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The Ministry of Education in collaboration with Network for Learning (N4L) is hosting two free webinars on the 18th and 25 of March. The webinars have been arranged to provide advice and support to schools using digital technologies in teaching and learning.More

Novopay payroll and HR issues will be simpler to address due to changes to the Service Centre operating model, says Steven Joyce, Minister Responsible for Novopay. However, the NZEI says that immediate issues need to be resolved first.More

Schools with ultra-fast broadband will soon be able to share their fibre connections with their local communitiesMore

More than 50 schools in Christchurch will have their wireless network upgraded as part of the national Schools Network Upgrade Project (SNUP). More

Better support for 21st Century learning environments and improved outcomes for students are behind Ministry of Education plans to transform the way school property is delivered.More

An extra $6 million is being pumped into technical support and training for Novopay.More

Statistics that provide a clear picture of how all parts of the pre-school and school system are performing and supporting each other at a local level were released this week by the Ministry of Education.More

This time last year school payroll system Novopay went live. Yet, while significant progress has been made, challenges still remain in completing the remediation and stabilisation of the system.More

Less than two weeks after the announcement that Network for Learning’s managed network was going ahead, more than 1000 schools have registered their interest in connecting to the network.More

Teachers and students across the country have greater access to modern e-learning tools thanks to the renewed Microsoft Schools Agreement.More

Positive progress has been made in resolving outstanding issues with Novopay under the Remediation Plan – but the system is not out of the woods yet.More

The Ministry of Education has backtracked on its decision to make the Progress and Consistency Tool (PaCT) mandatory for every primary school student in 2015.More

School principals rejected any further association with the development of a computerised assessment system, the Progress and Consistency Tool (PaCT), at their national conference in Hamilton this week.More

A classroom without walls is connecting rural New Zealand students.More

A boost in funding for the Computers in Homes digital literacy programme has been announced by the government.More

A computerised national standards assessment tool, which is expected to be compulsory for every primary school student in 2015, has been given a red light by leading teaching associations.More

Enterprise workflow platform and application tool set extended from internal users to entire education sector.More

An amendment to the school agreement between MED and Microsoft gives schools greater access to server software hosted by third parties. More

Microsoft and the Ministry of Education will work together to address the lack of digital literacy amongst school leavers in New Zealand.More

For the digital native, access to ICT is about keeping skill levels current.More