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Education Minister Trevor Mallard has approved a code of practice for the pastoral care of international students.

A working party has been established to recommend appropriate minimum and maximum salaries for teachers with three-year pre-service teaching degrees and for those who have a degree as well as a teaching diploma.

Expressions of interest are being invited from people to be appointed as members of the new Tertiary Education Commission.

New legislation strengthening New Zealand¡¦s industry training system has been sent to a select committee for public submissions.

The broad make-up of the committee which will decide who gets a share of the government’s new Centres of Research Excellence fund has been welcomed by Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey.

Education Minister Trevor Mallard today announced the members of the New Zealand Teachers Council which comes into force from February next year.

New Zealand is to have a national secondary school scholarship examination from 2004, Education Minister Trevor Mallard announced today.

A new on-line resource for special education groups and families was launched by Associate Education Minister Lianne Dalziel today.

The annual report of the student loan scheme was tabled in Parliament this afternoon.

New Zealand’s first ever strategy to explicitly connect learning and research in the tertiary education system with the nation’s economic and social development needs has been released in draft today.

Government negotiators and the Post Primary Teachers’ Association have reached an agreement to settle the secondary teachers collective agreement.

A major international report released world-wide today shows that education in New Zealand is right up with the best, Education Minister Trevor Mallard said.

Maori Affairs and Associate Education Minister Parekura Horomia today presented the Laptop Company “Awards for Excellence” to 10 Maori secondary school teachers in an online presentation ceremony involving nine video conferencing sites around the countr

Forty-five applications have been received for a share of the Government’s new $60m fund to build Centres of Research Excellence in the tertiary education sector, Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey said today.

Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey told the Top Exporters Conference in Wellington today that it was time for the business community to engage with the Government, and other stakeholders within the tertiary education sector

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Teacher education providers need to better equip beginning teachers to teach Mäori students, according to a Te Puni Kökiri report The Quality Of Teacher Training For Teaching Mäori Students released today by Mäori Affairs Minister, Parekura Horomia.

Associate Minister of Education (Tertiary Education) Steve Maharey announced today that the Unversal College of Learning (UCOL) will be the community partner for Wanganui tertiary education.

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Legislation to significantly reshape New Zealand’s tertiary education system was tabled in Parliament today.

I am pleased to be here today to speak at your conference. The opportunity to address university staff at this time every year is becoming something of a tradition, and it is one that I look forward to.

The number of Modern Apprentices signed up under the Government’s flagship programme has risen 35% since June to 1,640, Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey said today.

The number of Modern Apprentices signed up under the Government’s flagship programme has risen 35% since June to 1,640, Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey said today.

Education Minister Trevor Mallard today announced funding for two new state secondary schools - the first to open in Auckland since 1979.