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Challenging the Minister of Education's alternative facts

Challenging the Minister of Education's alternative facts

Challenging the Minister of Education's alternative facts Challenging the Minister of Education's alternative facts, 14.84 MB
Thursday, March 9, 2017

Teachers from primary and secondary schools are calling out the Education Minister for massively overstating school funding increases and playing Trump-style politics with children's education. The NZEI and PPTA called a press conference yesterday to challenge the outgoing minister to explain herself. Parata has claimed that school funding has increased by 35 per cent under a National government, when it's only really increased by 2.3 per cent. Producer Jess Smith speaks to the President of NZEI Lynda Stuart to learn more, starting with the question of what claims were actually made.