John Gerritsen

The State Services Commission wants long-standing problems in education resolved within 10 years.

Criminals are using sex scams to blackmail international students, or lure them to isolated locations to rob them, police say.

Indian community leaders have warned of a backlash because Indian students are increasingly running into problems including prostitution, crime, and exploitation by employers.

NZQA has been accused of moving too slowly in investigating courses offered to international students by an Auckland tertiary provider.

One school will get more than $100,000 from a new funding stream targeting children from families on long-term welfare, the Education Minister says. Audio

Under-funding is at the heart of problems with special education, parents say, as a new report highlights problems with the system.

The government's failure to protect disabled children with an enforceable right to education is a breach of international law, says a community law centre. Audio

High-profile problems for Indian students could damage New Zealand's multi-billion dollar foreign student industry, universities say.

Nearly 400 foreign students will be retested after a New Zealand Qualifications Authority investigation into assessment problems at an Auckland tertiary institution.

Some charter schools are enrolling difficult students and having trouble attracting good teachers, the Ministry of Education has been told.

Backers of two new charter schools want to help Māori students who are doing badly in regular state schools.

Staff morale at New Zealand's biggest polytechnic is critically low with some staff describing the environment as ruthless and chaotic, a leaked report shows.

Two charter school owners say the government should give the publicly-funded private schools more financial assistance to help them grow.

The government has surprised education unions by revealing it wants to let children enrol in online schools instead of going to regular schools.

A proposed overhaul of special education spending moving funding from school-aged children to under-5s would be a disaster, a secondary principals group says. Audio

The term "special needs" marginalises children with disabilities and will be phased out as part of a wider review, the government says.

The country's eight charter schools paid their owners or related entities more than $1 million for administration and management services last year.

Students' associations have rubbished suggestions the government should reintroduce interest on new student loans. Audio

The proportion of women students dropped below 50 percent at a major New Zealand university for the first time in a decade last year.

Principals' groups have joined criticism of the government's new-look version of bulk funding for schools.

Two major teachers' unions are joining forces to fight the government's planned overhaul of the school and early childhood funding systems. Video

New statistics show family holidays during school time now accounts for 10 percent of unjustified absences from school last year. Audio

The Child Poverty Action Group is calling for a rethink of the zero-interest student loan policy.

A teachers' union wants privacy assurances about a multi-million dollar plan to collect and share information about school children.

Lawyers for a residential special school near Nelson say its enrolments are being limited by rules that could breach the Bill of Rights Act.