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NZEI cautiously welcomes restrictive asbestos scheme, slams ECE exclusion
NZEI Te Riu Roa today cautiously welcomed the government’s newly announced, one-off support scheme for schools affected by asbestos-tainted sand but expressed concern that early…
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Disabled students wait 116 days for essential learning support
Disabled students face a shocking wait of up to 116 days – or 64 per cent of the total school year – to access the essential learning support they need, according to Ministry of…
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Primary principals reject “substantially inferior” pay offer
Primary school principals have resoundingly rejected the Government’s latest collective bargaining offer, slamming it as “substantially inferior” to the offer accepted by…
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Teacher aides, support staff reject Government’s subpar pay offer
Teacher aides, administrative staff, librarians, kaiãrahi i te reo, therapists, science technicians, and other school staff have voted a resounding ‘No’ to the Ministry of…
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Survey shows only 3 per cent of parents back Government’s early childhood agenda
Only three per cent of parents and whānau with children in early childhood education (ECE) have confidence in the ECE policy of the current government, according to a new national…
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NZEI joins call for urgent inquiry into removal of Te Tiriti duty for school boards
NZEI Te Riu Roa is supporting a claim by Ngāti Hine and Te Kapotai for an urgent Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into the government’s stealthy decision to remove legal obligations for…
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Teachers demand flexible curriculum so neurodiverse kids can thrive
Thousands of neurodiverse tamariki are being set up to fail by a rigid new curriculum imposed by the Minister of Education that completely ignores the reality of how they learn,…
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Don’t cripple schools with asbestos clean-up costs, NZEI tells Government
NZEI Te Riu Roa is demanding that the government take accountability and shoulder the “large and unforeseen costs” of removing asbestos-tainted sand used in schools and Early…
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Fast track legislation puts a bulldozer through the education system
Fast tracking wide-ranging changes to the Education and Training Act without consultation with the community or teaching profession will politicise education, remove the voice of…