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Beast shows his softer side

Manu "The Beast" Vatuvei proved to be a big hit with a group of youngsters at Robertson Road School, in Mangere.

Peter W. Watt: Real mathematics, not calculators, foster lifetime skills

View of Asia sours in harder times

The Kiwi love affair with Asia may be waning with fewer now thinking Asia is important to New Zealand's future or viewing Asian immigration as positive.

Banks had Talent2 shares

Associate Education Minister John Banks had shares in Talent2 while on a committee that received updates on a planned rollout of the Novopay payroll system.

Novopay compensation welcomed

Schools will receive $5 more per teacher in a Novopay compensation package announced by Government this week, but sector groups say the decision took too long.

Payback time but Novopay stays for now

Brendan Schollum: Time to solve big maths problem

Results from international tests which placed our Year 9 students at the bottom of the developed world in mathematics make for depressing reading.

George Lim: Why Asian kids succeed

"Have you ever wondered why Asians kids are doing so well in maths and science at schools?" asks George Lim.

Govt persists with Novopay

Schools will have to put up with Novopay for another eight weeks after the Government said today it would persist with the unstable system.

'Alarming' number of kids hurt

Early education centres report eighty-five injuries each year - including amputation, impalings and brain injuries.

Kerre McIvor: Debt collection an insult piled on excruciating injury

I really didn't think the Novopay debacle could get any worse - but the decision by Talent2, the company that runs Novopay, and the Ministry of Education to sic debt collectors on to teachers who have been overpaid was mind-numbingly stupid.

Carers seek cost review

Preschool educators are calling for an urgent review of government funding after the <i>Herald on Sunday</i> revealed a large number of parents are paying extra for what was supposed to be a free service.

Teachers poor at math too

Up to half of NZ's primary teachers may not have enough maths knowledge to teach children properly under new methods, says the education expert who introduced the changes.

Does not compute - Where are the IT workers?

The money's good, the jobs are plentiful - so why does New Zealand's growing IT industry find it so hard to attract skilled staff? Anthony Doesburg reports

School puts money into new teachers

In an effort to attract the best and brightest into teaching, a central Auckland school will pay the university fees of former students who want to become teachers.

Govt briefs teachers' union on Novopay

Disgraced teacher back in court

Novopay debt collection cancelled

Steven Joyce, the minister in charge of Novopay, says debt collections have ceased following revelations teachers were being chased for overpayments as low as $22.