Media Centre
Welcome to the Ministry of Education's Media Centre.
This website has been created to give the media information about our education system and what’s happening in it. Your feedback to media.enquiries@minedu.govt.nz is welcome.
What's new
A new report on boys’ educational achievement shows the areas most in need of improvement for boys are reading and writing and staying at school.
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Changes to school guidelines designed to encourage a healthy diet take effect from next week.
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The Ministry of Education today announced the expansion of the Youth Apprenticeships pilot programme, with 10 additional schools to take part.
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A leading Canadian educationalist has hailed the Ministry of Education-funded Best Evidence Synthesis (BES) programme as ‘state-of-the art’ saying no-one else in the world is doing work as good.
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The latest research from the Ministry of Education shows that effective professional development can give students a two year boost in their learning.
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