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A Crown loan of up to $5.5m is to be extended to Northland Polytechnic and a Crown Manager appointed to assist it to meet its operating requirements while a longer term plan to ensure its future viability is further developed.

Education Minister Trevor Mallard said today he wants the inquiry by the Auditor -General into allegations against Act MP Donna Awatere Huata widened to also include the circumstances surrounding the original decision of the then National Government to give the Pipi Foundation funding.

Education Minister Trevor Mallard today announced decisions on the introduction of the export education levy and the work programme of industry development and risk management activities it will fund.

Intermediate schools will receive a property boost of about $49 million to help bring them up to standards set in a new property guide, Education Minister Trevor Mallard announced today.

Education Minister Trevor Mallard today applauded the contribution to the kohanga reo movement made by retiring Kohanga Reo National Trust chief executive Iritana Tawhiwhirangi.

Education Minister Trevor Mallard is hoping for a positive start to the 2003 secondary school year by offering to go back to the Alternative Disputes Resolution Panel with the PPTA over the issue of non-degree teachers accessing a new top pay rate.

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Ministers have reviewed whether the Alternative Dispute Resolution Panel should be reconvened to reconsider and finally resolve the issue of G3 Equivalent Teachers.

The government is welcoming new information from Statistics New Zealand on the student loan scheme.

Education Minister Trevor Mallard today witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for co-operation in education between the Chinese and New Zealand Ministries of Education.

Major tertiary education reforms passed by Parliament this afternoon are being closely examined by other countries also keen to transform themselves into knowledge-based societies.

Education Minister Trevor Mallard announced today that 89 early childhood education centres across New Zealand will receive $8.8 million to extend, upgrade or develop their buildings, creating extra places for more than one thousand young children.

The government has released the report of the Performance Based-Research Fund Working Group, Investing in Excellence, and accepted all its recommendations.

The government has appointed a reference group of tertiary education sector representatives to advise on the design of the new fee maxima system that will semi-regulate tuition fees from 2004.

A learner advisory committee is to be established to assist the Tertiary Education Commission.

A new publication profiles recipients of the 2002 Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards.

Education Minister Trevor Mallard announced today that 17 programmes in schools, national and regional organisations will be funded to ensure New Zealand’s gifted and talented students have the opportunity to reach their full potential as New Zealand’s future leaders.

Unexpectedly high interest has resulted in the Government extending the tender date for Project Probe, a country-wide initiative that will ensure all schools and communities, in rural areas and urban areas, have access to high speed internet services.

Education Minister Trevor Mallard today announced two new initiatives to get more teachers into secondary schools to accommodate predicted roll growth, and to help schools fill the additional 373 teacher positions announced earlier this year

The government’s independent review of the governance of tertiary education institutions will be conducted by Professor Meredith Edwards, Director of the National Institute for Governance at the University of Canberra.

A new publication highlights the benefits of teaching foundation literacy in a context that is meaningful to the learner.

Latest international research results from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) strongly back the work being done in New Zealand to get disadvantaged students more engaged in reading, Education Minister Trevor Mallard said today.

An exciting new scheme is being set up to help communities develop early childhood centres suitable for the delivery of quality early childhood education programmes.

In this article, Education Minister Trevor Mallard discusses how this initiative will increase participation in early childhood education, particularly for Maori and Pacific Island communities.

A total of 1334 early childhood education services received more than $3.3 million of extra equity funding this week, in a move designed to help ensure all children are accessing quality education before they get to school.

In this article Education Minister Trevor Mallard explains how the equity funding policy fits into the Government’s top priority goal of breaking down the barriers to early childhood education.

Education Minister Trevor Mallard announced today an additional $9 million of funding over the next three years to increase the number of secondary teachers in our schools.