Ministry of Education

Dunedin South MP Clare Curran has questioned the Ministry of Education's commitment to redeveloping Carisbrook School into a facility fit for 21st-century education, as the school continues to wait for building plans to be approved.

During tough fiscal times, New Zealand schools appear to be refining their budgets by hiring increasing numbers of teachers on short-term contracts.

Education Ministry boss Lesley Longstone made a swift getaway from Parliament today when confronted with questions about a sex offender who has been working in an Auckland school.

The Ministry of Education is satisfied with an agreement reached between parties involved in an Environment Court hearing on Queenstown airport noise and future developments.

The Ministry of Education has no plans to replace copper in schools.

Laughter, rather than tears, marked the end of an era yesterday, as the school at the Roxburgh Health Camp was farewelled, 70 years after it opened.

The Ministry of Education is considering appointing a commissioner to govern Rotary Park School, in the wake of the decimation of the school's board of trustees.

The name of the historic Dunedin rugby and cricket ground, Carisbrook, looks likely to live on in the name of a new local school.

In a surprise turnaround, the Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced Paerau School in Central Otago will remain open, following community consultation to close it.

Cracks appear to be forming in the establishing board of trustees at the proposed Otepoti South School following the resignation of board member and Calton Hill School board of trustees chairman George Sealy, who has cited concerns about the board's leadership and operations.