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A backwards budget for early childhood education
The union for early childhood education and kindergarten teachers, NZEI Te Riu Roa, says Budget 2024 doesn’t deliver certainty for the sector or relieve pressure on centres to…
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Budget 2024 is effectively a frontline funding cut for schools
Education union NZEI Te Riu Roa says that Budget 2024 is effectively a cut in frontline funding for schools, with no new initiatives for children needing learning support and a…
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Rural schools ‘on the back foot’ for accessing learning support
Rural school principals in New Zealand are facing a dual resourcing crisis when it comes to learning support specialists, says Jane Corcoran from education union NZEI Te Riu Roa.
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Extend new teacher supply financial support to pay all teachers in training, says NZEI Te Riu Roa
The Government’s new teacher supply initiative, which includes financial support for those in school-based teacher training, should be available to everyone going through initial…
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Better pay and support needed to attract people into primary teaching
NZEI Te Riu Roa, the union for primary teachers, says that the vast majority of New Zealand teachers, whether they have been teaching for two years or 20, are competent, confident…
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Charter schools establishment money could be spent on over 700 teacher aides instead
NZEI Te Riu Roa says today’s announcement of $153m for the establishment of a small number of new charter schools, an old idea that failed last time around, is money that is being…
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Hundreds of early childhood teachers to call on MPs to protect their sector
Hundreds of early childhood kaiako (teachers) and kaimahi (staff) are expected to meet around Aotearoa this week, calling on their MPs and communities to help protect their sector…
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Training of teachers needs a major overhaul - NZEI Te Riu Roa
The union for early childhood and primary teachers, NZEI Te Riu Roa, says an ERO report on the training of teachers shows that the system needs a major overhaul.
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Ongoing lunches a win, but teacher and whānau involvement still needed
NZEI Te Riu Roa, the union for educators across Aotearoa, welcomes the news that Ka Ora, Ka Ako, the Healthy School Lunches Programme will continue, but wants to make sure…