In terms of Education – the two true marks of any good government budget is …
- How much is spent in support of parents as the first and most important teacher of their child(ren)? … As opposed to bureaucracy/system for the sake of it because it has always been there.
- What portion of the education spend is for direcectly benefiting the child? … As opposed to bureaucracy/system for the sake of it because it has always been there.
Despite HUGE promises to reduce the Ministry of Education “head count” to 2,700 it is still over 4,200. A massive waste of tax-payer’s money in these “tough times”.
This does not get challenged by National alligned entities such as the NZ Initiative and the Taxpayers Union because … they are National aligned. The sort of trivial incrementalism occuring for an education system that is truly in crises – would be thoroughly challenged by right-wing people if they happened under Labour/Greens.
Given that well over $20billion will be allocated for education in NZ … I would assert that a truly focussed government/Minister – could shave at least a third off that … and improve outcomes and future productivity for our nation.
Announcements like an extra $140m to improve attendance are nonsensical when you understand that that is 0.7% of Vote Education. i.e. Bugger all to do the most fundamental task of getting children to actually attend.
Alwyn Poole
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