Education

Maori educator remembered

About 800 people have spent Thursday morning at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic Windermere campus to dedicate a new building and strengthen the relationship with University... Read More

School girls left stranded

Papamoa parents, who have children attending Tauranga Girls' College, are outraged their daughters are being stranded on the roadside as there is not enough room... Read More

EBOP to fund new Chair

Environment BOP has committed to fund $1.5 million over 10 years for a University of Waikato Chair in Coastal Science. The new Chair will focus on coastal marine... Read More

Artist makes her mark

Tauranga artist and designer Te Rahui August is privileged that her creation has been selected as the logo for the new Golden Sands School in Papamoa, which opens... Read More

Tutor help for adult education

An association of tutors is forming to offer support with the costs and worries of running adult community education classes. The Western BOP Community Education... Read More

National standards concern

As children head back to school this week, many Bay of Plenty principals are expressing concern about the system of national standards being introduced this year.... Read More

New Papamoa principal named

Melanie Taylor has described her appointment as first principal of Papamoa's new Golden Sands School, opening February 2011, as a ‘dream come true'. 'It's... Read More

ACE website for education

Adult community education tutors are trying to keep operating in Tauranga after having their government funding axed last year. Glen Crowther, a former high school... Read More

At risk suggestion unfair

Te Puke High School principal Alan Liddle is not happy his school has been included among 47 schools across New Zealand where the Ministry of Education was forced... Read More

Bay kindys buck decline

Tauranga Region Kindergartens principal Peter Monteith says enrolments at Tauranga kindergartens remain high, despite news reports that New Zealand kindergartens... Read More

Families struggle with $15,000 scholarship

Some Bay of Plenty families are struggling to accept a $15,000 scholarship to attend Whakatane based private school, Rangitaiki Independent School, because the amount... Read More

Families struggle with $15,000 scholarship

Some Bay of Plenty families are struggling to accept a $15,000 scholarship to attend Whakatane based private school, Rangitaiki Independent School, because the amount... Read More