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New zones for Auckland schools: There ll be some pretty angry people
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By John Gerritsen,
Some Auckland principals are expecting confusion and hostility when they introduce enrolment zones for the first time next month.
Their schools are part of an unprecedented Education Ministry push to create or redraw enrolment schemes at 135 Auckland schools.
The ministry worked with the first 60 schools last year and principals said six of those schools in Manurewa were introducing their zones at the start of term two, May 3.
The principals said all 35 primary and intermediate schools in the area would then have a zone, a change that would not affect children already in the schools but would apply to new enrolments.
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Covid 19 coronavirus: Principals worry about students home-schooling with no internet
3 Mar, 2021 07:46 PM
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Principal says the ministry should expand its scheme to more homes who do not have internet in their homes. Photo / 123RF
Principal says the ministry should expand its scheme to more homes who do not have internet in their homes. Photo / 123RF
RNZ
There are calls for the Government to fund more home internet connections so Auckland school children can learn from home.
Secondary principals told RNZ good access to the internet at home was vital for teenagers during lockdowns, but some families could not provide it.
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Secondary principals told RNZ good access to the internet at home was vital for teenagers during lockdowns, but some families could not provide it.
The government last year connected 45,000 households to the internet and is spending $8.3 million dollars to continue those connections until the end of this year, but it is not extending the scheme to more homes.
Ōtāhuhu College principal Neil Watson said 40 of his students benefited from the government scheme and he was pleased the Ministry of Education was continuing their access until the end of the year.
But he said there were still families who did not have the internet and the ministry should expand its scheme to more homes.