Education

NCEA: Low pass rates alarm principals

Some principals are shocked by their students' high failure rates in a trial run of new NCEA literacy and numeracy tests. Year 10 students have trialled the... Read More

Tauranga education showcase returns to South Korea

An Education Tauranga delegation of 23 primary and secondary schools and Waikato University will travel to South Korea in September for the first time since 2020,... Read More

AUT staff review could put 230 jobs on the line

As many as 230 staff at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) could lose their jobs. AUT today announced it would review administration and support roles and... Read More

Cohort of Tauranga’s UoW 2019 starters graduate

Graduation has been a long time coming for Tauranga's Leah Owen, who received her Bachelor of Social Sciences degree majoring in Psychology this year. She was... Read More

Aquinas College premier netball team shines

Its winter tournament week across the nation, and Aquinas College's premier one netball team has been performing, taking third place in the Upper North Island... Read More

Young innovators paving the way for the future

Young innovators across the Bay of Plenty have come together this week to share their creative ideas, solve problems, experience artificial intelligence, and celebrate... Read More

AIMS Games returns to the Bay of Plenty

After two years, 350 schools across 23 sports will compete in the Zespri AIMS Games across the Western Bay of Plenty from today, September 3 to Friday, September... Read More

Tauranga campus celebrates university graduation

There were cheers and tears when 222 people graduated at the University of Waikato's Tauranga campus today, September 2, in the first in-person graduation ceremonies... Read More

Teachers hope amended payroll brings end to issues

Teachers are hoping long delays in getting the right rate of pay are over. Some were underpaid by thousands of dollars while they waited for Education Payroll's... Read More

Waste free period workshops a winner

A program designed to break down barriers around waste free periods with free reusable menstrual products is now taking place in the Western Bay. Western Bay... Read More

School attendance rates rising as Covid cases drop

Thousands more children are going to school each day as Covid-19 case numbers drop. Principals had worried August would be the worst period for winter illnesses... Read More

Tauranga teaching student wins adult learner award

Covid-19 gave Jasmine Campbell (Ngāpuhi) the push she needed to change careers and enrol at university. The transition from tourism industry to teaching has... Read More