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Education Minister Nick Smith today announced new licensing requirements for the early childhood sector that will require higher qualifications and more experience for teachers in charge of early c

Education Minister Nick Smith today released guidelines for schools on the management of risks associated with HIV/AIDS and other blood-borne viruses.

Helen Clark has her facts all wrong and should apologise to the National Librarian, says Education Minister Nick Smith in response to statements from the Labour Leader on the National Library's col

New Zealand Schools Nga Kura o Aotearoa 1998, tabled in Parliament today by Education Minister Nick Smith shows the Government is investing more than ever in New Zealand's young people through bett

Education Minister Nick Smith commended the 120 schools and thousands of volunteers who spent today installing cable networks throughout their school.

Draft Arts Curriculum Launched

Education Minister Nick Smith wants bullying eliminated from New Zealand schools and is committing $1.3 million over the next three years to help schools get on top of the problem.

Conservation Minister Nick Smith today announced appointments to the New Zealand Conservation Authority (NZCA).

Education Minister Nick Smith today announced the establishment of a working party between the Ministry of Education, The Correspondence School and the Open Polytechnic to explore the option of an

Labour's Policy to Scrap Bulk Funding Puts 1200 School Jobs at Risk Education Minister Nick Smith tackled Labour, in the General Debate in Parliament today, over its policy to scrap bulk funding sa

Education Minister Nick Smith today welcomed the announcement by Social Services Minister Roger Sowry that 27 schools in Northland, East Coast, Porirua and the Hutt Valley will be part of the new S

Education Minister Nick Smith today announced the Government's target of having all schools on the Internet by year's end.

Education Minister Nick Smith, in opening a Teacher Registration Board seminar today, welcomed the Board's initiative in taking the first step to develop a unified code of ethics for teachers.

Discussion Document First Step to Better Consistency Education Minister Nick Smith welcomed the release of the Working Party's discussion document on the issues of the length of the school day and

Education Minister Nick Smith, at the opening of the "Educating Pasefika Positively" conference in Auckland, announced a new initiative to increase the number of Pacific teachers in the school sect

Education Minister Nick Smith today welcomed the Literacy Taskforce's report, saying it provided a roadmap towards achieving the Government's goal that 'by 2005, every child turning nine will be ab

Education Minister Nick Smith today announced that the Government would be investing $5 million, over the next two years, in 23 schools throughout New Zealand to lead the information technology rev

Education Minister Nick Smith, in his first major education speech, to the Secondary Principals Conference in Rotorua, today stated that literacy and information technology would be his major prior

Education Minister Nick Smith today launched proposed new rules for school suspensions for consultation at a Conference of Nelson Principals, and invited schools and parents nationwide to study and

Education Minister Nick Smith today launched the education blueprint for health and physical education saying the document had greater potential to improve the health of New Zealanders than hundred

Education Minister Nick Smith today visited Panguru in Northland and announced that Panguru Area School would be rebuilt on higher land as quickly as possible to ensure the education of the pupils

Corrections Minister Nick Smith today released the first six month results of inmate drug testing showing good progress in reducing prison drug use.

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