Parents who are saving up to get their child into a private school should be aware that state-integrated schools might give them better bangs for their bucks. This the conclusion policy analyst Joel Hernandez comes to in a report he prepared for The New Zealand Initiative. Many parents want their kids to go to private Read more
Pāpāmoa is going to get new multi-million dollar Catholic primary school. The Suzanne Aubert Catholic School is expected to open at the beginning of Term 1, 2021. The news was confirmed by the Ministry of Education last Thursday. The school, owned by the Catholic Diocese of Hamilton, is expected to start with a maximum roll Read more
Integrated schools are considering legal action against the Government after being left out of the $396 million funding package announced at the weekend to upgrade state school properties. Education Minister Chris Hipkins says state-integrated schools funding will go up as a result of an investment and he isn’t worried about potential court action. Association of Read more
Proprietors and principals of state integrated schools met with the Minister of Education Hon Chris Hipkins and Associate Minister Hon Jenny Salesa last Thursday. Salesa started the morning’s discussion by expressing the government’s commitment to working collaboratively with state integrated schools. Hipkins then talked about the significant funding challenges faced by the education sector. He Read more
A High Court decision that collection costs are “associated charges”could save integrated schools $3 million a year. The 330 schools charge attendance dues to cover the cost of making their properties conform to state-school building codes. The attendance dues are allowed to cover other charges associated with land and buildings, including insurance, and until 2009 it had been accepted Read more