Education gets $2.9b new funding for new classrooms, teachers, IT and initiatives
This is the coalition Government's first Budget.
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Extra $53m for teacher training and recruitment announced
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Provided lunches would be welcome relief to all, ECE centre manager says
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High school students find walkie-talkie loophole in cellphone ban
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School phone ban: What do students think?
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The Ministry of Education looked at policies from Europe, Australia, the USA and Asia.
Watch: PM distances himself from Peters' 'defamatory' remarks, literacy boost announced
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Editorial: Common sense finally prevails with phones being banned in NZ classrooms
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Erica Stanford outlines her top six priorities in education
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Watch: Schools that flout cellphone ban will be audited by ERO, PM warns
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Phone ban in schools begins - will it reduce cyberbullying?
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Kea Kids: Saving Auckland traffic, one bike lesson at a time!
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'Savage cuts': Ministry of Education and Oranga Tamariki look to slash 1000 jobs
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Red tape cuts for early childhood education sector
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