Malaysian scholarship students will receive on-the-job training with New Zealand adventure tourism operators, as part of a new education partnership between Malaysia and New Zealand to develop the island of Langkawi into Malaysia's adventure tourism centre. . . .
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Providing better access to knowledge about online behaviour, including an 0800 helpline, are among the recommendations in a report from Victoria University of Wellington about New Zealanders’ online behaviour. . . .
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Education Minister Hekia Parata has welcomed a new ERO report showing schools have become significantly more inclusive towards children with special educational needs.
“ERO’s report Inclusive practices for students with special needs in schools, released today, shows a sea change is underway. Schools have become much more welcoming places for children with special ed . . .
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UCOL Wairarapa is celebrating a boom in the number of degree students - more than half the roll - who now call the Masterton campus home. . . .
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Auckland Institute of Studies has been ranked as a Category 1 provider by NZQA.
Achievement of Category 1 status comes during a period of steady growth in international student numbers at AIS, which with approximately 1000 students is one of the largest private education institutions providing both undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in New Zealand. . . .
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Education Minister Hekia Parata says the latest Better Public Services (BPS) results show the government is making great progress towards its education targets. . . .
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Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce says better-than-expected Better Public Services results mean the Government is revising the workforce skills target to 60 per cent of 25–34 year olds having a qualification at Level 4 or above by 2018. . . .
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Theology and hairdressing are the first casualties of government cuts to subjects where it believes there are too many tertiary students.
This year the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) is subsidising 107 fewer theology students and 124 fewer hairdressers in the private education sector - saving $1.8 million. . . .
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Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce released the 2015 Occupation Outlook report and mobile App, which allows students and their families to easily compare the job prospects and incomes of 50 different careers and help them make good study choices, both in tertiary education and at senior secondary school level. . . .
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Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye is pleased to announce that the $211 million project to provide schools with fast, reliable internet is running about twelve months ahead of schedule. . . .
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