Halfway through the year, millions of Chinese students sit the world's most gruelling university entrance exam. Here's a look at what it involves.

After an exam season marred by mistakes, the date NCEA students will be able to check their results online has been released.

NZ students rank above OECD average, but girls and rich students have seen their results drop.

Schools are struggling to recruit hundreds of teachers ahead of the 2017 school year.

Today's bomb hoax won't be the last time schools are threatened, a security expert warns.

NCEA maths exams have been hit with mistakes at every level, the Herald can reveal.

A second maths-related exam cock-up has been revealed this afternoon, following a statistics exam apology.

A botch-up in a Level 3 maths exam left thousands of students "stumped", and many "freaking out".

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Worried Hato Petera College principal is expecting bad news about the future of his school.

Dates have been set for NCEA scholarship history and chemistry exams, which were cancelled following last week's earthquake.

Just one determined student turned up for the afternoon exams at Kaikoura High School today.

Two schools became an unexpected battleground today in the squabble over who will win over Mt Roskill.

The international education market is expected to face "minimal" impact following Monday's earthquake in Kaikoura.

The Education Council is set to receive $21 million, to keep it afloat until it can raise teacher registration fees.

How much homework is too much? And is it of any value, anyway?

A number of schools have been closed due to flooding, affecting some students due to sit exams after afternoon.

The big questions - what subjects should I study, should I leave school or stay, is industry training better than a course, and what

Most schools will open tomorrow, following hundreds of closures after the quake.

Students at an Auckland school were 20 minutes into their history scholarship exam this morning before it was cancelled.

Some technical issues hit students sitting the digital version of NCEA English Level 1 this morning.

Thousands of school students are ditching the paper and pen and taking their revision online.

Parents can be misled by the school decile system, says a new website.

One teacher allegedly accessed porn at school and blamed it on his son.

Increasing numbers of parents are worried they do not have enough money for their child's education.

COMMENT: Recent cases indicate violence between and against children is widely accepted.

The annual race is encouraging high school students to take on engineering as a subject. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

High-school coaches focus on technical rugby skills rather than personal development, study finds.

You turn up, read a poem or short story, and write about it. Exam done. Easy. Or is it?

Kia Aroha is one of the only secondary schools in the country that doesn't "do" exams.