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      Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Education articles  Education
    Govt needs to stop merger: principal

     23 May 2013

    Hundreds of people have turned out to protest the possible closure of Phillipstown School in Christchurch ahead of a final announcement next week.

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    Greens suspicious about `mega-schools'
    22 May: The government could be using Christchurch to experiment with school mergers and "mega-schools" could be foisted on other cities, the Greens say.... more
    Four schools to merge in Christchurch
    22 May: Four schools will merge in eastern Christchurch but Chisnallwood Intermediate will continue, Education Minister Hekia Parata says.... more
    `Year of hell' for Salisbury School
    22 May: Opposition parties say Education Minister Hekia Parata needlessly put Nelson's Salisbury School through 'a year of hell'.... more
    Free school meals wanted by Sallies
    20 May: A new Salvation Army report confirms Pacific families are struggling with both the highest unemployment rates and lowest incomes.... more
    Swimmer Palmer eyes Glasgow redemption
    15 May: Olympian Hayley Palmer will have the Commonwealth Games in mind when she leads the New Zealand swimming effort at the World University Games.... more
    Schools in lockdown after gun sighting
    13 May: A man has been arrested following an armed police operation on Auckland's North Shore which resulted in two schools going into lockdown.... more
    Burning fryers set Akld uni cafe alight
    13 May: Fryers caught fire at a University of Auckland cafeteria, sending students packing just before lunchtime.... more
    Young asthmatics struggle to read in class
    13 May: Breathlessness is forcing young asthmatic children to read more slowly and pause often as they encounter new words, Canterbury University research shows.... more
    Essay `ghost writers' under investigation
    13 May: Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce has confirmed there is an investigation into whether educational coaching services are helping students cheat.... more

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