Education commentators have been aghast this week that the Education Secretary doesn't consider our education system "world class" -but her comments must be heard.

Comments by the Secretary for Education that New Zealand does not have a world leading education system is at direct odds with the Education Minister, the Education Institute says.

The Cambridge exam system is under spotlight as prestigious schools are called to meeting with the country's largest university.

A former deputy principal has been sentenced to nine years in jail for sexually abusing a young girl.

Mt Hobson Middle School principal Alwyn Poole says he is looking at west Auckland and potentially Whanganui to set up charter schools.

Kohanga Reo National Trust wants a halt on any new policy decisions by the Education Ministry that affects it after a report found government policy had put it in crisis.

A man caught posing as a medical student at Auckland University is said to be so distressed there are concerns for his health.

Editorial: The legislation published this week to provide for charter schools in New Zealand contains a new name for them. They will be designated "partnership schools".

A man caught posing as a medical student for two years went to "great lengths" to hide what he was doing from his classmates, staff and his family.

Would-be trainee doctor attended lectures, talked to patients and could access dissection labs - for two years.

Destiny Church's Bishop Brian Tamaki is calling on hundreds of skilled tradespeople and labour from within church ranks to build a new school over summer.