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Where are Labour and National’s education policies
Monday, 21 July 2008, 12:25 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
QPEC has begun analysing the education policies of the main political parties with a section of our website devoted to the topic. More >>
National outmanoeuvres Labour in ECE
Monday, 14 July 2008, 9:36 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
QPEC welcomes the National Party announcement that their ECE election policy would extend the 20-free-hours per week to cover children attending Playcentres and Kohanga Reo. More >>
Nats outmanoeuvre Labour in Early Childhood Ed
Monday, 14 July 2008, 8:46 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
QPEC welcomes the National Party announcement that their ECE election policy would extend the 20-free-hours per week to cover children attending Playcentres and Kohanga Reo. More >>
"Stingy 5% increase in schools' operations grant
Thursday, 22 May 2008, 9:24 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
Yesterday's pre-budget announcement of a five percent increase in Operations Grant funding for schools continues the creeping privatisation of public education. More >>
Urgent need for civics and citizenship education
Monday, 5 May 2008, 9:47 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
The urgent need for civics and citizenship education in our schools has been underlined by the Electoral Enrolment Centre survey of New Zealanders which showed an abysmal lack of general knowledge of our political system. More >>
Urgent need for civics and citizenship education
Sunday, 4 May 2008, 5:36 pm | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
The urgent need for civics and citizenship education in our schools has been underlined by the Electoral Enrolment Centre survey of New Zealanders which showed an abysmal lack of general knowledge of our political system. More >>
“Tail” of underachievement is tale of poverty
Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 9:24 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
This latest report from the Child Poverty Action Group should be a rallying call for all New Zealanders, including our politicians, to recognise the damage being done to thousands of our children. More >>
Report to restrict NZ students deplorable
Tuesday, 22 April 2008, 10:30 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
Yesterday’s release of the report from the Undergraduate Admissions and Equity Taskforce at Auckland University on implementing restrictions to the university is a poor attempt to whitewash a deplorable decision. More >>
Nat's plans for private school funds deplorable
Tuesday, 15 April 2008, 9:15 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
It is deplorable for the John Key to propose increasing funding to private schools by 75% (from $40 million to $70 million annually) Public schools are strapped for cash with parents paying ever increasing fees to support quality education while ... More >>
QPEC Public Forum: Education and the 2008 election
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 8:41 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
Education spokespeople from the main political parties have been invited to discuss their party policies on education. Confirmed MPs are: More >>
QPEC Public Forum
Monday, 10 March 2008, 8:16 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
Education spokespeople from the main political parties have been invited to discuss their party policies on education. The MPs that have confirmed are: More >>
Civics Education Rather Than Police Is The Answer
Tuesday, 19 February 2008, 8:56 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
The proposal to permanently station police in ten South Auckland schools is fraught with problems and should be abandoned. More >>
Tertiary Education Commission backdown on Shadbolt
Monday, 11 February 2008, 10:30 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
It is disgraceful that the Tertiary Education Commission appears to have backed down on funding cuts for the Southland Institute of Technology for courses it runs outside Southland. More >>
Graduation policy at Westlake Boys unacceptable
Monday, 21 January 2008, 9:02 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
The proposed “graduation” policy for junior students at Westlake Boys High School is unacceptable and we expect the government to intervene to prevent the school putting it in place this year. More >>
Tim Shadbolt is wrong
Monday, 7 January 2008, 9:26 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt is wrong to complain at Southland Institute of Technology’s loss of some government funding for courses it runs outside Southland. More >>
Victims of the educational marketplace
Wednesday, 12 December 2007, 10:09 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
The revelation that more than 5000 students are “lost” from our intermediate and secondary schools is an eye-popping statistic and another example of the fallout from the failure of Tomorrow’s Schools to deliver quality education to kiwi kids. More >>
Need to restrict foreign students, not NZ ones
Monday, 10 December 2007, 9:44 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
QPEC is calling on the government for policy change which would enable all New Zealand students who reach the standard for entry to university to be able to enrol. More >>
Unacceptable threat to entry to Auckland Uni
Monday, 3 December 2007, 9:12 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
QPEC is appalled at the attempt by Auckland University to restrict entry to courses which currently have open entry. More >>
Curriculum blighted with "entrepreneurial" vision
Wednesday, 7 November 2007, 9:56 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
We are deeply concerned the term "entrepreneurial" has been included in the new school curriculum despite large numbers of submissions on the draft curriculum called for its exclusion. (The present curriculum refers to the generic term "enterprising" ... More >>
National's Private Sector Education Plans Shameful
Monday, 1 October 2007, 7:35 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
QPEC: Two centrepieces of the National Party’s education policy have been announced with proposals for more funding for private schools and an invitation for the private sector to be brought in to build and run state schools. The policy seems a repeat ... More >>
