Teachers

Some schools are getting no applicants at all for their vacancies, and principals fear they will have to cancel subjects and increase the number of children in some classes next year. Audio

Relievers in their sixties say a required course is not relevant for people who don't want a permanent teaching job, and the rules ignore their decades of experience in the classroom. Audio

Wiping teachers' student loans and putting them at the top of affordable housing lists among the ideas in a 10 point plan designed to fix Auckland's teacher crisis. Audio

One in five secondary schools has axed a subject and half have teachers working outside their areas of expertise because of a lack of staff. The figures are from a survey of secondary principals by… Audio

Schools in Auckland struggling to attract teachers because of the city's notoriously high housing costs have been thrown a lifeline by the Minister of Education, Nikki Kaye. Auckland Primary… Audio

The government has come up with a radical new plan to tackle Auckland's critical teacher shortage offering thousands of dollars to any new graduate prepared to stay at any city school for at least… Audio

A bonus for teachers who stay more than three years at an Auckland school is being rolled out to try solve the teaching crisis in the city, but principals in poorer suburbs are worried it means… Audio

A growing number of students in New Zealand schools need English lessons to make the most out of school. In the past decade it has increased by 50 percent. But teachers in some parts of the country… Audio

The country's teachers are welcoming the proposal to bring computer programming into the core curriculum, saying it will help set young people up to succeed in any career in the 21st century. Claire… Audio

The Tertiary Education Union is warning of a crisis in universities and polytechnics, as our education correspondent John Gerritsen explains. Audio

There's debate over the rules around new top teacher roles in Communities of Schools. Critics say the rules impede the appoitnment of department heads and deputy principals. Others say the new jobs… Audio

Auckland schools are warning of a relief teacher shortage. The spokesperson for the Auckland Primary Principals Association tells John Gerritson the situation is dire and it's time for the Ministry of… Audio

New figures show the current shortage of teachers in Auckland comes as the Government spends less promoting teaching as a career - about a million dollars a year less for the past four years. Labour… Audio