Education Press Releases

IT consultancy Equinox Limited will launch a CCBA preparation programme in early 2011 to assist business analysts in passing the new IIBA® intermediate certification for business analysts – the Certification of Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA).

The number of international students enrolled to study in New Zealand is continuing to increase, says Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce.

If you’re wondering how to keep the kids entertained over the long summer break, wonder no longer as the Papakura Art Gallery is coming to the rescue with free children’s art classes.

Canterbury school children have been given the chance to tell their own personal story of the recent Christchurch earthquake with the creation of a dedicated website www.whenmyhomeshook.co.nz.

Education Minister Anne Tolley has thanked principals, teachers, board members, students and Ministry of Education staff in Canterbury as they work to get schools up and running. The majority of schools will be open on Monday, but a few have structural problems.

Tertiary providers in Canterbury have been significantly impacted by the Canterbury Earthquake. At this stage CPIT and Lincoln University will reopen on Monday 13 September, Te Wananga o Aotearoa will reopen at the Moorhouse Avenue campus on Monday 13 September, and Canterbury University will reopen to students on Wednesday 15 September and will resume teaching on Monday 20 September.

Most schools in Canterbury will remain closed until Monday. School buildings need to be checked to insure there are structurally sound and safe, then Boards of Trustees need to make health and safety decisions, clean up, and prepare for lessons.

Parliament has tabled a bill which will make it easier for those with student loans to manage them online. The Student Loan Scheme Bill will simplify the way IRD administers student loans.

Eight prisoners have graduated from the Drug Treatment Unit at Christchurch Men’s Prison. They are the 23rd group to graduate since the programme opened in 2006.

Industry Training Federation (ITF) supports the indication that government will look at placing emphasis on the employment outcomes of tertiary qualifications.

A new online course that shows businesses how to generate their own publicity is set to save them thousands of dollars at the expense of pricey public relations companies

UK-based Neil MacKay demonstrated in a workshop how dyslexic children need to be given permission to learn differently.

Leading UK-based dyslexia expert Neil MacKay is delivering a new workshop in Queenstown for parents and teachers.

Substantial infrastructure funding has been confirmed in Budget 2010.

International student safety DVD, Safety in the City has been launched.

Ministry of Education figures show an increase in international fee-paying student enrolments.

Online accounting software company Xero enters into agreement with Schola Technologies to deliver an integrated online school management system for roll out in the 2011 school year.

Government has asked the Ministry of Education to increase efficiency and focus on support for schools and ECE services, with less National Office bureaucracy.

Industry Training Federation say proposed change to the qualifications system is overdue.