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Cullen Announcement welcomed, after market madness

Friday, 7 April 2006, 1:24 pm | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC

The previous 6 years have seen enormous problems of poor quality, lack of accountability and enormous waste of resources which has left students and the community short-changed. More >>

State-Integrated schools charge $5000 fees

Monday, 13 February 2006, 9:00 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC

The revelation that many state integrated schools are asking parents to pay as much as $5800 in fees is an appalling abuse of the integration policy which requires urgent government intervention. More >>

Govt Ought To Fund Kindergarten - QPEC

Tuesday, 29 November 2005, 9:12 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC

QPEC has tonight written to the Minister of Education Steve Maharey calling on the government to increase its funding for public early childhood centres which would allow kindergartens to abandon plans to install Eftpos machines for parents to pay ... More >>

Labour Starts “Friends of Private Education” Lobby

Tuesday, 8 November 2005, 11:53 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC

We are astonished that the Labour government is working hard to form a “Friends of Private Education” lobby group to push for more private sector involvement in education worldwide in the current GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services) negotiations ... More >>

QPEC answers Cambridge University’s charges

Monday, 7 November 2005, 10:41 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC

Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) has asked QPEC to change our FactFile on school exams, which contains a strong critique of the company’s activities in New Zealand. More >>

Rod Donald – A Huge Loss for New Zealand

Monday, 7 November 2005, 8:43 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC

QPEC members and supporters were deeply saddened at the news of the passing of the co-leader of the Green Party Rod Donald. More >>

Fee Increases Undermine Labour’s Tertiary Policy

Tuesday, 1 November 2005, 8:50 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC

The announcement by Victoria University of a 5% fee increase across the board and their intention to apply to the Tertiary Education Commission for a 10% increase for some courses are an indictment on Labour’s tertiary education fees policy. More >>

$8 Billion Debt Educational & Social Failure

Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 9:48 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC

Heavy debt is being piled onto young New Zealanders to pay for economic policies which have transferred wealth to wealthy New Zealanders and foreigners over the past 20 years. More >>

School Funding – No Winners in this Election!

Tuesday, 13 September 2005, 8:47 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC

It has been disappointing to see some rather shallow reporting on school funding issues in recent days. More >>

Will Don Brash Meet the Merrill-Lynch Prediction?

Monday, 12 September 2005, 10:31 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC

Four years ago investment bankers Merrill Lynch predicted that through GATS (the General Agreement on Trade in Services) and commercial pressures all education worldwide would be privatised within 10 years and that there would be massive profits to be ... More >>

Labour’s Step Up Scholarships a Poor Second Best

Friday, 9 September 2005, 9:40 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC

Providing fees scholarships for a small number of tertiary students is a poor second best to fully funded tertiary education for all New Zealanders. More >>

Nats Ed Policies "Greatest Threat in 128 years!"

Thursday, 8 September 2005, 8:09 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC

Taken together the National Party’s education policies represent the greatest threat to public education in the history of New Zealand. More >>

QPEC Report on Education Policies of Main Parties

Wednesday, 7 September 2005, 8:51 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC

Two months ago QPEC sent a questionnaire to the main political parties asking for responses to 24 key policy points at the heart of high quality public education. More >>

Labour's Special Education Policy Announcement Due

Monday, 29 August 2005, 8:21 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC

QPEC is hopeful that the Labour Party special education policy - shortly to be announced -will contain some major policy changes to improve special education services for New Zealand children. More >>

Labour Featherbedding Private Education Staggering

Tuesday, 23 August 2005, 8:27 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC

More than $50 million is to be allocated to “for profit” Early Childhood Education Centres when the funding needs across public education are manifest. More >>

Politicians Respond to Critical Education Issues

Monday, 8 August 2005, 8:46 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC

We have begun to receive responses from political parties to a QPEC questionnaire covering the critical issues for public education in this year’s election. The party responses we have received so far contain many interesting features and can be read ... More >>

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