John Gerritsen

Primary and intermediate school principals are fighting a proposal to let children as young as 11 sit new high-stakes NCEA tests in literacy and numeracy. Students will have to pass the… Audio

Enrolment figures show universities are becoming more dependent on Chinese students, despite efforts to diversify. Education Ministry figures show 18 percent of university students last year were from… Audio

School principals are worried they could be breaking the law by stopping parents from collecting their children during emergency lockdowns.

They want clarity from the Education Ministry following an… Audio

Universities and polytechnics hope to end decades-long disparities in Maori and Pasifika students' pass rates in just a few years by copying big companies like Amazon. The Tertiary Education… Audio

Many Canterbury schools were ill prepared and confused when ordered to go into lockdown when the Christchurch mosque attacks began. A report has found many of the 221 schools and early learning… Audio

An American university has been showing New Zealand institutions how to dramatically lift pass rates for under-performing groups like Maori and Pasifika students. Georgia State University in Atlanta… Audio

More than 100,000 Chinese students have studied in New Zealand in the past 20 years. What impact do those graduates have on the China-New Zealand relationship and is New Zealand making the most of… Audio

The government is facing the prospect of yet more strikes in schools.

Secondary principals have walked away from their pay talks with the Education Ministry, with unions saying it doesn't have enough… Audio

Primary and intermediate school principals say their refusal to cooperate with the Education Ministry is putting the ministry under pressure.

Educational Institute members started the boycott in July… Audio

The government is playing down the prospect of job losses in the wake of its decision to can the 11 industry training organisations and amalgamate all 16 polytechnics into one institution.

The… Audio

By this time next year, the nation's 16 polytechnics will be rolled into a single super institute with more than 100,000 students and responsibility for nearly all of the country's on-the-job… Video, Audio

AUT is denying the Chinese government pressured it into cancelling a booking for an event marking the 30th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on protests in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Audio

Organisers of the youth-driven climate change movement, School Strike for Climate, want adults to down tools and join in.

They're approaching unions to get their support for a general strike at the… Audio

Men have been opting out of tertiary education at a greater rate than women and polytechnics are bearing the brunt.

Ministry of Education figures show the percentage of the adult population enrolling… Audio

Early childhood services are worried a huge pay disparity for their teachers will get even worse if kindergartens get the same big pay rises that school teachers won last month.

They say their… Audio

Kindergarten teachers have become the latest group of teachers to ask the government for a big pay rise. RNZ education correspondent, John Gerritsen, has the details. Audio

Primary school teachers have resoundingly voted to accept the Government's latest pay proposal – but primary principals have rejected their latest offer.

RNZ's education correspondent, John… Audio

Primary and intermediate school principals have rejected the latest government offer, holding out for pay parity with secondary principals and higher salaries for those at the helm of the smallest… Audio

The Education Ministry investigated and upheld a record number of complaints about early childhood services last year. The investigations resulted in 19 referrals to police and 22 to the Teaching… Audio