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Two-thirds of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) exams can now be delivered digitally as the Government boosts funding for the NCEA online programme, Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

The Government is increasing investment in the Creatives in Schools programme, providing work opportunities for an additional 300 artists, Prime Minister and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Jacinda Ardern and Minister of

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Prime Minister
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage
  • Education

The Government will introduce a range of proposed amendments to the Education and Training Bill to help the international education sector’s recovery from COVID-19 and ensure the education system is better capable to respond to future emergencies.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Further temporary changes to NCEA and University Entrance (UE) will support senior secondary school students whose teaching and learning have been disrupted by COVID-19.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

The Government has made it easier for New Zealanders who want to train in industries where demand is expected to grow as the country recovers from COVID-19.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

The Ministry of Education and NZEI Te Riu Roa have agreed to settle the pay equity claim for teacher aides, Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

The special Epidemic Response Committee (ERC) has successfully concluded its role, Leader of the House Chris Hipkins said today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Leader of the House

Taita College in the Hutt Valley will be redeveloped to upgrade its ageing classrooms and leaky roofs, Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Ministerial Diary April 2020

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  • Hon Chris Hipkins

The Government’s drive to improve the quality of early childhood education (ECE) is taking another step forward with the reintroduction of a higher funding rate for services that employ fully qualified and registered teachers, Education Minister Chris Hipkins has announced.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

New funding to boost Government-funded Adult and Community Education (ACE) will give more than 11,000 New Zealanders more opportunities to learn, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

A major expansion of the free and healthy school lunch programme, funded through the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund, will see around 200,000 more New Zealand children get a free lunch every school day and create an estimated 2,000 more jobs.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Hon Tracey Martin
  • Prime Minister
  • Children
  • Education

Budget 2020 makes major investments jobs and training as we get New Zealand working again after the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Agriculture
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Social Development

Our social services have been a vital part of keeping communities safe and resilient as we face the impacts of COVID-19, says Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Jan Logie
  • Agriculture
  • Education
  • Justice
  • Social Development

The Government will today introduce legislation that will enable the Remuneration Authority to make temporary reductions to the salaries of elected politicians and senior public officials.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • State Services

A two-step process to changes to NCEA this year will help mitigate the impact of disruptions to teaching and learning as a result of COVID-19, Minister of Education Chris Hipkins said today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Budget 2020 provides a $151.1 million funding boost over four years for early learning services to improve the pay of up to 17,000 qualified teachers working in education and care services.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Hon Tracey Martin
  • Education

Former Wellington College student Liam Anderson has received the Prime Minister’s Award for Academic Excellence in the New Zealand Qualifications Authority’s (NZQA) annual Top Scholar Awards.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Education Minister Chris Hipkins today announced a $20 million fund to help eligible tertiary learners access digital devices and internet connections to continue their study disrupted by COVID-19.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Classrooms at hundreds of state schools and kura that are small or remote will be upgraded as part of a $160 million property improvement programme, Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Ministerial Diary March 2020

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  • Hon Chris Hipkins

The Prime Minister, Government ministers and public service chief executives will take a pay cut of 20 per cent over the next six months, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Prime Minister
  • State Services

An immediate student support package announced today in response to Covid-19 will assist students financially to continue their studies, Education Minister Chris Hipkins says.     

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

The Ministry of Education is working with partners to develop a package of options so that students can learn at home when Term 2 begins on 15 April, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education