Ministry of Education - Latest News [Page 11]
Ministry Significantly Increases Payroll Staff For Novopay
Friday, 16 November 2012, 3:02 pm | Ministry of Education
Media release 16 November 2012 Ministry Significantly Increases Payroll Staff For Novopay The Ministry of Education has significantly increased its payroll staffing to help with the implementation of the Novopay payroll system. More >>
Special advisors give extra Novopay support to schools
Thursday, 15 November 2012, 4:50 pm | Ministry of Education
Media release 15 November 2012 Special advisors give extra Novopay support to schools As the Novopay training roadshows wrap up this week, the Ministry of Education will continue putting specialist advisors on the road to support schools. Up to 10 advisors ... More >>
More than 92,000 school staff paid in latest Novopay pay-run
Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 6:00 pm | Ministry of Education
92,465 teachers and school support staff were successfully paid in the latest Novopay pay-cycle, the Ministry of Education confirmed today. More >>
Christmas pay assurance for school staff
Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 2:04 pm | Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education is assuring staff in schools that work is underway to make sure they receive their Christmas pay on time. More >>
Ministry of Education releases daily Novopay updates
Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 3:54 pm | Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education has today released data to ensure school payroll administrators, principals and boards have easy access to transparent progress reports from the Novopay processing centre. More >>
Ministry stands by offer to teachers
Thursday, 8 November 2012, 8:03 pm | Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education says it has made a fair offer for settlement of the Primary Teachers’ Collective Agreement (PTCA). More >>
Leaflet On Christchurch School Options
Thursday, 8 November 2012, 1:49 pm | Ministry of Education
8 November 2012 Media Release A leaflet describing possibilities for modern 21st century schools in greater Christchurch will be delivered to 160,000 local households over the next week. Deputy Secretary Regional Operations, Katrina Casey, says a large ... More >>
Further Assistance To Help Schools With Payroll System
Tuesday, 6 November 2012, 2:23 pm | Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education and its payroll provider Talent2 will be providing further assistance to schools to help address issues with the new payroll system. More >>
Ministry encouraged by roadshow attendance
Friday, 2 November 2012, 5:23 pm | Ministry of Education
2 November 2012 Media release Ministry encouraged by roadshow attendance The Ministry of Education is pleased with turnout on the first day of its national Novopay training roadshow. The roadshow started today with presentations in Wellington for payroll ... More >>
Commitment to effective and efficient payroll system
Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 2:09 pm | Ministry of Education
The Secretary for Education, Lesley Longstone has assured schools the Ministry is committed to addressing the backlog of Novopay transactions, and thanked them for their patience during the payroll transition. More >>
National Standards: Monitoring & Evaluation 2011
Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 10:33 am | Ministry of Education
This is the fourth report from the National Standards School Sample Monitoring and Evaluation Project 2010-2013, a three year project on National Standards implementation in a representative sample of schools. More >>
Consultation – Greater Christchurch Education Renewal
Friday, 28 September 2012, 12:50 pm | Ministry of Education
Media Release 28 September 2012 Consultation – Greater Christchurch Education Renewal The boards of schools in greater Christchurch proposed for merger or closure will have until 7 December to carry out consultation with their local communities ... More >>
Research Shows Parents Want More Information On Learning
Thursday, 20 September 2012, 3:47 pm | Ministry of Education
20 September 2012 Media release Research Shows Parents Want More Information On Their Children’s Learning More >>
Ministry meets with greater Christchurch schools
Tuesday, 18 September 2012, 5:07 pm | Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education has 24 meetings with the education sector in greater Christchurch scheduled over the coming days, and more are planned. More >>
Education renewal in Canterbury
Friday, 14 September 2012, 6:44 pm | Ministry of Education
Friday, 14 September Education renewal in Canterbury New schools part of greater Christchurch Education Renewal Christchurch will get new schools and others will be completely rebuilt as part of the $1 billion investment in education renewal in ... More >>
Young Leaders Link Minds With Welsh Bilingual Teachers
Wednesday, 29 August 2012, 5:02 pm | Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education news release Wednesday, 29 August Young Leaders Travel To Wales To Link Minds With Bilingual Teachers New Zealand and Wales both share a proud history of indigenous language revival and bilingual education. So Wales is the appropriate ... More >>
School stand-down and suspension figures released today
Tuesday, 17 July 2012, 3:53 pm | Ministry of Education
Tuesday, July 17 School stand-down and suspension figures released today The Ministry of Education has today released figures on the numbers of learners who were stood down, suspended, excluded and expelled from New Zealand state and state-integrated ... More >>
Too soon to talk about redundancies – Ministry of Education
Friday, 25 May 2012, 6:58 pm | Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education news release Friday, 25 May Too soon to talk about redundancies – Ministry of Education The impact of Budget changes on next year’s staffing entitlements will not be known until the provisional rolls are set in September, ... More >>
Wrap-around services an alternative to Thurston Place
Friday, 20 April 2012, 4:59 pm | Ministry of Education
A proposed new education facility for young people will no longer go ahead due to growing evidence of the effectiveness of an alternative teaching model. More >>
Funding for more ECE places in North Canterbury
Tuesday, 27 March 2012, 4:32 pm | Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education has announced funding to enable more under 5s to attend the Swannanoa Pre-school in North Canterbury. The grant of $375,000 will help fund an extension to the existing building to provide a further 50 spaces by the end of ... More >>