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Education Minister attends global education summit

&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" alignright size-full wp-image-1852" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;10&sol;SND20-wk3-Minister&lowbar;Summit-Hekia&lowbar;Parata&period;jpg" alt&equals;"SND20-wk3-Minister Summit-Hekia Parata" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"252" &sol;>Education Minister Hekia Parata has been attending the Global Education Industry Summit in Helsinki this week before travelling to Paris to speak at the OECD&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <&excl;--more--> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Parata was at the Global Education Industry Summit on Monday and Tuesday and will be at the OECD seminar tomorrow&period; She will also attend meetings while in Helsinki and Paris&comma; as well as in London&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Global Education Industry Summit features sessions on learning environments&comma; mobilising technology to improve education systems&comma; digitalisation&comma; and partnerships for transformative education policies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Before leaving&comma; Ms Parata said she was looking forward to discussing and engaging in the sessions with other ministers of education and bringing new ideas back to New Zealand&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At the OECD seminar Ms Parata will speak about New Zealand&&num;8217&semi;s use of data to inform system improvement and achieve better educational outcomes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I will also attend several bilateral meetings in Helsinki&comma; Paris and London to discuss international <a class&equals;"wpil&lowbar;keyword&lowbar;link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;schoolnews&period;co&period;nz&sol;2015&sol;10&sol;developing-opportunities-at-school-with-a-view&sol;" title&equals;"opportunities" data-wpil-keyword-link&equals;"linked" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">opportunities<&sol;a> in education&comma; educational disparities&comma; and education policies and systems&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;New Zealand has a world-class education system and I have a lot to share with my international counterparts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;There&&num;8217&semi;s also a lot we could learn from other countries so I will be focussing on what we can tailor to New Zealand to improve our education system and further lift student achievement&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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Rosie Clarke

Rosie is the managing editor here at Multimedia Pty Ltd, working across School News New Zealand and School News Australia. She has spent 10+ years in B2B journalism, and has spent some time over the last couple of years teaching as a sessional academic. Feel free to contact her at any time with editorial or magazine content enquiries.

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