Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Scoop InfoPages
This InfoPage in unregistered, if this is your news page register PPTA for InfoPages here.
PPTA - Latest News [Page 26]
Public consultation better than secrecy
Tuesday, 1 April 2003, 6:11 pm | PPTA
The government’s decision to make public its initial offer in the latest round of General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) negotiations is a positive step away from the traditional secrecy surrounding international trade negotiations, PPTA president ... More >>
Ministerial Taskforce begins work
Thursday, 6 March 2003, 4:09 pm | PPTA
PPTA hopes a ministerial taskforce investigating secondary teaching issues will come up with long term solutions to the recruitment, retention and workload challenges the sector is facing, president Phil Smith said today. More >>
Submission on GATS Consultation Document
Monday, 3 March 2003, 10:42 am | PPTA
Recommendations: That New Zealand insist that a thorough review be conducted of the impact of GATS on development, democracy, environmental sustainability, health and human rights in member states... More >>
PPTA calls on government to delay GATS
Monday, 3 March 2003, 10:39 am | PPTA
The New Zealand government should abandon the March 31 deadline to conclude initial negotiations under the General Agreement of Trade in Services (GATS) until a review into the impact of the agreement on New Zealand’s public education system is undertaken, ... More >>
Wave knowledge goodbye
Wednesday, 19 February 2003, 11:53 am | PPTA
New Zealand’s drive towards a knowledge economy will only become a reality when the government recognises the importance of teachers in so-called knowledge wave subjects such as technology and ICT, PPTA president Phil Smith said today. More >>
Phil Smith takes up presidency
Tuesday, 28 January 2003, 5:42 pm | PPTA
The worsening crisis in secondary teacher staffing is one of the major challenges for Phil Smith who today took up his position as PPTA president. More >>
Teacher shortages worst on record
Tuesday, 28 January 2003, 5:37 pm | PPTA
Secondary schools will open their doors this week facing the worst teacher shortages in recent history, according to figures in the latest Education Gazette. More >>
Phil Smith takes up PPTA presidency
Tuesday, 28 January 2003, 5:14 pm | PPTA
The worsening crisis in secondary teacher staffing is one of the major challenges for Phil Smith who today took up his position as PPTA president. More >>
Teacher shortages worst on record
Tuesday, 28 January 2003, 5:10 pm | PPTA
Secondary schools will open their doors this week facing the worst teacher shortages in recent history, according to figures in the latest Education Gazette. More >>
Panel report a mixed bag - PPTA on G3 Report
Friday, 24 January 2003, 5:11 pm | PPTA
The ADR Panel’s recommendations on degree equivalent teachers will not ease the crisis in secondary teacher supply, PPTA president Jen McCutcheon said today. More >>
Government capitulates – panel to reconvene
Tuesday, 17 December 2002, 9:57 am | PPTA
Secondary teachers can look forward to a more settled start to 2003 after the government finally agreed to reconvene the ADR panel to settle the dispute over G3 degree equivalent teachers. More >>
Recruitment too late for short-staffed schools
Friday, 6 December 2002, 12:25 am | PPTA
Any Ministry of Education moves to reduce secondary teacher shortages are a step in the right direction, but the latest proposal to help schools recruit overseas teachers is no relief for schools that will start 2003 short-staffed, PPTA president ... More >>
PPTA takes legal action against MoE
Tuesday, 26 November 2002, 3:41 pm | PPTA
Lawyers for the NZ Post Primary Teachers’ Association have today filed legal proceedings against the Ministry of Education, under the good faith requirements of the Employment Relations Act. More >>
Cap on foreign student numbers needed
Tuesday, 19 November 2002, 2:04 pm | PPTA
A cap on the number of foreign fee paying students in New Zealand secondary schools is crucial if the sector is to overcome serious staffing problems, the PPTA says. More >>
Promises, Promises!
Wednesday, 13 November 2002, 4:11 pm | PPTA
Education Minister Trevor Mallard’s announcement of $9M to increase secondary teacher numbers will be met with derision and scepticism by secondary teachers, the PPTA says. More >>
A breathtaking breach of good faith
Friday, 8 November 2002, 1:47 pm | PPTA
The Education Minister’s unwillingness to reconvene the arbitration panel to settle a dispute over degree equivalent teachers was a breathtaking breach of good faith and placed in jeopardy any hopes for a settled start to the 2003 school year, PPTA ... More >>
PPTA surveys members on G3 action
Thursday, 7 November 2002, 11:10 am | PPTA
PPTA is balloting teachers to determine what action they are prepared to take to support the nearly 2000 degree equivalent teachers in secondary schools whose pay status is still to be resolved. More >>
G3 Document: History and PPTA's position
Thursday, 7 November 2002, 12:14 am | PPTA
This document clarifies G3 and G3 Equivalence and summarises PPTA’s understanding of the Arbitration Panel’s intentions and the Association’s position in relation to who should progress to step 14 on 5 February 2003. More >>
Bursary, NCEA mix in 2004 ‘no problem’
Monday, 4 November 2002, 12:55 am | PPTA
New Zealand Qualifications Authority’s assertion that there are not enough chief examiners to provide Bursary alongside NCEA Level 3 in 2004 is laughable, says the PPTA in its submission to a select committee inquiry into the implementation of the ... More >>
PPTA Submission - Implementation of the NCEA
Monday, 4 November 2002, 12:54 am | PPTA
1.1 NZPPTA welcomes the opportunity to make a written and an oral submission to the Select Committee Inquiry into the National Certificate of Educational Achievement. More >>
