More than $11 billion is owed to the student loans scheme - and an expert is warning the debt is having huge consequences.

Digital badging challenges traditional approaches to education and offers innovative alternatives to credit skills and knowledge outside the formal curriculum.

Secondary schools are forced to look overseas for maths and physics teaching staff as minimal numbers of students are qualifying here.

One of the many unfortunate consequences of Auckland's grossly over-priced housing is the barrier it presents to people moving to the city.

Raven Amiatu, 16, moved from Auckland to Sydney with his family in 2005, the same year student loan support for new Kiwi arrivals was scrapped.

New college dumps first year of NCEA testing as 'box ticking' which only makes students worried

Outgoing heads of polytechs and universities have received up to $117,000 on their last day of duty, latest figures reveal.

Things were looking up for Intueri Education Group shareholders at the start of this month.

Adrian Orr, the man responsible for the NZ Super Fund, is the highest paid public sector boss earning more than $830,000 over the last year.

The education minister Hekia Parata has made an interim decision to close Redcliffs School in Christchurch due to ongoing concern about the unstable cliff behind it.

A 16-year-old shares his journey of growing up transgender.

New Zealand devotes more of its budget to education than almost all other OECD countries - yet still lags behind in per-student spending, latest figures show.

COMMENT: They don't understand how under NCEA everyone can be a winner, writes Peter Lyons.

KidsCan charity is literally close to home for Manukau student Vika Pasa.

Auckland's Diocesan School For Girls is developing a vast new $36 million centre for the arts.

Academic staff at AUT have ended a strike that caused a delay in the release of students' final grades.

New research shows more Maori are graduating from university - with more than half being the first in their immediate family to do so.

Senior education officials say the teacher drain from Auckland is reaching crisis point - leading to calls for an "Auckland allowance".

Overly ambitious parents may harm their children's academic performance, a study suggests.

The Education Ministry's head of sector enablement and support, Katrina Casey, said a school had been directed to enrol the boy.

Immigration officials are warning New Zealand's reputation as a destination for international students is at risk from Indian student exploitation.

A blind seven-year-old girl has been told she cannot use her white cane at school because it poses a health and safety risk to teachers and pupils.

Forget about kids saying the darnedest things, it seems some parents have a tendency to spout amusing, shocking comments too.

Education sources say head's decision to leave prestigious school is "eyebrow-raising".

A 7-year-old Wanaka boy who is unwanted by the schools in his area is one of dozens of similar cases around the country.

AUT students are taking to social media to express their frustration with a strike that's delaying the release of crucial final grades.

A multitude of scholarships are available for tertiary students but you've got to be in to win.

Not so long ago, parents of a teenager wanting to be an artist or a musician would tell them to get a real job but that perception has changed

Some teens know exactly what they want to do with their lives. For others, it can be difficult to decide which career path to follow, writes Louise Richardson