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Focus Live: $278 million funding boost for early childhood education centres
The Government will reinstate the 100 per cent funding band for teacher-led ECE services after it was scrapped by the previous Government in 2010, PM Jacinda Ardern said.
The Government will reinstate the 100 per cent funding band for teacher-led ECE services after it was scrapped by the previous Government in 2010, PM Jacinda Ardern said.
Higher subsidy rate for 100 per cent qualified teachers will be restored.
About 85 per cent of kids are back at school, but some Whangārei parents scared away.
Focus: Some have the back to school blues and some are just happy to see their friends again as Flanshaw Road School kids get back in the classroom. Video / Michael Craig
Takapuna dad Moueen Haddad explains why he is not sending his kids to school on Monday.
"We are all looking forward to welcoming our students through our school gates."
The new principal of Kamo High School is from Whangārei and will start in July.
A number of Kiwis are making a permanent switch to home learning.
"The buses are just part of what's been a big lot of work."
It is difficult for mid-career people who lose their jobs to go back to study.
NCEA exams have been delayed by 10 days in light of the pandemic crisis.
Almost $4 billion will be spent on the health system in the wake of Covid-19.
Teachers ready to return to class despite persistent safety fears.
Early childhood teachers will get big minimum pay rises in the Budget.
Parents appear evenly split over whether to send their children back to school.
The lockdown has widened educational gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged kids.
Cabinet documents show the struggle - and cost - of quickly rolling out online learning.
Secondary schools are angry they won't get support for the loss of international students
Schools may get compensation for foreign students lost due to Covid-19.
Toys, sandpits and other currently banned delights will be allowed again.
Private schools say the loss of international students during lockdown has hit them hard.
It's the second time the school has tried and failed to get teachers vaccinated.
The tests will take place regardless of whether people have symptoms or not.
No one who lived through it will ever forget the great New Zealand lockdown of 2020.
Small schools to get better lights and insulation in bid to restart economy.
Tiresa Tufue received a computer but it was addressed to another student and taken away.
Schools are officially open again - but many are not expecting any students.
Sandpits stay closed; parents advised to wait in cars at dropoff if necessary.
We say: The Government's call to "go hard and go early" appears to have paid off.