New Zealand is getting an F in its international education rankings, and its NCEA high school qualification has fallen into disrepute. The NCEA, a second-rate ‘made-in-NZ’ substitute for the Cambridge International Examinations, has been called a …credit accumulation exercise. The NCEA system encourages schools and students to choose soft-option unit standards and easier achievement standards…
Next Saturday Westmere and Bayfield primary schools (both decile 10s) are holding their Spring Ball, and organisers have given parents a stern warning to leave their drugs and booze at home. According to the NZHerald Parents attending next Saturday’s Westmere and Bayfield School Spring Ball have been issued a code of conduct warning that any…
Today’s topic for discussion is this post which was published in today’s New Zealand subreddit (thanks for the free publicity, KD). Its copied and pasted here because its content replicates many of the themes we see on E2NZ.org. I just wanted to discuss something that’s been weighing on my mind a lot lately. I left…
Still think that NZ has a great education system? take some time to read the headline in today’s NZ Herald headline 5000 teachers working in NZ ‘unauthorised’ More than 5000 teachers working in schools across the country in the last year were unauthorised, while another 400 did not appear on any Teachers Council records, the…
Moving to New Zealand because you’re thinking it’s a safe place to raise your kids, that they can magically ‘be kids for longer’ just by taking them to a far corner of the globe? Think again after reading this story in today’s Stuff, the school’s alleged reaction to this incident may shock you almost…
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