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Novopay shambles over payments cause schools serious stress
Wednesday, 12 December 2012, 4:28 pm | NZEI
Novopay is still riddled with errors and many school support staff and principals trying to finalise end-of-year payments are now seriously stressed. NZEI National President Ian Leckie says schools are dealing with a myriad of problems in trying ... More >>
Christchurch community can take heart over Salisbury School
Wednesday, 12 December 2012, 1:02 pm | NZEI
12 December 2012 Immediate Release Christchurch community can take heart over Salisbury School’s win Salisbury School’s legal victory against the Government over its decision to close the girls’ residential school will give Christchurch education ... More >>
Healthy food and quality early childhood education vital
Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 4:40 pm | NZEI
Ensuring all children get access to healthy food is just one of the measures that the Government needs to adopt to address the educational needs of many of the country’s 270,000 children living in poverty. More >>
Increasing Child Poverty Leading Cause Of Underachievement
Monday, 10 December 2012, 1:21 pm | NZEI
10 December 2012 Immediate Release Increasing Child Poverty Leading Cause Of Student Underachievement in NZ Poverty is the leading cause of educational underachievement and it’s vital that the Government addresses poverty if it wants to lift student ... More >>
Schools play vital role in children’s recovery and health
Thursday, 6 December 2012, 3:36 pm | NZEI
Schools play a vital role in children’s wellbeing and recovery after a disaster, according to evidence from Canterbury District Health Board studies on the impact of disasters on children’s education and health. More >>
Teachers strike to support kids, parents and communities
Thursday, 6 December 2012, 1:57 pm | NZEI
6 December 2012 Immediate Release Teachers plan strike to support kids, parents and communities Teachers and school support staff in Christchurch have been forced into giving notice of strike action because of the ongoing serious concerns for Christchurch ... More >>
Hundreds of Christchurch teachers meet to decide on action
Tuesday, 4 December 2012, 1:43 pm | NZEI
4 December 2012 Immediate Release Hundreds of Christchurch teachers meet to decide on action In what’s expected to be the biggest meeting of its kind in the city, hundreds of teachers in Christchurch will meet tomorrow to decide what action to ... More >>
Christchurch teachers plan further protest action
Thursday, 29 November 2012, 5:03 pm | NZEI
Representatives from more than 100 Christchurch schools have voted to hold a mass meeting after school next Wednesday to decide what further protest action to take over the Government’s radical education proposals. More >>
Minister needs to front up over Novopay sign-off
Thursday, 29 November 2012, 4:28 pm | NZEI
Revelations that the Minister of Education Hekia Parata signed off a Ministry document in June for Novopay to go live, shows that responsibility for the blunder lies with the Minister despite her deputy Craig Foss fronting the Novopay issue. More >>
Much-needed independent review on Novopay welcomed
Wednesday, 28 November 2012, 4:24 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa is welcoming the confirmation that Novopay will finally be subject to an independent review. More >>
Education Secretary backs support staff
Friday, 23 November 2012, 2:30 pm | NZEI
NZEI school support staff members have welcomed an acknowledgement from the Secretary for Education, Lesley Longstone, in the long-running Novopay debacle. Mrs. Longstone said that media comments made by Talent2 Chief Executive John Rawlinson saying school ... More >>
Domino effect in Novopay debacle
Thursday, 22 November 2012, 3:42 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa remains unconvinced that the problems with the Novopay payroll system for school staff will be ironed out before the next payroll period and it is becoming apparent that the problems are having effects way beyond schools and their staff ... More >>
Opposition grows to National Standards and Charter Schools
Monday, 19 November 2012, 4:12 pm | NZEI
Opposition grows to National Standards and Charter Schools NZEI Te Riu Roa has welcomed the unanimous support of delegates at this weekend’s Labour Party Annual conference to remove National Standards and charter schools. More >>
Education Minister still not listening to Christchurch
Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 5:26 pm | NZEI
Education Minister Hekia Parata has once again failed to listen to Christchurch schools and communities by ignoring requests for an adequate timeframe to respond to the proposals to cut and merge schools in the area. More >>
Primary teachers begin national meetings over education
Friday, 9 November 2012, 5:21 pm | NZEI
Thousands of primary teachers are to begin two weeks of meetings around the country to discuss the Government’s education agenda. More >>
Primary Teachers Begin National Meetings Over Education
Friday, 9 November 2012, 3:04 pm | NZEI
Thousands of primary teachers are to begin two weeks of meetings around the country to discuss the Government’s education agenda. More >>
Council supports schools in extension to consultation period
Friday, 9 November 2012, 9:38 am | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa has welcomed the unanimous decision by Christchurch City Council yesterday to ask the Minister of Education to extend the consultation period over the plan for educational renewal in the city. More >>
CCH supports schools in extension to consultation period
Thursday, 8 November 2012, 5:47 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa has welcomed the unanimous decision by Christchurch City Council to ask the Minister of Education to extend the consultation period over the plan for educational renewal in the city. More >>
Ministry of Education to get billed for Novopay debacle
Tuesday, 6 November 2012, 5:44 pm | NZEI
Primary principals are to begin invoicing the Ministry of Education because of the ongoing frustrations over the new Novopay payroll system. More >>
Auckland Principal Leaders Support Plan To Halt Cooperation
Tuesday, 6 November 2012, 4:06 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa principal leaders in Auckland endorse and support the Auckland Primary Principal Association's bold decision to ask principals to halt cooperation with the Ministry of Education on any new initiatives until it resolves problems with ... More >>
