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Tuesday, 2 March 2021, 6:15 am A well-functioning education system is vital to equip our children for life. However, a new report from The New Zealand Initiative says it is not clear whether the education system is serving our children as well as it should. Educational Performance and Funding in New Zealand: Are our children getting the education they deserve? takes a closer look at the evidence on New Zealand students’ educational achievement and examines whether a lack of funding may be p...

Increased spending wont fix Kiwi students academic decline - report Newshub 1/03/2021 Dan Satherley © Video - The AM Show; Images - Getty/The AM Show/NZ Initiative David Law on The AM Show. A new look into whats going wrong with New Zealands education system says its unlikely well be able spend our way out of the problem. Over the past 15 years Kiwi kids academic performance has fallen behind their international peers, despite rising NCEA pass rates.  The decline shows up ...

Ta’allum’s AMAG shines in prestigious international TIMSS assessment  27 Feb 2021 - 8:54 A letter of appreciation from the Ministry of Education and Higher Education to Ta’allum. The Peninsula Doha: Ta’allum Group’s Al Maha Academy for Girls (AMAG) received official notification of their strong performance in the TIMSS (Trends in Mathematics and Science Study) — a prestigious international comparative assessment.  The Academy significantly exceeded the Global average of 500 poin...

Press Release Delivered by the Honorable Win Gatchalian, Senator of the 18th Congress: Mr. President, esteemed colleagues, I take the floor today to present a sobering assessment of the quality of education being provided to children enrolled in Philippine elementary, junior and senior high schools. In the same way that students are tested at the end of a lesson to gauge how well they have mastered the skills and knowledge taught to them, we must also assess the efficacy of the education system...

Good afternoon Programme Director, Ladies and Gentlemen! Today, we are gathered here to announce the 2020 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination results.  We are announcing these results in the context of what the NDP 2030, enjoins us to do, that “by 2030, South Africans should have access to education and training of the highest quality, leading to significantly improved learner outcomes.  The performance of South African learners in international standardised tests, should be compa...

Share Learners and teachers in under-resourced public schools cannot continue to fight against the odds to achieve excellence. Equal Education is a community, membership-based organisation, advocating for quality and equality in the South African education system.  Equal Education (EE) salutes you, matric class of 2020. In your final year of school, you unfairly faced many difficulties, made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic. You lost a significant amount of t...

SADTU Statement on the 2020 National Senior Certificate (Matric) Resuts Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the & symbol, click Advanced Search and use the search headings and/or in first paragraph options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU) welcomes the 2020 National Senior Certifi...

Vice President Leni Robredo is pushing anew for the resumption of face-to-face classes in areas without community transmission of the coronavirus disease.

Covid-19 may have been a major setback for the education system in 2020 Simnikiwe Hlatshaneni It was a difficult year for matrics and learners in 2020. Picture: Michel Bega Not all schools and learners were able to adjust equally as learners from poor and working-class households were more heavily affected...

Over the past two years, $100 million has been committed to the project.