John Gerritsen

3 days ago | rnz.co.nz | John Gerritsen

Teacher education providers warn there is strong evidence the timing of a new maths test for would-be primary teaching students will halve enrolments in some courses, worsening teacher shortages. The Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool (LNAAT) will become a pre-requisite for entry to one-year English-medium postgraduate programmes next year, and for multi-year programmes such as Bachelor's degrees in 2027.

1 week ago | rnz.co.nz | John Gerritsen

The Tertiary Education Union (TEU) says lower North Island polytechnic Ucol has proposed cutting up to 74 jobs. The union said the proposed cuts were equivalent to 17 percent of the institute's staff, with more than half involving administrative roles. TEU president Sandra Grey said Ucol was trying to make savings, so it could stand on its own, after national institute Te Pūkenga was disestablished at the end of next year. "They need to save $7.1 million," she said.

1 week ago | radionz.co.nz | John Gerritsen

The Tertiary Education Union (TEU) says lower North Island polytechnic Ucol has proposed cutting up to 74 jobs. The union said the proposed cuts were equivalent to 17 percent of the institute's staff, with more than half involving administrative roles. TEU president Sandra Grey said Ucol was trying to make savings, so it could stand on its own, after national institute Te Pūkenga was disestablished at the end of next year. "They need to save $7.1 million," she said.

1 week ago | rnz.co.nz | John Gerritsen

The number of people studying teaching has jumped after several years of low enrolmentUniversities say hundreds more students have enrolled this year and many have come from overseas. The enrolment increase has come just in time - the Education Ministry recently warned secondary schools in particular risk major teacher shortages. At Victoria University, enrolments in secondary teaching had doubled to 210 full-time equivalents. Students in the course described a variety of motivations for enrolling.

1 week ago | radionz.co.nz | John Gerritsen

The number of people studying teaching has jumped after several years of low enrolmentUniversities say hundreds more students have enrolled this year and many have come from overseas. The enrolment increase has come just in time - the Education Ministry recently warned secondary schools in particular risk major teacher shortages. At Victoria University, enrolments in secondary teaching had doubled to 210 full-time equivalents. Students in the course described a variety of motivations for enrolling.