technology making the use of it harder to detect Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Monday 13 May 2024
On today's episode, two have died and one person is seriously injured in a house fire in Auckland, reporter Melanie Earley has the latest, Police are investigating three new complaints in connection… Audio
Secondary Principals Association on unprepared teachers
The Secondary Principals Association says student teachers need stronger monitoring during their classroom work experience. Secondary Principals Association President Vaughan Couillault spoke to… Audio
Traffic lights alone won't stop truancy
Government fixes for truancy need to look at why kids aren't coming to school, rather than just shaming schools for their numbers. Audio
Traffic lights alone won't stop truancy
Government fixes for truancy need to look at why kids aren't coming to school, rather than just shaming schools for their numbers.
AudioSecondary Principal Association on ERO review into bad behaviour
The Education Review Office says teachers are seeing fighting and vandalism every day.
And the office says it's time for national action to rein in the violent behaviour.
Secondary Principal… Audio
Principals welcome school property inquiry
Principals hope the ministerial inquiry into school property will flush out why the Ministry of Education has lacked clarity, transparency and consistency in approving and providing classrooms to… Audio
Students fail new NCEA tests on second attempt
Most students who failed crucial new NCEA tests on their first attempt last year failed again on their second try.
Principals say they will be more careful about ensuring students sit the reading… Audio
Enforcing school phone ban won't be easy says principal
Schools have opened for the year with a new challenge to tackle, how to enforce the ban on mobile phones.
While the government's policy won't come into force until the start of term two, plenty of… Audio
Principal reacts to dropping NCEA results
Three years of Covid-related disruption is being blamed for grades dropping for a third consecutive year.
Provisional results from NZQA show results are down across all NCEA levels.
Vaughan… Audio
NZ students fall to new lows in PISA tests
New Zealand's 15-year-olds have fallen to new lows in the 2022 international PISA tests of reading, maths and science.
Almost 5,000 students were assessed from Aotearoa, with maths proving to be the… Audio
Online system for NCEA exams faces test as thousands log-in
The online system for school exams faces a test of its own Wednesday morning when thousands of teenagers try to log-in to the level two English exam.
Teachers say it is critical there is no repeat of… Audio
