Education cuts target young and vulnerable – protesters

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Sat, 28 Aug 2010 6:12p.m.

The Government says the current funding for early childhood education is unsustainable

The Government says the current funding for early childhood education is unsustainable

By Emma Jolliff

Hundreds of people marched through the streets of Tauranga today for the first public rally against funding cuts for early childhood education.

Protesters say the cuts are targeting the youngest and most vulnerable members of our community.

The Government says the current funding is unsustainable.

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16 Sep 2010 01:04p.m.

David wrote:

Anne Tolley is determined to demolish the foundations of our education system, meanwhile Rwanda is building more Early Childhood services. I agree it's the not for profit services that look likely to suffer most, while her corporate friends eat healthy their quality competition attacked. Funny what the governement can find funds for, funny also how we still rank well below other similar countries on ece spending even with the "x3" catch up.

29 Aug 2010 12:55p.m.

Suzanne wrote:

I would like to think Kelvyn that your comment is aimed at the corporate owners of ECE centres being that you would find that the community not for profit centres and single centre owners are the ones that have the most to loose and they are the centres who ARE making it possible for children to attend quality centres regardless of their parents income/ethnicity. The Minister also has her head buried in the sand and if she actually understood the meaning of quality and the way centres are funded she would understand that losing teachers and putting up fees still won't fix the severity of these cuts.

29 Aug 2010 11:16a.m.

kelvyn wrote:

Or should this headline read...funding cuts mean less room at the trough for what had previously been a nice little earner.