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Tertiary education funding of $1.14 billion has been allocated to the country's universities, polytechnics, colleges of education and wananga for the new academic year.

A new Form 1 to 7 high school, to be called Elizabeth Park College, will be established in Invercargill in 1999, Education Minister Wyatt Creech announced today.

The new Social Studies curriculum document launched today challenges students to investigate issues in society, and to explore different perspectives and values, Education Minister Wyatt Creech sai

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Mr Zhu Kaixuan, the Minister of Education, People's Republic of China will visit later this month to examine aspects of the New Zealand education system, Education Minister Wyatt Creech announced t

The Education Minister is encouraging as many people as possible to consider playing a role as a member of their local school's Board of Trustees.

Education will be strengthened at five South Auckland schools through extra Government funding of up to $9 million over three years, Education Minister Wyatt Creech announced today.

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The Government Green Paper which reviews the way teachers are trained and sets out possible improvements for the future has been released by the Minister of Education.

E nga mana, tena koutou
karanga mai ra, mihi mai ra
tena koutou mo nga mihi ki ahau, ki a matou hoki
ka nui te hari o te ngakau kua tae mai nei i runga i te kaupapa ki minita

Education Minister Wyatt Creech said he was encouraged by the response from education sector groups this week to the Government's desire to fully implement a unified pay system for primary and seco

Education Minister Wyatt Creech has decided to call off plans to travel to Korea this week to attend the APEC Human Resource Development Ministerial Meeting, and will instead use the opportunity to

Education Minister Wyatt Creech has today warned teachers and parents about the latest attempt by the leadership of the secondary teachers' union to try to block the development of a unified pay sy

Special Education 2000

Special Education 2000 was
first announced in last year's Budget to help provide resourcing for students

The Government today released a consultation green paper setting out the issues and options needing examination if the provision of tertiary education in New Zealand is to keep up with change in th

Labour MP Trevor Mallard's 'Guaranteed Access to Neighbourhood Schools ill' was trying to turn back the clock by bringing back school zoning, ducation Minister Wyatt Creech said today.

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Thank you for inviting me to address you at your first national conference.

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Thank you for the invitation to be with you again this year.

The Education Minister today released robust research which clearly shows that since 1990 there has been a real increase in the money schools get to cover their day to day running costs.

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Thank you again for the invitation to address your Conference this year.

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"I am very pleased to be here " is something Ministers are meant to say at most occasions - and certainly at launches.

About 27% of New Zealand's young people who leave school go on to university or polytech. Almost three-quarters do not.

The Minister of Education has taken the next step towards settling the future of secondary schooling in south and east Invercargill.

The Education Minister has approved Ashburton Borough School's application to provide Year 7 and Year 8 (Form One and Two) classes.