International students are being warned against working as prostitutes in a new Immigration New Zealand employment advice website.

It is now two months since the Government's trouble-shooting minister, "Mr Fix-it" Steven Joyce, was sent into the Education Ministry to sort out Novopay.

An early childhood teacher who forged her qualifications is in prison awaiting sentence and has had her name removed from the New Zealand Teachers Council Register.

Auckland technology firm Orion Healthcare has launched an initiative aimed at changing the perception of computer science in schools and building the pool of talent the ICT industry needs.

Act leader John Bank's office has produced papers which show he did not take part in any meetings concerning Novopay while he was a shareholder in Talent2.

Police are considering trying to ban gang patches in New Brighton, Christchurch, after a flare up between gang members and ongoing intimidation.

The head of secondary school principals has criticised the Government for not doing enough to help schools combat the growing problem of bullying.

The Ministry of Education is bloated, inefficient and making the jobs of principals more difficult, says the outgoing president of the Secondary Principals' Association.

Manu "The Beast" Vatuvei proved to be a big hit with a group of youngsters at Robertson Road School, in Mangere.

The Kiwi love affair with Asia may be waning with fewer now thinking Asia is important to New Zealand's future or viewing Asian immigration as positive.

Associate Education Minister John Banks had shares in Talent2 while on a committee that received updates on a planned rollout of the Novopay payroll system.

Schools will receive $5 more per teacher in a Novopay compensation package announced by Government this week, but sector groups say the decision took too long.

"Have you ever wondered why Asians kids are doing so well in maths and science at schools?" asks George Lim.

Results from international tests which placed our Year 9 students at the bottom of the developed world in mathematics make for depressing reading.

Schools will have to put up with Novopay for another eight weeks after the Government said today it would persist with the unstable system.

In this environment it almost defies belief that people continue to think they can fool the system, writes Shelley Bridgeman. Anyone who tries to cheat like this is clearly not thinking straight.

Immigration "hiccups", dodgy education providers and unscrupulous student agents are damaging New Zealand's export education reputation.

A compensation package for school staff affected by the Novopay debacle is "long overdue", Labour’s education spokesperson says.

Early education centres report eighty-five injuries each year - including amputation, impalings and brain injuries.

I really didn't think the Novopay debacle could get any worse - but the decision by Talent2, the company that runs Novopay, and the Ministry of Education to sic debt collectors on to teachers who have been overpaid was mind-numbingly stupid.

Preschool educators are calling for an urgent review of government funding after the Herald on Sunday revealed a large number of parents are paying extra for what was supposed to be a free service.

Up to half of NZ's primary teachers may not have enough maths knowledge to teach children properly under new methods, says the education expert who introduced the changes.

The money's good, the jobs are plentiful - so why does New Zealand's growing IT industry find it so hard to attract skilled staff? Anthony Doesburg reports

In an effort to attract the best and brightest into teaching, a central Auckland school will pay the university fees of former students who want to become teachers.