Key: Students need to respect taxpayer funding
The Govt can afford interest-free student loans but there needs to be more respect for taxpayer funding, John Key says.
The Govt can afford interest-free student loans but there needs to be more respect for taxpayer funding, John Key says.
NZ has one of the highest school dropout rates, with the sixth-lowest high-school completion rate in the developed world, a report has found.
When 13-year-old Rennie Qin arrived from China four years ago she couldn't speak English and her parents couldn't afford to send her to the "good schools" - but that wasn't enough to stop her from striving for the top.
Despite the recession, export education is set for another boom year - thanks largely to India.
An American author who claims to have earned a doctorate at Victoria University has no such qualification, the university says.
Tertiary students who fail more than half their courses may lose their student loans as the Government moves to crack down on abuse.
The Government is taking aim at lazy students and courses with high dropout or failure rates in looming reforms in tertiary education.