Press Release – New Zealand Educational Institute
The union for early childhood teachers has welcomed a raft of Government changes this week to respond to the sector’s severe teacher shortage – but says accelerating pay parity and undertaking significant structural reform remains urgent. As early …
The union for early childhood teachers has welcomed a raft of Government changes this week to respond to the sector’s severe teacher shortage – but says accelerating pay parity and undertaking significant structural reform remains urgent.
As early as tonight, Parliament is set to pass legislation clarifying the Minister of Education’s powers in regard to funding improvements in employment relations in ECE. On Sunday the Minister announced a new border exception to allow 300 teachers into the country, and on Monday the Ministry of Education announced it was temporarily loosening requirements for ECE centres to maintain at least 80% qualified teachers in order to maintain funding.