Local schools set to enrol children in limbo

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published September 10, 2020

More than 1000 school-aged children from overseas, who are unable to leave New Zealand due to COVID-19, will be allowed to enrol into local schools as temporary domestic students for the rest of 2020.

The children are between five to 18 years old and have been unable to attend school because of their international ...

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