Least popular NCEA exams revealed
Most of the least popular exam subjects had one thing in common.
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Secondary teachers reject pay offer, vote to strike
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Education unions agree to unite in campaign for more investment
Primary and secondary education unions are joining forces in their push for better pay.
Students 'stressed out' by NCEA computer glitch
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NZQA bans watches from exam rooms
Students are banned from wearing electronic watches in their NCEA exams.
Foreign students inject $100m into economy
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Exam advice: 'Exercise and unplug from social media'
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More emphasis on wellbeing, less on education, Mike King says
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Schools offering NCEA online drop by three
Schools using online NCEA exams down from 55 last year to 52.
Alternative fruit sticker apple of the judges' eye at awards night
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Bright, bubbly teen 'touched many lives'
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Taradale High School principal resigns after 12 years
Taradale High School's principal has resigned to pursue other interests.
Focus: Mt Albert Grammar students protest
Mt Albert Grammar students who were locked out of the school on their last day, protest. / Dean Purcell
Otumoetai College students win ChemQuest
John Austin, Alice Cerdeira and Daniel Lee won the ChemQuest trophy and $150.
Shut-out Mt Albert Grammar students plan sit-in
Students plan to sing the school song to show they should not have been banned.
Mt Albert Grammar's drastic plan to avoid last-day pranks
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Ōtāhuhu centre for at-risk teens closes
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Tauranga College stalwart Gary Ware dies
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10% teacher shortfall in Auckland high schools projected
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Increase in traumatic incidents at Hawke's Bay schools
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Principal's truancy speech draws criticism
Principal tells truants their futures are "predictable and seemingly hopeless".
School lockdown after bat flaunted in altercation
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Classroom tragedy: 15yo collapses, dies; family mourns
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School zone plan to end war for students
PPTA says leaving zoning to individual schools has caused harmful competition.
Want to be a doctor, lawyer or engineer? Don't grow up poor
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Editorial: Equal opportunity is eluding us
EDITORIAL: Too few children of the poor are making it to professional degree courses.
Words are not enough for Flaxmere College
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Auckland high school cuts toilet breaks during class time
An Auckland high school is cutting back toilet breaks for students during class time.
Drug testing of secondary school rugby players to continue
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