Teachers are making another attempt to stop the Government’s National Standards scheme from going ahead.
Their union will hand over a 38,000 signature petition at Parliament today opposing the standards.
“The lack of understanding and confidence in [the standards] is now particularly stark. That has indicated that, in fact, they should have been trialled,” says Education Institute President Frances Nelson.
“What people are feeling now is that the whole system is part of a trial.”
Ms Nelson says the Government declined an offer to accept the petition, so Green and Labour MPs will take it.
Ms Nelson says the volume of signatures shows there is huge opposition to National Standards.
She says it is not too late for Education Minister Anne Tolley to step in.
Ms Tolley is currently in China.
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