New Zealand will open its doors to 200 education scholarships for Pacific people, as well as commit $4.8 million towards the policing of Pacific fisheries, Prime Minister John Key announcement today.

"Expert practitioners" will work with schools to lift achievement, but a teachers' union is sceptical of the government's announcement.

A lack of self awareness could be holding back your career, warns Jasbindar Singh.

Moves are under way to give Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples closer scrutiny of the estimated $250 million government spend on te reo initiatives.

Confucius classrooms have opened for learning in New Zealand, thanks to a $250,000 investment by the Chinese Government.

An Education Review Office survey of 229 schools found about 20pc had inadequate inclusive practices for special needs pupils.

A Christian school's Board of Trustees has been told to attend a human rights course after sacking a netball coach because he was gay.

Syria has forbidden the country's students and teachers from wearing the niqab - the full Islamic veil.