Education

In May we advised the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) had released excel sheets on senior secondary school qualification outcomes for 2025.  We assessed that

As noted above, last Saturday the Minister of Education, Erica Stanford, announced that NCEA would be replaced by a new subject-based qualification approach from 2029.

Subscribers will likely recall last week’s Pānui focused predominantly on matters in the education sector. We made three key points.  First, school sector outcome data

Last month the Ministry of Education released, Ngā Haeata o Aotearoa 2024, A Māori Education Indicators Report’. This report provides a summary of Māori education

NCEA Report Released Zero point one four percent (0.14%). That low percentage unfortunately represents Māori learners who finished schooling last year with the best possible

Education Legislative Proposals Despite the education sector having a number of positive Māori education announcements this month Education Minister, Erica Stanford, may be challenged to

Changes to Education Legislation Last week the Government introduced an amendment paper for the Education and Training Amendment Bill (No 2) which further changes the

This week the Government announced plans to replace NCEA senior secondary school qualifications from 2028 onwards. Key elements of the proposals (now open for consultation)

Parliament resumed this week and unfortunately with that some political silly stuff surfaced, so we outline a few of the more arrogant comments in our