The Minister for Education, Hekia Parata, says she has received abusive personal attacks by email after a series of controversies in the schools sector.
Last night she was grilled by principals in Waikato amid concerns about the introduction of league tables, which would rank schools in terms of their literacy and numeracy results.
Teacher unions have strongly opposed the tables and Labour leader David Shearer says it will be impossible to get accurate league tables from national standards data because the way standards are assessed differs between schools.
Ms Parata says the recent controversies have led to her receiving personal email attacks.
“I’m happy to share with you the abusive emails I get of a very personal nature from principals and teachers so I think we all need to commit to respecting each other’s roles,” says Ms Parata.
The Post Primary Teachers Association has raised concerns from a member who feels they have been bullied by the Minister.
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