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Six more applications from charter school sponsors to establish designated character schools next year have been approved, Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Associate Education Minister Kelvin Davis is hosting an impressive group of 12 Māori experts in Wellington today to help realise the potential for two education initiatives flagged in this year’s Budget: Te Ahu o te reo Māori and Te Kawa Matakura.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Education

Education Minister Chris Hipkins has appointed a Commissioner at Unitec, after receiving the final submission from the Auckland-based institute of technology’s Council, which supported the move.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

The Government is reaffirming its commitment to Auckland-based institute of technology Unitec, with the proposal to appoint a Commissioner, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Projects using innovative and engaging ways of teaching such as combining performing arts and co-teaching strategies received Government funding to get started, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Minister of Education Chris Hipkins is travelling to China at the weekend for a four-day visit that includes meeting his counterpart Minister Chen Baosheng in Beijing.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

The national conversation to develop a vision for the future of education, and on making changes to education, is proving ‘hugely popular’ with teachers, principals, parents, young people, and communities, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

A world-leading entrepreneurial researcher will be joining the University of Auckland to help foster potential start-ups in the 3D printing industry, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

More than $23 million will be invested in rebuilding two special schools in Auckland and Christchurch, Associate Education Minister Tracey Martin announced today.

  • Hon Tracey Martin
  • Education

The Government is seeking submissions on a proposed 2% Annual Maximum Fee Movement for tertiary education organisations in 2019, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

The Tertiary Education Commission has today opened consultation on the possibility of dissolving Unitec’s council and appointing a commissioner to the Auckland-based institute of technology, Education Minister Chris Hipkins says.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

A new primary school and more classrooms at existing schools will be built for 1200 students in Auckland, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education
  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

The Government is establishing a contestable fund for providers to train digital skills in homes, says Education Minister Chris Hipkins and Associate Education Minister Tracey Martin.

  • Hon Tracey Martin
  • Education

The Coalition Government will extend the current student loan borrowing limit for those students in long undergraduate programmes, such as medicine, from the start of 2019, Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

The programme that gives schools the option of running NCEA exams online will receive an additional $8 million for the 2018 and 2019 school years, Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Foundation level te reo Māori is one of many tertiary programmes to benefit from a funding rate increase, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

The Government is investing $31.7 million a year to help maintain the quality of tertiary education, Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced today.

 

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Education Minister Chris Hipkins has today announced his interim decision to close Tuturumuri School in rural South Wairarapa.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Around a thousand students will benefit from the 58 classrooms delivered to schools across the country, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Education Minister Chris Hipkins has today launched a $12 million professional support programme today to help schools implement the new digital curriculum.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Minister of Education Chris Hipkins has today shared with Hato Petera College’s Commissioner his interim decision to cancel the College’s integration agreement.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Education Minister Chris Hipkins has congratulated 180 New Zealanders who have been awarded prestigious Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia (PMSA) as part of the second 2017/18 round.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

A world-class and sustainable international education sector is important for New Zealand to remain a thriving and globally connected country, Minister of Education Chris Hipkins says.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education