Tag: NCEA
Education a focus as school year begins
By Simeon Brown, Member of Parliament for Pakuranga
During last year's election campaign National made it clear that we would make improving educational outcomes...
School attendance is key
By Christopher Luxon, Prime Minister and the MP for Botany
This week, a new school year begins for tens of thousands of students across...
Education a top priority for National
By Simeon Brown, MP for Pakuranga
I've long believed that a world-class education is the greatest gift we can give to our children for...
Teaching the basics brilliantly
By Christopher Luxon, Leader of the National Party and MP for Botany
Education has been a big focus of mine ever since I became...
Falling education standards an economic crisis in waiting
By Simeon Brown, MP for Pakuranga
Recent statistics released from the New Zealand Initiative about the state of our education system, including numeracy, literacy...
Macleans named top state secondary school
Macleans College has been named the top state secondary school in New Zealand for all round student achievement for the fourth year in a...
Playing with light and colour
For someone who has always been fascinated by the play of light and explaining shape through light, it came as a huge...
Fraser calls for youth engagement in education
Local high school student Ben Fraser’s petition to the Minister of Education has reached almost 1100 signatures.
Started on Change.org and over social media,...
Shocked but happy to be Youth MP
Aspiring politician Will Ford will get a real taste of life as an MP when he goes to Parliament next year.
The 17-year-old has been...
NCEA Level 1: will they dump it or not?
The opinion is divided.
While most principals of local schools agree that the current assessment for the first level of the National Certificate of Educational...
Ormiston Senior College’s new approach to NCEA
Ormiston Senior College will be doing things differently with Year 11 students and NCEA next year.
With schools becoming more aware of the adverse effect...