Stories by John Gerritsen

Education researchers are divided over the state of the school system as it comes under increased scrutiny.

A briefing paper said the TEC expected reduce the funding of Massey, Victoria and Otago universities, AUT and Te Pūkenga's polytechnics due to low enrolments.

Some universities are reluctant to set deadlines for ensuring Māori and Pacific students are as successful as other groups of students.

A Tertiary Education Commission briefing shows officials want deeper staff cuts at the national polytechnic and workplace training organisation Te Pūkenga.

Internal reporting shows attendance services are struggling with schools and other agencies as they tried to get the most serious truants back to class.

此外，充满负能量的家庭环境、帮派对青少年的影响、生活成本等诸多问题也是导致新西兰青少年旷课率上升的原因。

Poverty, insecure housing, rising costs and weak parenting were also common themes in reports covering covering a period last year when truancy reached 14 percent.

新西兰移民局的数据显示，超过一半的学生来自南非、印度、中国和菲律宾的移民家庭。

A spike in enrolments of new migrant children has surprised some schools.

Schools have hired 84 attendance officers to help get more children to class every day, the government says. Audio

The Secondary Principals' Association is alarmed by survey results that indicate its members are more likely to suffer abuse and stress than other people.

About 10 percent of teachers said they did not enjoy maths and were not confident teaching it but all teachers agreed teaching maths was important, the study found.

Foreign students are returning to polytechnics faster than expected, Te Pūkenga says.

Te Pūkenga's leaders have revealed the national polytechnic and workplace training organisation is heading for another big deficit this year.

Official figures show that is the worst figure ever recorded, beating 14 percent of students in 2012.

The recommendation is expected to end a protracted pay dispute between the Ministry of Education and the Post Primary Teachers Association.

Tertiary enrolment figures show how different subject areas fared during the roller-coaster years of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Universities and student reps blamed the pandemic, increased online learning and the cost-of-living crisis.

Principals say they are finding it harder to attract foreign teachers from traditional source countries like the UK and Canada.

The University of Waikato has revealed a $16.8 million deficit for 2022.

The Ministry has challenged principals' claims that schools have been forced to send children home due to lack of teachers. In fact, it says there's no evidence that happened.

A major study has found no change in children's average maths achievement but the gap between rich and poor has grown for Year 8s.

越来越多的教师前往其他国家工作，尤其是工资较高的澳大利亚。

下个月即将就此教学大纲发布征求意见，但在此之前，该报告仅发送给了少数一些老师征求反馈，不过，有些教师因对内容感到非常担忧而将其泄露给了其他同行。

一些校长对教育部在为"高需求学生"分配上千万纽币经费的方式进行的变更表示担忧。