Students will be sitting exams on computers by the end of this year, as NZQA plans to get rid of some paper-based exams altogether as soon as 2018.

Two of New Zealand’s top scientists have watched their daughters graduate on the same stage they were seated this week.

More than 20 per cent of students who applied but failed last year to enter university have managed to fight their way back in.

The national student union is hosting a series of conferences on tertiary education issues with students and staff.

Forcing students sitting scholarship exams to pay more per exam will just put another hurdle before teenagers in poorer communities, Labour says.

Massey University has announced a blanket ban on all watches from exam rooms to beat cheats.

Students at Oxford University in Britain are being allowed to compete in the biggest rugby tournaments of the season only if they agree to attend anti-misogyny workshops.

Auckland University officially opens its 5.2ha Newmarket Campus tomorrow although students have been there for many months.

A former teacher of a leading Auckland school has been found to have been masturbating in a classroom while watching pornography.

A former teacher of a leading Auckland school has been found to have been masturbating in a classroom while watching pornography.

Students sitting scholarship exams this year will need to stump up $30 per exam - a change that Labour says will put another hurdle before teenagers in poorer communities.

Bean bags, bright colours, wide-open spaces - they're the hallmarks of modern-day classrooms - but not at Auckland Grammar.

Prisoners at New Zealand's newest jail will get tablet computers, as well as in-cell desktop screens, if they enrol in Open Polytechnic courses.

An Auckland “all-rounder” has been named the country’s top scholar for 2014.

The head of IT at an Auckland school has given evidence that a teacher was looking at pornographic websites on a school computer.

The sight of a well-respected teacher allegedly masturbating to pornography in a school classroom left a student nervous and shaking.

A defence lawyer has accused schoolboy of "making up a story for his mates" in the trial of a former teacher.

More than 150 schools nationwide have challenged their new decile ratings - controversially announced by the Government last November.

A teachers' organisation says a leaked document shows New Zealand has joined a group of countries pushing for education to be included in a murky trade deal.

High schools are warning students off an anonymous messaging app described as a "virtual bathroom wall".

Millions of dollars allocated to help vulnerable families could have been spent on people rather than administration, the Auditor-General says.

An Auckland girls’ school has banned an anonymous messaging app, after students reported problems with bullying and nasty comments.

Associate Professor Kean Aw has been looking forward to tomorrow for a long time.

The board of a large central Auckland school has refused to engage with officials on a multimillion-dollar building programme.

In a three-week operation launched last week, officers will be on the lookout for children 16 and under hanging around shops, train stations and parks during school hours.

A teacher has been struck off after failing to tell a day-care centre she had previously been accused of verbally and physically abusing children in her care.

A trust that owns two charter schools has bought its students a $100,000 waka to help with their learning.

The Education Minister has welcomed an increase in Maori and Pasifika children participating in early childhood education - despite ongoing concerns about quality. Hekia Parata yesterday released....

The education minister has welcomed an increase in Maori and Pasifika children participating in early childhood education - despite ongoing concerns about quality.