Education
ECE centres struggling with underfunding, teacher shortages
Early childhood teachers and managers have said centres are struggling with teacher shortages, low enrolments and insufficient government funding. Some are alarmed by surprise changes to pay parity… Audio
Another school brings back traditional single-cell rooms
Shirley Boys High School is spending $800,000 to transform its open plan classrooms, built in 2019, into single-cell rooms.
Second Christchurch school ditches open plan classrooms
A second Christchurch school has made the costly move to ditch its near-new open plan classrooms. Rachel Graham has more. Audio
'Unnerving': Pay changes add more anxiety in childhood education
Some say centres are struggling with teacher shortages, low enrolments and inadequate government funding.
Trust faces criminal charges after boy badly burned on school trip
The nine-year-old boy was placed in a medically-induced coma.
Te Pūkenga disestablishment 'will not be completely equitable'
Polytechnics are unlikely to emerge from Te Pūkenga with the savings or debt they took into the mega-institute.
Closing the gaps for our tradies
Next, the call for a new national portal, to make it easier for trades apprentices to qualify and find placements. Audio
Makereti Papakura's whanau excited about Oxford Masters
Makereti (Maggie) Papakura's relative, June Northcroft Grant, tells us what her posthumous degree from Oxford means to her whanau Audio
Should young people have access to social media?
The push to get under-16-year-olds off social media is a cause that's united some high-powered women from all walks of life.
B416 group is parenting in action
The push to get under-16 year olds off social media is a cause that's united some high-powered women from all walks of life. Audio
Universities will be weakened by Budget focus on STEM and science - professor
The Budget allowed an emergency two-year four percent funding boost to lapse. Audio
Unis face uncertain future as funding fails to keep up
Universities face an uncertain future as they contemplate yet another year in which funding fails to keep pace with rising costs. Here's our education correspondent John Gerritsen. Audio
Wellington students win big at world's oldest and largest science fair
No New Zealand students have competed in the International Science and Engineering Fair for more than a decade.
Suzy Cato: Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Suzy Cato needs no introduction, having been a constant presence in New Zealand kids' lives, with her calm voice and kind heart for decades. Audio
Getting kids hooked on STEM subjects
STEM education is more than just science, technology, engineering, and maths-it's about equipping the next generation with the tools to solve real-world problems. We speak with Morgan McKeen, a… Audio
Government must not undermine 'well-qualified' ECE sector
The Teaching Council is urging the government not to make early childhood education and care centres less attractive places to work.
School classrooms need clean air to ward off long Covid - expert
There are relatively simple steps Kiwis can take to help reduce winter nasties, as well as exposure to Covid-19, a top epidemiologist says. Audio
The Panel with Claire Amos and Alan McElroy (Part 1)
Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Claire Amos and Alan McElroy. They discuss the Government cracking down on school truancy and the controversial removal of an art… Audio
Prosecuting parents of truant kids pointless - Principal
Pushing to prosecute parents of chronically truant kids is a pointless exercise according to one school principal. Associate Education Minister David Seymour is leading the government charge to get… Audio
Almost $365,000 theft handled as 'employment matter' by school
Logan Park HS didn't go to the police after the funds were misappropriated by a staff member between 2019-24.
