A unified qualifications framework will make life easier for employers and people who want to study, Steven Joyce says.

Education Minister Anne Tolley has told principals they should stop talking to the media and focus on implementing the controversial national standards.

Jonathan Coleman is demanding his officials come up with a plan to speed up the time it takes to process student permits.

International students at a top Auckland boys school are falling asleep at their desks - and it has nothing to do with the Fifa World Cup.