NZEI - Latest News [Page 65]
Nzei Te Riu Roa Welcomes Funding For More Teachers
Tuesday, 29 April 2003, 2:50 pm | NZEI
Wellington - NZEI Te Riu Roa welcomes the announcement of an increase in Government funding that will deliver more teachers and enable a reduction in class sizes for Maori students being taught in Maori and for students in smaller primary schools. More >>
Taranaki Teachers Call For Mergers Not Closures
Wednesday, 9 April 2003, 3:15 pm | NZEI
Wellington – Staff at the Taranaki primary schools that the Minister of Education, Trevor Mallard wants to close are calling on the Minister to abandon his closure plan and use the less disruptive process of merging the schools. More >>
Taranaki Teachers Meet To Discuss School Closures
Monday, 7 April 2003, 2:14 pm | NZEI
Wellington – Staff at the five Taranaki primary schools the Minister of Education, Trevor Mallard, wants to close, are meeting in school time tomorrow, to show their opposition to the Minister’s plan. More >>
Teachers, Community And Union Fight School Closure
Friday, 28 March 2003, 10:32 am | NZEI
Wellington – School staff, school boards and the education union, NZEI Te Riu Roa, are working together to fight a plan by the Minister of Education, Trevor Mallard, to close five schools on the south coast of Taranaki. More >>
There Are Too Many Teacher Education Groups
Wednesday, 5 March 2003, 3:08 pm | NZEI
Wellington – NZEI Te Riu Roa today told the Education and Science Select Committee that there are too many organisations involved in teacher education and there is a lack of consistency in the quality of graduates. More >>
Nzei Says Quals Ruling Undermines Teaching
Friday, 14 February 2003, 1:58 pm | NZEI
Wellington – NZEI Te Riu Roa has told the Ministry of Education that the arbitration panel ruling on teacher qualifications will undermine the quality of teaching in the primary sector. More >>
Nzei Says Education Must Be Protected From Gats
Tuesday, 4 February 2003, 8:35 am | NZEI
Wellington – NZEI Te Riu Roa says New Zealand’s public education system is not for sale and should be removed from the GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services) negotiations. More >>
Rodney Hide Shows Ignorance About Unions
Tuesday, 3 December 2002, 9:28 am | NZEI
WELLINGTON – NZEI Te Riu Roa says Rodney Hide has today shown his ignorance of how the union works as a professional and industrial organisation to provide better working conditions for its members and a better learning environment for the country’s children. More >>
Primary teachers vote 'yes' to pay parity offer
Thursday, 12 August 1999, 5:55 pm | NZEI
WELLINGTON-About 20,000 primary school teachers said 'yes' this week to an average 7% wage increase negotiated by NZEI. More >>