Education
Penrhyn students get into the spirit of Literacy Week
Tuesday 7 September 2021 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Education, National, Outer Islands
The Tetautua and Omoka school students of Penrhyn (or Tongareva island), the northernmost island of the Cook Islands group, yesterday celebrated the start of the ‘Literacy Week’.
NZ NCEA changes ‘will impact’ senior students
Monday 6 September 2021 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Education, National
Cook Islands senior secondary school students will feel the impact of Covid-19 with changes to the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA). Al Williams reports.
USP makes the grade with high global ranking of universities
Friday 3 September 2021 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Education, National
University of the South Pacific (USP) Cook Islands has cause to celebrate having achieved a ranking among the top 10 per cent of universities worldwide in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2022.
Ministry of Education and teachers reach resolution in pay parity dispute
Tuesday 31 August 2021 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in Education, National
Following a series of collaborative discussions and meetings, the Ministry of Education and Tereora College have reached an amicable agreement on a position that addresses pay parity of the collective teaching workforce across all schools.
Programme helps youngsters build communication skills with Lego
Friday 27 August 2021 | Written by Alana Musselle | Published in Education, National
Aspiring engineers and problem solvers at Autism Cook Islands gathered for their first LEGO Masters Robotics programme lesson at the New Hope Church yesterday.
Kindly CookSafe Tag at Schools
Wednesday 25 August 2021 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Education, National
Schools and tertiary provider premises are fully equipped with CookSafe tagging capabilities - precautionary measures for the current Cook Islands Alert Level 2 procedure - in response to the changing scope of the community outbreak of the Covid-19 Delta variant in New Zealand.
Education Ministry will ‘address’ teacher pay parity in September
Wednesday 25 August 2021 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Education, National
A media statement from the Ministry of Education acknowledges that teacher remuneration has been an ongoing issue for an extended period of time, needs addressing, and is due for review.
Ministry of Education drafts new pay policy for teachers
Friday 13 August 2021 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Education, National
The ministry is optimistic of soon resolving a pay parity issue with Tereora College staff who have recently carried out a work action.
Tereora teachers take ‘work action’ over pay
Thursday 12 August 2021 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Education, National
Tereora College has put on hold its support classes and extra-curricular activities to protest against Ministry of Education’s inaction on pay parity issue for its ‘committed long serving teachers’.
Students full of energy after school holiday
Tuesday 10 August 2021 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Education, National
Yesterday school students in the Cook Islands returned to the classrooms for the start of eight weeks long term three studies.
Making science interesting for students
Saturday 7 August 2021 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Education, National, Outer Islands
Aitutaki’s Araura College held its firstever ‘Derby Cart Race’ project, building carts with four wheels and brakes and racing them downhill during the school gala day last month.
Japan assists Takitumu School
Monday 2 August 2021 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in Education, National
The government of Japan handed over the ownership of three septic tanks and eight water fountains to Takitumu School at a handover ceremony held on July 23 in Rarotonga.
New education options to retain Cook Islanders
Monday 26 July 2021 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Education, National
Cook Islanders are being offered another tertiary education option to help fill a growth market in communications.
Budding farmers share fruits of their labour
Thursday 22 July 2021 | Written by Alana Musselle | Published in Education, Local, National
Aspiring farmers from nine primary schools around Rarotonga converged on Constitution Park in Avarua to showcase and sell their fresh produce to the community.
St Joseph’s celebrate 125 years of dedication to education
Friday 16 July 2021 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Education, National
Several hundred people converged on St Joseph’s Cathedral on Thursday to honour the 125th birthday of St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School.
St Joseph’s prepares to blow out 125 candles
Thursday 15 July 2021 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Education, National
Students past and present will converge on St Joseph’s School in Avarua on Thursday to celebrate its 125th birthday.
Equipping teachers to teach writing
Wednesday 14 July 2021 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Education, National
Rarotonga primary school teachers have met in Sinai Hall in Avarua over the past two days to better equip themselves to teach literacy.
An apple a day keeps the dentist away?
Friday 9 July 2021 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Education, National
A fundraising event was held on Thursday by Titikaveka College students to raise money for Information Technology (IT) equipment.
Epetoma No Te Reo Maori is Maori Language week
Wednesday 7 July 2021 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Education, National
As the Cook Islands marks Maori Language Week, one government official has said that official use of the language is on the rise.
Fun in the mud
Friday 25 June 2021 | Written by Alana Musselle | Published in Education, National
Students from Apii Te Uki Ou were happy to get their hands and feet dirty yesterday and spent the day setting up and testing out the trek for the ‘Toa Extreme Mud Run’ which will be held tomorrow.
