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Ministry of Education "bullying" Northland schools

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Sat, 17 Sep 2011 8:47a.m.

Letters from the Ministry of Education told a number of Northland schools that their boards will be replaced by limited statutory managament (AAP images)

Letters from the Ministry of Education told a number of Northland schools that their boards will be replaced by limited statutory managament (AAP images)

The New Zealand Educational Institute is accusing the Government of making unwarranted and unacceptable threats toward Northland schools.

It comes after letters from the Ministry of Education told a number of schools that their boards will be replaced by limited statutory management.

The threats came as a response to some adding a disclaimer in their school's charter that mention National Standards are forced upon them by the Ministry.

National President of NZEI Ian Leckie says the charter belongs to the board of trustees:

"The ministry are bullying schools into doing it, making them do it, and then threatening them even if they don't use words that they find agreeable, including 'we are being made to do this under duress.'
 
"I think it is quite clear that the bullying tactics are just continuing on and on up [in Northland]."
 
Ian Leckie says school charters are supposed to reflect the expectations that individual communities have for their children.
 
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17 Sep 2011 12:44p.m.

Wolfman wrote:

Boards are killing this country, School Boards, Medical Boards etc etc. All filled by a bunch of airheaded tunnel thinking idiots.

17 Sep 2011 10:38a.m.

andrew wrote:

The Ministry of Education (egged on the Minister) is gutless! It would never pick on schools in affluent areas such as Remuera, Thorndon or Karori. It's easier to bully Northland schools whose communities are low resourced and are seen as disenfranchised from education. There is a school in Island Bay, Wellington that is on a rare 5 year ERO cycle who have rejected National Standards ... when will they get a Limited Statutory Manager? National Standards = FAIL!

17 Sep 2011 09:50a.m.

anne wrote:

This is typical of a dictatorship style government that can do as it sees fit,if elected again,god forbid,they will unleash even more destruction on everyday lives.