School principals across the country are having to get creative to make sure kids are in class as back-to-school costs hit families. As prices rise on the supermarket shelves and at the petrol pump, the costs of sending tamariki to school has taken a toll on many families. In Rotorua, Western Heights Primary School principal Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Education’
Principals get creative to avoid ‘cost of learning’ impact on attendance
Thursday, February 9th, 2023Principals expect pandemic’s disruption to learning will take years to make up for
Thursday, November 3rd, 2022Nearly three years of pandemic-related disruption has damaged learning in some schools and left others almost unscathed. In some areas principals warned it could take years for children to catch up on what they have missed, while others said achievement was no different from before the pandemic. Schools visited by RNZ also described effects including Read more
Principals worried about ‘families gone missing’ as truancy numbers increase
Thursday, October 13th, 2022The Attendance Service has investigated 16,771 new cases of serious truancy in the first half of this year. During the same period it resolved 12,726 cases – nearly half of them, because the child in question was found to be already enrolled in another school. The new cases included 9838 students who were removed from Read more
Catholic clergy’s unquestioned — and uneducated — power spurs abuse
Thursday, August 18th, 2022
A new report, based on interviews with some 300 Catholic priests, nuns and laypeople concludes that clergy aren’t adequately prepared to wield the power they exercise and need more education on questions of sex and gender. The report, “Beyond Bad Apples: Understanding Clericalism as a Structural Problem & Cultivating Strategies for Change,” released Monday (Aug. Read more
Learning suffers as teachers struggle with Covid’s effects
Monday, August 8th, 2022
Students are missing out and their learning is suffering in New Zealand schools; Covid and its after-effects are taking their toll. Students are leaving school without qualifications, says Kevin Shore, Catholic Education Office CEO. Catholic school principals tell him of former pupils working instead of coming to school. They’re helping with stressed family finances. Others Read more
Foundation principal for St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College
Thursday, July 7th, 2022The Establishment Board of Trustees of St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College in Drury, south of Auckland, has announced that Dean Wearmouth has been appointed as the foundation principal of the college. St Ignatius of Loyola College, a year 7-13 coeducational school, will open in Term 1, 2024, with a maximum of 340 Year 7-9 Read more
Girls education a challenge in post-Covid Asia
Thursday, April 28th, 2022
If girls education makes societies stronger, more peaceful and prosperous, then the chances of Asia achieving those goals have become more distant with the coronavirus pandemic. Prior to the pandemic, girls’ enrollments in school had seen significant improvements in Asia. But with the pandemic, those gains have been wiped out. UNESCO estimates that about 24 Read more
Religion and education: Learnings from 3290 teenagers
Monday, March 21st, 2022
American men are dropping out of college in alarming numbers. A slew of articles over the past year depict a generation of men who feel lost, detached and lacking in male role models. This sense of despair is especially acute among working-class men, fewer than one in five of whom completes college. Yet one group Read more
Church staff, volunteers and the education vaccine mandate
Monday, November 8th, 2021
The Ministry of Education has clarified who falls within the education sector’s vaccine mandate. On the list are those who work or volunteer in an organisation in the same campus or building as a school or early learning service. Churches and cafes are cited as examples. Staff at churches sharing a building or campus with Read more
Bad ideas ruined NZ’s once world-leading education system
Thursday, October 8th, 2020
There is a rot at the core of schooling in New Zealand. The Ministry of Education follows unscientific advice and is in thrall to a flawed philosophy. Education is awash with debates and dichotomies. Should schooling be about knowledge or personal discovery? Should teachers provide motivation for learning or nurture it intrinsically? Should schools provide Read more