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A Tertiary Education Commission briefing shows it believes Te Pukenga's plans for 400 job losses do not go far enough. The June briefing to Education Minister Jan Tinetti shows the commission wants the institute to cut more staff from its unprofitable polytechnics. It also shows the commission is more worried about Te Pukenga's long-term plans for transforming the way it operates than about its current deficits. Education correspondent John Gerritsen has been reading the report.

Northland schools are trying to hook truants back into class, by targeting their parents at the local chippy, among other things. Education Minister Jan Tinetti has today highlighted figures showing regular attendance at schools nationwide has gone from just under 40 percent in term two last year to almost 60 percent in term one of this year. The Minister says the improvements are due to the goverment's rapid response to improving attendance; including an additional 80 full and part time attendance officers on the job now, and a regional response fund. Northland school attendance rates were hovering around 48 percent in term one. But Tai Tokerau Principals' Association president and principal at Hora Hora Primary School in Whangarei, Pat Newman says the changes they've made are starting to work. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6335170142112

The Education Minister wants standardised teaching of maths, reading and writing across the country. The Government has announced it plans to legislate on its common practice teaching model. Jan Tinetti says she plans to change the Education and Training Act, making those core subjects a requirement. She says the focus is on creating a consistent curriculum. "At the moment, the order in what somebody might be teaching in oral language - acquisition, for example -  will be different in different schools. We want that to be exactly the same." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Government's making it compulsory for every school in the country to teach reading, writing, and maths the same way. Education Minister Jan Tinetti said it's not always clear how core areas should be taught - and this will set out a clear mandate. This follow's yesterday's announcement that if elected, financial skills would become a core part of the school curriculum. The Party's promising to make teaching financial literacy compulsory from 2025. Minister of Education Jan Tinetti joined Kerre Woodham to discuss the proposals. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Secondary teachers will vote on a new pay offer next week. The Government's agreed to offer the 14.5 percent increase recommended by an Arbitration Panel. $374 million worth of savings have been found within the education budget. Education Minister Jan Tinetti says that includes deferring projects at Te Ao Marama and Hobsonville Point Secondary School. They are part of a Public Private Partnership Schools Expansion. "We are not cutting them, we are deferring them. We are still working through the design process with those schools, but we're just giving ourselves some time." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Education Minister says a new pay offer recognises teachers as the corner stone of the education system. Secondary school teachers are being offered a pay rise of about 14.5 percent by the start of 2025. After a long dispute, an employment panel has recommended the pay increase - less than what the teachers wanted, but more than what the government had in mind.  Post Primary Teacher's Association acting president Chris Abercrombie says it's not perfect but they will be recommending it to their members.  Education Minister Jan Tinetti spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

High school teachers will get a pay bump of around 14.5 percent, after the government agreed to an arbitration panel's recommendation. The decision ends months of pay disputes between the government and secondary teachers' union. Beginner teachers will go from around $51,000 to $61,000. A teacher at the top end of the scale will have their pay increased from $90,000, to $103,000 It will cost the government another $680 million to the $3.76 billion set aside for settling teacher and principal pay agreements. The Education Minister Jan Tinetti spoke to Lisa Owen. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6332286008112

The Education Minister's defending a million dollar campaign that aimed to encourage kids to go to school Last August, Education Minister Jan Tinetti launched the Every School Day is a Big Day campaign. But documents released under the Official Information Act reveal it wasn't expected to have a direct, quantifiable impact on attendance rates in itself. Education Minister Jan Tinetti told Mike Hosking the campaign in combination with other work they've done has improved attendance this year. She says they know every single initiative and effort they've done is making a difference. LISTEN ABOVE    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The head of the Principals Association's backing the Ministry of Education's million dollar campaign that aimed to get kids back to school. Last August, Education Minister Jan Tinetti launched the million-dollar Every School Day Is a Big Day campaign. But documents released under the official information act show it wasn't "expected to have a direct, quantifiable impact on attendance rates in itself.” But Pat Newman says it's not all about statistics. He says instinct and knowledge should be relied upon too. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Education Minister Jan Tinetti joins Q+A to discuss a wide range of issues in the sector. Author Emily King looks at how New Zealand produces food. Finally, Te Whatu Ora Health NZ CEO Margie Apa reflects on one year since DHBs were scrapped.

Education Minister Jan Tinetti joins Q+A to discuss a wide range of issues, including the NCEA overhaul, workforce burnout and staffing issues, attendance, funding problems in the tertiary sector, and New Zealand's performance on literacy measures.

Education Minister Jan Tinetti was forced to apologise to the House yesterday after the Privileges Committee found she'd misled Parliament due to "high degree of negligence".  But the committee found she was not guilty of contempt in failing to correct the record around school attendance. National's Michael Woodhouse says the episode is "particularly embarrassing" because it involves the Minister responsible for the future of New Zealand's children. He spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss this morning.

Cabinet ministers' behaviour is continuing to create problems for the Labour Government. Already Stuart Nash and Michael Wood have lost their portfolios, with Stuart Nash announcing he's retiring from Parliament. Yesterday Justice Minister Kiri Allan returned to Parliament to defend herself against claims of staff mistreatment. Education Minister Jan Tinetti, while found not guilty of contempt of the House, hardly got off scot-free and was asked to apologise. It all meant the Prime Minister has had to spend another day of his China trip talking about ministers back home. And while he backs his ministers, Chris Hipkins says none of it is helpful. Here's our political reporter Giles Dexter.

Returning to our earlier story, the government has stumped up $128 million for cash strapped universities. Education Minister Jan Tinetti spoke to Lisa Owen. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6330157799112

A change to the Government's flagship budget policy on childcare is raising more questions than answers for the sector. It's backtracking on conditions involving the 20 hours free Early Childhood Education, after providers complained about the pay-by-the hour system. Montessori Aotearoa Chief Executive Cathy Wilson says the sector is pleased they're having their concerns responded to. But she told Kate Hawkesby communication is an issue and they've only met with the associate minister, not Education Minister Jan Tinetti. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael Wood is a transport minister in limbo. What in the Auckland Airport shareholdings happened? He's not the only minister in the dogbox either - Education Minister Jan Tinetti had to face the Privileges Committee this week. And Jess and Benedict thrash it out over the ideal MMP threshold. It's a safe space for political nerds here, come on in. Featuring 1News political editor Jessica Mutch McKay, senior political reporter Benedict Collins, political reporter Cushla Norman, and digital political reporter Felix Desmarais. Email us on InsideParliament@tvnz.co.nz. Head to 1News.co.nz for more insight, and follow 1News on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Instagram: instagram.com/1newsnz/ Twitter: twitter.com/1NewsNZ Facebook: facebook.com/1NewsNZ Liked this episode? Please tell a friend to listen!

Education Minister Jan Tinetti today faced up in front of the privileges committee over potentially misleading Parliament. Tinetti is in trouble for telling Parliament she did not have a say in releasing truancy statistics, when in fact she did. Massey University political commentator Grant Duncan says her explanation wasn't entirely convincing, especially when factoring in the correspondence that went on before the initial statement. "She's certainly expressing regret, but the question is not whether she misled the House, she did mislead the House. But the question is- did she do it knowingly?" LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

So the Prime Minister is saying today that the Transport Minister forgetting to sell his Auckland Airport shares - despite being asked to do it six times - could be one of those life admin tasks that the Transport Minister just hasn't got around to. And I can relate to that. You know, it's like if you've got gas hot water at home and the boss is in the shower and you hear a scream and the water's turned off pretty quickly - you squirm and kick yourself for not ordering a replacement gas bottle sooner. Or you come back to your car and see the parking officer writing out a ticket because your warrant's overdue. ‘Jeepers, why didn't I check the expiry date last week?' But just like when the boss at home is forced to take a cold shower or when the parking guy's writing you a ticket for not having a warrant, do you really think you'd get off the hook saying ‘ooh sorry - just a bit of life admin that I didn't get around to'? Of course you wouldn't. With the cold shower situation you'd be out the door like a flash, ripping out the gas bottle from the barbeque and plugging it into the hot water system. And even then, you'd still be in the poo. And the ticket for not having a warrant - those guys don't give a damn about the fact that you're just hopeless and can't organise yourself to get a warrant on time. You know, the old talk-to-someone-who-cares response. And so it is with Transport Minister Michael Wood forgetting to sell his airport shares. Nice try Prime Minister - and maybe Michael Wood is just hopeless when it comes to life admin - but, just like when you run out of gas at home or forget to get a warrant for the car on time, you're not going to get away with this one either. The question to consider, though, is whether Michael Wood has been just hopeless or whether there's more to it. Because it's not an isolated incident. It comes straight after the situation last week with Education Minister Jan Tinetti failing to correct the record in Parliament, as soon as she realised she'd said something incorrect in the House. And, before that, we had former minister Stuart Nash getting the boot for emailing donors about confidential Cabinet conversations and other fast-and-loose behaviour. Remember he was asked if he'd read the Cabinet manual and he said something along the lines of “being aware of it”. Which was basically him saying he hadn't read it. So if I wrap all those things together - my view is I don't think the Government is shifty, but I do think it is slack. It's almost as if it still hasn't got over the shock of ending up in government back in 2017 when Winston Peters kept everyone waiting - as per usual - and then decided he was going to go with Labour. Remember that? Even the Labour crew had no idea which way he was going to go until that moment. And what happened then, was Labour found itself scrambling trying to find all the staff it needed to run a government. I know someone who got the last-minute call-up from Wellington to go and work for a new Cabinet minister. It was all go. They had no idea they were going to be forming a government and then it was all on. And what we've seen from some Cabinet ministers over recent weeks makes the Government look like it's still in the “rabbits-in-the headlights” state it was in five-and-a-half years ago. And, as we know, a rabbit doesn't stare at the headlights because it's clever or shifty. It's the complete opposite - it stares at the headlights because it's got no idea how it ended up where it has and it doesn't know what to do next. Which is how Jan Tinetti, Michael Wood and, even the Prime Minister himself, look at the moment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This evening on The Huddle, Still projects director Sam Johnson and Jack Tame, host of Saturday Mornings and Q&A joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day- and more! Education Minister Jan Tinetti has been referred to Parliament's Privileges Committee after she failed to correct a false statement about school attendance she made in the House quickly enough. Either she deliberately lied or didn't feel the need to correct the record- is this still a bad look no matter what? Was Simon O'Connor being homophobic with his 'mother and father' comment? Why did he say he was being 'deliberate' with his language? Should he front up and clarify? How economically viable are the Auckland Airport shares? Should Auckland Council sell them? LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This evening on The Huddle, journalist Clare de Lore and current affairs commentator Josie Pagani joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day- and more! Education Minister Jan Tinetti has been referred to Parliament's powerful privileges committee, over failing to correct a statement around attendance stats. The last time a Minister was referred to the group of senior MPs was in 2008, when Winston Peters was investigated over controversial donations. Is this a big deal? Does this undermine Labour's credibility?  The Children's Commissioner, Judge Frances Eivers, says police pursuits will unfairly target Māori and Pasifika, and that Māori and Pasifika are less likely to trust authority therefore more likely to flee. Are these fair comments? National have done a U-turn on its opposition to bilingual road signs, after claiming last week they would be confusing. They support the signs "in principle", but want Waka Kotahi to be spending its limited resources on fixing potholes and upgrading roads. Will this back-tracking put voters off? LISTEN ABOVE    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Education Minister Jan Tinetti may face serious consequences after allegedly breaking House rules. Tinetti's been referred to the Privileges Committeeby the Speaker, accused of misleading the House by failing to correct a misleading statement around attendance stats. ZB's senior political correspondent Barry Soper says Jan Tinetti pleading ignorance reveals more about the quality of Cabinet ministers being appointed. "If she's found to be in breach of Parliamentary privilege, they say it can be very serious, but it's more like a slap on the wrist." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In response to the claim that NCEA Level 1 is being "dumbed down", Education Minister Jan Tinetti says she has been told by other schools that the changes to NCEA are "giving a more robust nature to the framework". On Thursday, the St Cuthbert's College Principal told Checkpoint it lacks rigour, and will not prepare students for higher learning. Tinetti told Checkpoint she's heard from teachers "quite worked up" on the issue who say the students they've seen involved in the NCEA changes are entering NCEA Level 2 more "with a far more grounded and robust knowledge". She says the updated qualification has been strongly tested and worked through.  

The Ministry of Education has hired just fewer than seven attendance officers as part of its new centralised Attendance Service, set up to tackle record low school attendance. $74 million has been allocated to the service to employ 82 attendance officers. This followed reports from Term 3 of last year showed only 46 percent of students went to school regularly. But so far, six full time and one part time truancy officers have been appointed. The Education Minister Jan Tinetti says the Ministry is aiming to have all 82 employed by the end of next month. How likely or possible is that, and how will this new centralised model get students back into the classroom? Ministry of Education Deputy Secretary Operations and Integration, Sean Teddy.

A top Auckland private school has so little confidence in the new NCEA Level 1 curriculum it is ditching the qualification in favour of its own Year 11 diploma next year. St Cuthbert's College informed parents Wednesday next year's Year 11 students would not take part in NCEA Level 1 but rather work towards the school's own bespoke Year 11 Diploma. Principal Justine Mahon said several of the school's senior academic staff had been on Government advisory panels for NZQA's proposed changes to NCEA and had become increasingly concerned by what would be taught in 2024. “We don't think it provides sufficient, in-depth learning for our students,” she told the Herald. “I'm also concerned about educational standards in New Zealand. Some subjects have been merged so that means that potentially, hundreds of students throughout the country will have a less rigorous conceptual framework.” Chemistry and biology had been merged into one subject as had accounting, business and economics. Several subjects, mostly in the arts, had also been removed. Mahon also believed “fundamentals” like the writing requirement and mathematics had been “dumbed down”. As an example, deputy head of the senior school and head of calculus, Julia Fuge, said the current Level 1 curriculum devoted a third of learning to each of number and algebra, geometry and measurement and statistics and probability. The “refreshed” NZQA curriculum devoted half of the teaching time to statistics and probability and the other half to algebra, measurement, geometry and number. “We feel Level 1 is far too young to reduce the teaching of algebra to an eighth of the course. Like a language, it is very hard to pick up later on and is crucial for our future graduates in the fields of science, engineering, medicine, economics and even statistics itself,” Fuge said. “Currently, Level 1 mathematics has an MCAT exam which is set externally and completed in Term 3 nationally. This keeps standards high and this is being removed in the new 2024 course.” St Cuthbert's College principal Justine Mahon does not believe the "refreshed" NCEA Level 1 provides sufficient, in-depth learning. Photo / File Mahon said the programme would “deliver a world-class, comprehensive curriculum which is intellectually rigorous, well-rounded and more challenging than what is being implemented by NZQA next year”. She said less time on internal assessments and exam leave would provide six more weeks of teaching time allowing subjects to be taught more in-depth. Mahon said there would still be end-of-year exams and other “rigorous and relevant assessments” but it would be less of a focus. “We've got to be careful that assessment doesn't drive learning. That's not to say that we don't have assessment but you've got to be very considered in how you position this.” She said they did not yet know what the new NCEA Level 2 and 3 curriculums would look like but had staff on the panels who would be agitating for a high standard and a strong conceptual framework. “It doesn't only matter to St Cuthbert's girls, it matters to us as educators that throughout the country Level 2 and 3 prepare students for the next step,” she said. “NZQA will have to ensure that they are rigorous otherwise we will be disadvantaging students in their entry into universities. They won't be able to make similar drastic changes to Levels 2 and 3 without compromising students' tertiary opportunities.” St Cuthbert's would continue offering both NCEA and International Baccalaureate qualifications to cater to all students in Year 12 and 13. Mahon said taking part in service projects and co-curricular activities like sport, drama, debating or music were also requirements of the diploma as was a 95 per cent attendance rate. St Cuthbert's College will offer its own Year 11 diploma from next year instead of the new NCEA Level 1. Photo / Supplied One St Cuthbert's parent, who has a daughter in Year 8, said she the school's decision only confirmed her fears about the state of the education system. The mum of three had intended to send her daughter back to public school for her secondary years but was now reconsidering. “I had always thought my kids might go to university in Australia and it just concerns me that they might turn up and be so far behind the eight-ball that they can't catch up,” she said. “I believe in public education. I don't want to be sending my kid to a private school. I want them to go to the local Government school but it just doesn't seem that it's good enough.” Ministry of Education curriculum centre group manager Rob Mill said the Ministry was aware a number of schools had made decisions to reduce or cease participation in NCEA Level 1 since the commencement of the NCEA Review in 2018. Pilots for new NCEA Level 1 standards had been running since 2021 and schools involved had reported students were well prepared for NCEA Level 2, he said. “The Ministry is confident that graduates of the new NCEA Level 1 will be better prepared for deeper and more specialised learning at Levels 2 and 3.” Mill said the Ministry had worked with secondary sector, academic and industry experts to determine the most important learning within each subject which will be assessed through the new Level 1 standards and provide ākonga (students) with a strong foundational understanding of the subject. The new NCEA Level 1 will have fewer larger standards which will support greater coherence in the learning that ākonga experience, he said. But, Epsom MP and Act leader David Seymour said he 100 per cent supported what St Cuthbert's was doing for their students. “They have clearly identified the Government's curriculum does not contain the academic knowledge that they believe their students require to navigate the future.” Seymour said he believed the Government had “stripped academic content out of the curriculum” and questioned the merging of topics and the reduction of content when international comparisons already showed students were falling behind. “I'm so happy for the girls at St Cuthbert's who have a school leader who's prepared to swim against the tide and say this isn't good enough for our students.” “Frankly they have laid down the challenge to the Ministry and to the Government to go back and ask, ‘if it's not good enough for St Cuthbert's how can we say it's good enough for every other student?'” National Education spokeswoman Erica Stanford said it was disappointing but not a surprise that schools were choosing to ditch Level 1. “Schools are telling me they are concerned about the quality and lack of challenge in Labour's curriculum refresh. Our children deserve much better than a Government that is not aspirational for their learning,” she said. National had already outlined its Teaching the Basics Brilliantly plan which would involve a full rewrite of the curriculum, Education Minister Jan Tinetti referred questions to the Ministry of Education. Michael Johnston, the author of the New Zealand Initiative's Save Our Schools report, said he too would be tempted to write his own curriculum if he were in St Cuthbert's position because the New Zealand Curriculum had “no real substance”. NCEA standards often became the default curriculum so trying to back the standards with a more in-depth, coherent programme was positive, Johston said. “If we had a substantive curriculum then schools wouldn't have to spend a lot of time doing that. It's not a desirable situation when schools have to develop their own curricula and if every school did that then we'd have a very inconsistent system.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tonight on The Huddle, independent journalist Clare de Lore and Ali Jones from Red PR joined in on a discussion about the following topics- and more! The NZOC has expressed early interest in hosting the 2034 Commonwealth Games- can New Zealand afford this? Is this a good idea? Education Minister Jan Tinetti has announced changes to NCEA level 2 and 3 will be delayed, but new literacy and numeracy tests will still be rolled out next year. Does this reflect what teachers want? A man jumped the fence at Auckland Zoo and bathed in the rhino enclosure- was this a dare, a viral challenge, or was he on something? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan Tinetti maintains Labour serious about reducing class sizes, despite flunking a previous promise. While in Opposition in 2014, Labour campaigned on having 26 students for every one teacher. Education Minister Tinetti today revealed a scaled-back plan, with one teacher per 29 year 4 to 8 children dropping to 28 by 2025. She says this time, Labour's in Government and has funding to back up its announcement. Tinetti claims the impact of Covid affected the previous plan, and young people have also changed over that time. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The government has unveiled plans to reduce primary school class sizes by just a single student. One teacher to 29 children is the current ratio for years 4 to 8. The government plans to drop it to one to 28 by the start of 2025. That means 320 more teachers are needed. The government hopes the move will help halt the downward trend in achievement in maths, reading and writing in those year groups. Education Minister Jan Tinetti talks to Lisa Owen.

The Ministry of Education is so concerned with fail rates in proposed literacy and numeracy exams, they've asked the Qualifications Authority to allow students to use spell check during testing. A pilot run in the middle of last year with mostly Year 10 students had pass rates of 34 percent in writing, 56 percent in maths, and 64 percent in reading. The Ministry and the NZQA are at loggerheads over the high failure rates, with the Authority refusing to budge on how it plans to test children. Education Minister Jan Tinetti spoke to Guyon Espiner.  

The government will spend a further $74 million to tackle poor school attendance. Some of the money will pay for 82 attendance officers to make sure children with low or falling attendance go to school every day. Education Minister Jan Tinetti spoke to Morning Report.