School Reports. National Standards Data Released

The first ever National Standards for reading, writing and maths  have been released in New Zealand. It’s not a comprehensive list and some schools are conspicuous by their absence. It’s early days yet and there is no way to tell if the acceptable standards of one school are equivalent to the acceptable standards of another,…

Migrant Tales – Teaching in New Zealand and the NCEA

Continuing in our series of Migrant Tales, first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand taken from locations around the net. Today’s tale was first published on an emigration forum. The author is an expat living in the South Island, and tells of the difficulties that immigrant teachers have securing employment. The impending…

Migrants Tales – Cael’s Tale of The Kiwi Way

Continuing in our series of Migrant Tales – first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand taken from locations around the net. Today’s tale was written by a Malaysian migrant who moved to New Zealand with his family during his high school years. Very quickly Cael realised his education had taken a massive…