Education Minister should meet principals

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Fri May 23 2008 12:00:00 GMT+1200 (New Zealand Standard Time)

Education Minister should meet principals

Friday, 23 May 2008, 1:41 pm
Press Release: New Zealand National Party

Anne Tolley MP
National Party Education Spokeswoman

23 May 2008

Education Minister Chris Carter should be sitting down and talking to North Shore college principals about funding rather than conducting a spat with them through the media, says National Party Education spokeswoman, Anne Tolley.

“Chris Carter should just get over himself and address the problems in a meaningful way.

“It looks as if he’s been caught fiddling the school funding figures by claiming he’s giving more to them than he actually is.

“But his only response is to make up some excuse to not meet the 10 principals.

“Instead of arguing in the media about GST, he should be sitting down with them, as he was scheduled to do, and work through the issues that have seen, for example, information technology costs going from almost nothing in 1999 to $565,000 this year.”

ENDS

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