Our students' maths knowledge in their first year of high school is worse than ever – and that has grave implications for the future, say mathematics professors Gaven Martin, who chairs the Royal Society panel that's tackling the decline, and Jodie Hunter.
Maths is an essential part of our lives,
The Fiji Times
30 January, 2021, 6:45 pm
Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara (centre) with Fijian Association chairman Ratu David Toganivalu and paramount chief of Naitasiri Ratu Vitu Qiolevu while
they were entertained by a traditional Fijian dance. Picture: FILE
On January 1 1969 The Fiji Times announced that Chief Minister Ratu K.K.T.Mara was to be knighted in the Order of the British Empire in the New Year’s Honour list.
He was the second Fijian to receive the honour.
The first was the late Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna who like him was a high chief of Lau.
The names of seven other awardees were also announced.
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NCEA results: Rotorua students pleasantly surprised after challenging year
21 Jan, 2021 05:00 AM
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Students around New Zealand logged on to find out their NCEA results on Thursday. Photo / Getty Images
Students around New Zealand logged on to find out their NCEA results on Thursday. Photo / Getty Images
From being a bundle of nerves to totally caught by surprise - Rotorua students rushed to their computers to check their NCEA exam results yesterday. Results were released early on Thursday for more than 9000 Bay of Plenty students who sat NCEA and New Zealand Scholarship exams last year.
Rotorua Girls High School Year 13 student Hope Waaka-Smith was nervous as she rushed to log on to see how she had done in her most challenging year of school yet, she told the Rotorua Daily Post.