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Media releases 2024
Report reflects teachers’ concerns about shambolic implementation of NCEA L1
An Education Review Office (ERO) report released today, into the new NCEA Level 1, picks up on a lot of the implementational challenges that teachers have faced this year, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua president.
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Media releases 2024
Lasting and integrated solutions needed to improve school attendance – PPTA
Schools desperately need more, and targeted, support to address worsening chronic school non-attendance rates, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua president.
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Media releases 2024
Taxpayers' Union request to schools
An Official Information Act (OIA) request sent to schools by the Taxpayers’ Union, about the time and resources spent teaching te reo Māori and tikanga, has landed on school principals at a particularly awkward time.
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Media releases 2024
PPTA Te Wehengarua will cover members in charter schools
PPTA Te Wehengarua Annual Conference has decided to cover members in charter schools.
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Media releases 2024
Cuts to te reo Māori programme disappointing and short-sighted
The Education Minister’s decision to axe a te reo Māori teacher professional development programme and use the funds for new primary school Mathematics workbooks is extremely disappointing, concerning and short-sighted, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua president.
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Media releases 2024
Education leaders unite against Government's moves to downgrade place of Te Tiriti in education
National education leaders say they are committed to continuing to improve the education system to realise the promises of Te Tiriti.
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Media releases 2024
Failure to manage teacher supply shortchanges young people massively
The ad hoc response to the chronic teacher shortage, announced by the Minister of Education in an email to principals last Friday, means that thousands of young people will not be taught by trained and qualified subject specialist teachers, say Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua president.
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Media releases 2024
Charter schools will leave students vulnerable and undermine teaching profession
The prospect of a large number of unregistered teachers employed by charter schools would leave students vulnerable and undermine the teaching profession, says Kieran Gainsford, PPTA Te Wehengarua acting president.
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Media releases 2024
Rushed consultation on charter schools shows Government's complete disconnect from communities
The Government’s decision today to fast track public consultation on proposed charter schools legislations shows it is out of touch with parents and local communities, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua president.
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