Education Minister Anne Tolley may face a revolt when she fronts up to 550 school principals in Queenstown today.
The New Zealand Principals Federation yesterday voted overwhelmingly to oppose national standards imposed by the Government to assess year 1 to 8 pupils from the beginning of this year.
Setting aside the debate on National Standards, who in their right mind would organise a conference of state-funded educationalists in Queenstown during the Winter Festival? This is peak time for Queenstown's hospitality industry, with seasonal prices adjusted accordingly.
So who's paying for this jaunt to New Zealand's winter wonderland? We suspect that the answer to that question will be you and we; the long-suffering taxpayer. We hope that the 550 principals who have jetted in from near and far enjoy their apres-ski.
6 comments:
Very good post I2.
Mind you today is the last day of term and not too much can go wrong in the nations education establishments.
Quite frankly if I was at the conference and the snow was in good condition, I know that I would be hitting the piste rather than endure the tedium indoors.
Hope they get what we used to get at school assembly- a good tongue-lashing kick up the arse and told to get on with what we were told!
Complete waste of money, especially when you figure in the covering that has to go on back at schools. The event would be held in a tin shed if the schools had to pay.
In saying that I dont think many of them will be viewing that many hotel movies on their school credit cards so not as bad as our leaders.
alexMasterley - dont be so sure - alot can go wrong on the last day.
Haven't we all become a bunch of knicker-twisted wowsers. Life is short. Be a little less angsty about all and sundry and you'll find things aren't really that bad. I have AIDS – caught from a hospital accident while on mission work in Ghana. Sometimes there are bigger issues than politics and point scoring and perceived injustice. Look for the REAL issues, like violence and jealousy and nitpicking.
Look for the REAL issues, like........actually educating our children - rather than the current indoctrination and dumbing down that is happening under our 'progressive' teaching culture.
I'm sorry about your AIDS, but at least, while we still are a developed and economically stable country, you have access to retrovirals. As we slide down the OECD ladder, burdened by political correctness and the holding back of our brightest and best, with the destruction of our productive sector through regulation and taxation (ETS, etc), and with the out of control welfarism, there will be no money available to keep you well.
Sounds like these are real issues to me.
Mawm - very well said!!!
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