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Ministry of Education
Dunedin
March 14
School vandalism $11.2m budget top-up shocks
Damage to New Zealand schools from vandalism and graffiti has forced the Ministry of Education to top up school budgets by $11.2 million over the past five years.
Dunedin
February 7
Fewer interventions in Otago schools
Otago schools appear to be getting better at recognising potential education-harming issues and getting help before they require intervention by the Ministry of Education.
Dunedin
February 7
Teaching degree concerns
Government plans to raise graduating teachers to master's degree level have concerned an education specialist, who says it could bar fantastic would-be teachers from the profession.
Dunedin
October 3
Overseas pupils on rise
The fall in international fee-paying (IFP) pupil numbers in Otago schools appears to be reversing, alleviating fears schools could suffer financial difficulty.
Queenstown
September 15
Care providers told to balance demographics
Education Minister Hekia Parata was unable to attend the New Zealand HomeBased Childcare Association's conference in Queenstown on Saturday, but through a representative she issued a challenge to delegates.
Dunedin
September 5
Helping Otago school-leavers discussed
Raising the educational performance of Otago's youth and ensuring school-leavers find work were among the issues discussed at a Ministry of Education workshop held in Dunedin yesterday.
Dunedin
September 5
Assurance school publications safe
The Ministry of Education has assured schools they will continue to receive all publications and access to online resources following the closure of a major New Zealand education publishing company.
Dunedin
September 4
Novopay 'Black Out' protest
School staff across the country will be at work today dressed in black to mark what the Post Primary Teachers' Association is calling a ''Black Out Day'' for teachers nationally.
Dunedin
July 29
Former schools sold for $14 million
The Ministry of Education has chalked up more than $14 million from the sale of 53 former schools across the country in the past decade - and at least another 35 are still awaiting disposal or sale.
Dunedin
July 26
'Secretive' ministry criticised
An investigation by the Ombudsman has slammed the Ministry of Education for not being transparent enough about its processes for establishing charter schools in New Zealand.
Dunedin
June 13
City schools safe for now
Pressure on the Ministry of Education to operate in a ''constrained fiscal environment'' appears to have abated in the past year.
Dunedin
June 11
Ministry deputy secretary resigns
The resignation of another high-level Ministry of Education official has been labelled ''appalling'' by the Otago Primary Principals' Association.
Dunedin
May 20
Ministry 'secretive' over interest
Otago principals are questioning why the Ministry of Education is being so ''secretive'' about the amount of interest being registered in establishing charter schools in the southern region.
Dunedin
May 8
Mixed reception for Budget's education provisions
Principal associations are divided over the Ministry of Education's plans to invest $80.5 million into lifting the educational achievement of young people.
Dunedin
April 10
Education issues ignite
The growing rift between educators and the Ministry of Education will be obvious as thousands of teachers and parents take to New Zealand streets on Saturday to save Kiwis' quality public education system.
Dunedin
March 24
Principals criticise school bus changes
A meeting held in Waitati on Saturday to discuss a shake-up of school bus services north of Dunedin became heated at times, as parents and principals expressed frustration with the Ministry of Education officials who attended.
Dunedin
February 26
Education funding matter of dispute
The Ministry of Education has rejected the findings of a newly released report showing two out of three New Zealand secondary schools have reported a worse financial year in 2012 than 2011, and a quarter have dealt with deficits in the past three years.
Dunedin
February 18
Irreparable harm to children's bodies: expert
A ''depressing lack'' of health prevention strategies in New Zealand schools is causing irreparable damage to children's bodies, which will cost taxpayers millions of dollars in the years to come, a musculoskeletal specialist says.
Dunedin
December 14
Intimidation complaints against principal upheld
Complaints about intimidation, shouting and arguing with staff in front of school children by embattled Rotary Park School principal Carmel Casey have been upheld by the school's commissioner.
Dunedin
November 2
Fine risk over school payroll mess
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has revealed the Ministry of Education could be fined for failing to pay school staff on time as a result of the bungled new Novopay payroll system.
Dunedin
October 26
Decision to cut bus run defended
The Ministry of Education has defended its decision to cut a popular north Taieri school bus run, saying a large number of ineligible school pupils have been using the government-funded service.
Dunedin
October 23
Staff may be refunded for penalties
The Ministry of Education has not ruled out some form of compensation for the added workload and stress caused by the Novopay debacle, Otago Primary Principals' Association (OPPA) executive members were told at a meeting yesterday.
Dunedin
October 22
Meeting to discuss Novopay problems
Ministry of Education staff will meet Otago Primary Principals' Association executive members today to discuss the problems with the ministry's embattled Novopay payroll system.
Dunedin
September 26
Progress made on school pay errors but issues remain
Many of the issues plaguing the Ministry of Education's new Novopay payroll system appear to have been resolved, but Otago primary principals say the system is still far from error-free.
National
September 17
Pay issues anger schools
Secondary schools around the country are threatening legal action over the Ministry of Education's new payroll system, which schools say is riddled with errors.
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