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More young New Zealanders will be able to experience the thrills of reading and books thanks to extra Government funding announced today for the Alan Duff "Books in Homes" programme.

A new law passing its final hurdle in Parliament today helps ensure school aged students don't miss out on the quality education they need, Education Minister Wyatt Creech said today.

Schools in high cannabis growing regions in New Zealand will be the first to benefit from drug education programmes from the beginning of the new school year Minister of Education, Wyatt Creech, an

Education Minister Wyatt Creech has authorised the Ministry of Education to purchase part of the Fort Dorset land in Seatoun, Wellington, to establish a school.

A record number of schools have been given the go ahead for new property projects under the Financial Assistance Scheme, Education Minister Wyatt Creech announced today.

Education Minister Wyatt Creech is welcoming new research which shows the "Books in Homes" scheme is delivering for the young people hooked into the programme.

The new Minister for Courts Wyatt Creech today announced a major programme to upgrade courts in the Auckland region.

Education Minister Wyatt Creech today criticised the Labour Party's superficial beat up over investments made by Lincoln University.

The Government is making further improvements to the way juries are selected and managed with new legislation currently before Parliament, the newly appointed Minister for Courts Wyatt Creech said

The Government is making further improvements to the way juries are selected and managed with new legislation currently before Parliament, the newly appointed Minister for Courts Wyatt Creech said

"I am extremely concerned at the pre-emptive industrial action planned by the secondary teachers union, the PPTA.

Education Minister Wyatt Creech today welcomed new international research on adult literacy rates and expressed optimism for literacy levels in the future.

The Minister of Education is giving an assurance that new base pay rates will be exactly the same for primary and secondary school principals 12 months after the current contract expires.

Education Minister Wyatt Creech announced today that the Government will provide $7 million in funding for private training establishments in the 1998 academic year.

The Government today announced significant remuneration increases for the country's 2,660 secondary, area and primary school principals.

The independent Ministerial Review Panel reviewing the Education Review Office has already considered an earlier version of the PPTA's review of ERO, the acting Minister responsible for ERO Wyatt C

Parents, teachers and communities are being given a taste of how the Government's new special education policy Special Education 2000 will benefit them, through a 'roadshow' of meetings over the ne

The Government will spend more than $11 million over the next three years to ease the workload faced by teachers who teach in te reo Maori, Education Minister Wyatt Creech and Associate Education M

The Government's Education Strategy for Maori is about to take another step forward, through a series of regional meetings to gather information from communities.

"The Labour Party's plan to force schools to pull out of direct resourcing of teachers' salaries is a short sighted u-turn on policy it originally brought in," Education Minister Wyatt Creech said

The Government has introduced new legislation into Parliament which contains measures to guide schools when suspending students and to help overcrowded schools when enrolling students.

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Enrolment Schemes - to avoid overcrowding or the likelihood of overcrowding in schools.
With regard to enrolment schemes the Bill will:

Students with special education needs will receive substantially more funding for their schooling next year following the approval of the next phase of the Government's special education policy, Sp

The dates for terms and holidays for state primary and secondary schools have been set for the next three years, Education Minister Wyatt Creech announced today.