Primary Education
Fifth birthday school starts back on table
22 Nov 2017
Children will not be able to start school before their fifth birthday under changes proposed by the new government.
NZ faces major primary teacher shortage
13 Oct 2016
Auckland schools are struggling to replace older teachers as they leave, with New Zealand facing a 3000-teacher shortfall within 15 years, warns a senior Massey University tutor. Audio
Outspoken for 26 December 2012
26 Dec 2012
Simon Mercep looks at whether a second language for primary schoolchildren should be mandatory. Audio
Primary Science Teaching
17 May 2012
National Primary Science Week and the Royal Society's Advancing Primary Science are helping the confidence of teachers Audio
Insight, Sunday 24 January: National Standards
24 Jan 2010
Gael Woods asks whether the new National Standards system for primary school students will lift achievement Audio