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Waiomio School in Northland will close on July 19, Minister of Education Wyatt Creech announced today.

The Government is giving the go ahead for a new Institute of Judicial Studies to enhance the quality of justice.

Tertiary students will win with big changes and improvements to the way their education is funded, Education Minister Wyatt Creech and Associate Education Minister Brian Donnelly said today.

School students will benefit from improved standards and a better quality education all round through more resources than ever before being pumped into education.

Total education spending $7.1 billion in 1998/99.

The Coalition Government has so far committed almost $1.7 billion extra for education during its term of office.

In this Budget:

"The Government and Auckland University are working to resolve the issues raised in the Occupational Safety and Health report on mortuary services at Auckland Medical School," Education Minister Wy

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The scene is set for a new system to assess how well primary school aged children are achieving, and what can be done to make students more successful.

"The PPTA leadership's motives for refusing to negotiate pay issues must now be seriously questioned with the revelation it wants teachers to take industrial action over bulk funding," Education Mi

"The PPTA leadership's motives for refusing to negotiate pay issues must now be seriously questioned with the revelation it wants teachers to take industrial action over bulk funding," Education Mi

"The Government has made it clear that it wants to make real progress with the secondary teachers' pay talks, but is still being impeded by the PPTA attempt to include non-pay issues in pay negotia

The Government has moved to fix a teething problem with the criteria for the Ongoing Resourcing Scheme, which is part of the new Special Education 2000 programme.

Education Minister Wyatt Creech announced plans today to put amendments to the Education Act before Parliament to clarify the provisions that allow tertiary education institutions to join forces.

Education Minister Nick Smith today released a Ministry of Education report on bulk funded schools which concludes that the controversial system for resourcing schools is enhancing student learning

"Critics of the new special education policy are ignoring the positive impact that Special Education 2000 is having for thousands of students," Education Minister Wyatt Creech said today.

"Critics of the new special education policy are ignoring the positive impact that Special Education 2000 is having for thousands of students," Education Minister Wyatt Creech said today.

The Government has agreed to establish the new position of Principal Disputes Tribunal Referee to improve the Disputes Tribunal service.

"The unified pay system is now a reality that everyone involved in education should celebrate," Education Minister Wyatt Creech said today.

"Talking is the only way to get progress with the secondary teachers' employment contract.

Samoan and Chinese will be included in national school examinations for the first time next year, Education Minister Wyatt Creech announced today.

"Thursday April 2 is a black day for education as tens of thousands of students face losing a day's education because of unjustified industrial action by the secondary teachers' union," Education M

"Simple one-off solutions won't help students who have fallen out of the education system," Education Minister Wyatt Creech said today.

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"It is unfortunate and disappointing that the PPTA is pressing on with strike action.