| ESOL RESOURCE FOR SCHOOLS
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30 January 2003
ESOL RESOURCE FOR SCHOOLS
Associate Education Minister Lianne Dalziel has welcomed distribution of a resource to help schools provide high-quality English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) programmes for international students.
The resource, developed by the Ministry of Education with the support of primary and secondary schools wi . . . more
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| Author : Hon Lianne Dalziel
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Created : 10 Feb 2003
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| Minister welcomes settlement for start of new school year
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24 January 2003
Minister welcomes settlement for start of new school year
Education Minister Trevor Mallard today welcomed the recommendations of the Alternative Disputes Resolution Panel on the issue of pay for non-degree teachers.
The panel has been considering which non-degree teachers should be able to access the new top pay step and salary increments which were part of last year’s . . . more
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| Author : Trevor Mallard
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Created : 29 Jan 2003
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| Intermediate schools receive a building boost
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Hon Trevor Mallard
17 December 2002
Intermediate schools receive a building boost
Intermediate schools will receive a property boost of about $49 million to help bring them up to standards set in a new property guide, Education Minister Trevor Mallard announced today.
“The new property guide replaces a 32 year old code that was well past its use by dat . . . more
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| Author : Hon Trevor Mallard
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Created : 05 Jan 2003
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| Extra Early Childhood Places
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05 December 2002
Extra places for more than one thousand children.
Education Minister Trevor Mallard announced today that 89 early childhood education centres across New Zealand will receive $8.8 million to extend, upgrade or develop their buildings, creating extra places for more than one thousand young children.
“This money will create an extra1343 new places for chi . . . more
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| Author : Hon Trevor Mallard
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Created : 09 Dec 2002
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| > Government backs Gifted and Talented Students.
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Hon Trevor Mallard
29 November 2002
> Government backs Gifted and Talented Students.
Education Minister Trevor Mallard announced today that 17 programmes in schools, national and regional organisations will be funded to ensure New Zealand’s gifted and talented students have the opportunity to reach their full potential as New Zealand’s future leaders.
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| Author : Trevor Mallard
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Created : 30 Nov 2002
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| 2000th Computer Given Away
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2000th Computer Given Away
Two thousand recycled computers have been given to families living in the East Coast.Project Rorohiko started two years ago and there are computers for one in three to four students in East Coast, Gisborne and Wairoa schools.
This week Education Minister Trevor Mallard and Economic Development Minister Jim Anderton celebrated the deliv . . . more
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| Author : Edusearch
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Created : 16 Nov 2002
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| Auckland Business School.
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Auckland Business School
The Governement is to give a capital contribution of $25 Million towards the development of the School of Business planned by the University of Auckland.
The grant is under the new 'Partnerships for Excellence' policy framework. The contribution by the Government has to be matched by an equal contribution from the private sector.
The University is looking t . . . more
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| Author : Edusearch
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Created : 10 Nov 2002
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| Laptops for Secondary Teachers
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The Ministry of Education is funding nearly $20 million of the Laptops for Secondary Teachers Programme. All permanent full-time secondary teachers will be eligible for the programme where the Government will meet two-thirds and the school one third of the cost of leasing the laptops for three years. Schools are also expected to pay for professional development related to the use of the comp . . . more
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| Author : Edusearch
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Created : 31 Oct 2002
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| School AbandonsNCEA
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SCHOOL ABANDONS NCEA: "IT'S A FRAUD" SAYS PRINCIPAL
Auckland private school Carey College today
announced that it was abandoning the National Certificate in Educational Achievement (NCEA).
Announcing the change Principal Michael Drake said
"NCEA is a cumbersome monolith, a vast under-fuelled
malfunctioning meat plant with missing parts, confused
operators, and an obscure in . . . more
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| Author : Michael Drake
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Created : 30 Jun 2002
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| Goodman Fielder identifies excellent schools
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The fifth annual Goodman Fielder Awards have been announced. Frimley Primary School in Hastings this year became the Goodman Fielder School of the Year (2002). Sir Michael Hardie Boys said that Frimley Primary School clearly demonstrated quality education and outcomes in all aspects.
Other award winners are:
- Aokeautere School, Palmerston North- Best Small School Primary/Intermediate cate . . . more
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| Author : Troy
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Created : 11 Sep 2002
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