Media Release
4 March 2004

Teacher Contribution To Success Of NCEA Needs Acknowledgement

“The successful implementation of the first stages of the NCEA, as recorded by the ERO review is largely attributable to the dedication of teachers,” says New Zealand First education spokesperson, Brian Donnelly.

“There is no doubt that the implementation process was under-resourced, as highlighted by a select committee report in 2002. It is that under-resourcing which has been the main focus of many of the complaints about the new qualification.

“Regardless of their frustrations, teachers have typically been determined to make the system work and it is their commitment which has led to ERO’s findings.

“Away from the public glare, thousands of teachers have been beavering away at the chalkface and their efforts deserve recognition,” says Brian Donnelly.

ENDS

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>