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PPTA welcomes new education minister
Wednesday, 19 October 2005, 4:02 pm | PPTA
PPTA is welcoming the appointment of Steve Maharey as education minister and is looking forward to working constructively with Mr Maharey to address key issues in secondary education. More >>
Technology dream still unrealised
Thursday, 6 October 2005, 1:18 pm | PPTA
Howard Fancy’s speech to the Technology Education New Zealand Conference may have been entitled dreams, realities and future directions but the current realities for the technology curriculum are certainly not a dream realised, PPTA president Debbie ... More >>
President’s 2005 Conference Speech
Tuesday, 27 September 2005, 11:05 am | PPTA
It is my pleasure to welcome all of you here today. Some of you I know pretty well, some I have met on my travels to various regions and branches, but many of you are new faces to me. I look forward to getting to know all of you better during what ... More >>
Funding shortfall must be addressed
Tuesday, 27 September 2005, 11:04 am | PPTA
The incoming government must urgently increase secondary schools’ operations funding to maintain a high quality public education system, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
A promise made to be broken
Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 12:55 am | PPTA
The National Party’s pledge to bulk-fund teacher salaries at the top of the salary scale is destined to be its first broken promise if it is elected government, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
Desperate attempt to divert attention
Thursday, 8 September 2005, 5:19 pm | PPTA
The National Party’s plan to lodge complaints over union advertising is an increasingly desperate attempt to divert attention away from their links to biased leaflets put out by members of the fundamentalist Exclusive Brethren, PPTA general secretary Kevin ... More >>
Key’s figures reveal bulk funding reality
Thursday, 8 September 2005, 1:54 pm | PPTA
John Key’s statement that the National Party would spend only $80 million to introduce compulsory bulk funding of teacher salaries next year if elected government confirms that some schools would be losers under the policy, PPTA general secretary Kevin ... More >>
National should come clean on bulk funding
Thursday, 1 September 2005, 5:10 pm | PPTA
The National Party should disclose exactly which formula it would use to bulk fund teacher salaries and how much it would cost to implement it, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
Bulk funding pledges don’t stack up
Wednesday, 31 August 2005, 12:58 am | PPTA
National’s promise to bulk fund teacher salaries at the top pay rate by redirecting funds from an ‘exploding’ bureaucracy doesn’t stack up, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
PPTA welcomes future-focused schools policy
Thursday, 25 August 2005, 5:18 pm | PPTA
Labour’s schools policy emphasises the importance of a well-funded public education system as the key delivering the best possible learning opportunities for all young New Zealanders, PPTA general secretary Kevin Bunker said today. More >>
It’s the putting right that counts
Thursday, 4 August 2005, 5:22 pm | PPTA
Secondary teachers will be pleased to know that the State Services Commission has validated their concerns about NZQA and the NCEA and has begun a process to get things fixed, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
Simple loans policy deserves plaudits
Tuesday, 26 July 2005, 4:23 pm | PPTA
Labour’s interest free student loan policy is a simple and straightforward way to ease the debt burden for a generation of young and new teachers with student loans, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
ECE proposals undermine quality and access
Thursday, 7 July 2005, 1:16 pm | PPTA
National’s early childhood education proposals merely confirm the party cares more about appearing to save money through tax cuts than providing quality, affordable education for all New Zealand children. More >>
QPEC resource adds depth to the education debate
Friday, 10 June 2005, 2:53 pm | PPTA
PPTA hopes a series of education fact-files launched today by the Quality Public Education Coalition (QPEC) will add much needed depth to the debate around education in the lead-up to this year’s election. More >>
Vote of no confidence at NZ’s largest school
Thursday, 2 June 2005, 2:10 pm | PPTA
Secondary teachers at The Correspondence School say they no longer have confidence in the CEO and the Board of Trustees and are calling on the Board to engage in constructive and meaningful dialogue to restore lost trust. More >>
Budget: more teachers, PD and funding
Wednesday, 18 May 2005, 3:04 pm | PPTA
PPTA wants this year’s Budget to deliver more staffing for schools, professional development for teachers across all levels of the NCEA, and operations funding that reflects the real costs of curriculum delivery. More >>
PPTA supports decision to stand down
Tuesday, 17 May 2005, 12:26 am | PPTA
PPTA is supporting associate education minister David Benson-Pope’s decision to stand down while allegations made by some former students are investigated. More >>
SSC report hard-hitting but fair
Friday, 6 May 2005, 11:03 am | PPTA
PPTA is welcoming a hard-hitting report from the State Services Commission (SSC) designed to improve the operation of the Scholarship exams. More >>
Sombre mood at Correspondence School
Friday, 6 May 2005, 10:46 am | PPTA
Correspondence School teachers are saddened by the decision today to disestablish the positions of 39 of their colleagues. More >>
Minister should halt unnecessary staff cuts
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 12:32 am | PPTA
Correspondence School PPTA members have called on associate education minister David Benson-Pope to intervene to stop the school’s board cutting nearly 40 support service and guidance teacher positions. More >>
