Stories by John Gerritsen

With its main food manufacturer, Libelle, in liquidation, the School Lunch Collective has turned to Australia to ensure it had enough meals. Audio

School careers advisors say schools and the qualification system were too focused on the 30 percent of teens who went to university.

The Wairarapa organisation lost contracts last year the School Lunch Collective, whose member company Libelle has gone into liquidation. Audio

The fees, covering day students' use of facilities, has nearly doubled since 2020 Audio

"Is the food going to the right people? These people that are so complaining, are they the ones that really need the food?" asks an intermediate principal.

Some students are so stressed by new high-stakes NCEA exams they are suffering extreme anxiety and sleeplessness.

More children have been attending school each day than at the same time last year, according to the latest data.

Schools are warning the online exams will create a generation of school-leavers with no qualifications. Audio

"For the last eight days in a row we've had food that has been produced by Pita Pit," one principal at a school cutting back says.

Schools are combing classes and cancelling subjects due to the shortage .

Significant teacher shortages are likely this year, the Ministry of Education is warning, and the shortfall could end up being more than 3000. Audio

Police failed to protect people from protesters at a high-profile rally and made unlawful arrests at another, the Independent Police Conduct Authority says.

Sensitive spending that provided a personal benefit to the principal was identified in 54 schools, audits found.

Previously secret salary information for the university's most senior managers has surprised and angered some staff.

The English Teachers Association has walked away from work on the draft secondary school English curriculum.

The Teaching Council says it's worried the government will remove current requirements for qualified early childhood teachers.

Testing showed fewer children in their final year of primary school would meet the new curriculum's expectations.

A group of leading early childhood academics say they have serious concerns about David Seymour's planned reforms.

Seven charter schools are expecting to open in the coming weeks with intakes ranging from six to 60 pupils.

One school had room for just 30 students, but received more than 120 children looking for spots. Audio

The move will mean the industry voice is lost in the discussion about workplace training and apprenticeships, critics say.

教育部长表示将为学生提供帮助，并已经对考试做出相应调整，降低难度。

The Qualifications Authority points to new literacy and numeracy requirements as the reason for half of last year's NCEA fails.

NCEA results were released online on Wednesday for more than 160,000 students.

In a surprise move, the sale of polytechnics will be on the table when the national institute of technology Te Pūkenga is disestablished.