Education Minister’s comment on National’s class size u-turn

“After nine years refusing to fund education properly, the National opposition’s u-turn on class sizes and early childhood quality is just not believable,” Education Minister Chris Hipkins said.

“Today’s policy announcement seems to have been drawn up on the back of an envelope in the past two or three days.

“There is no detail about how many teachers will be required or where the Opposition will find them.

“ Simon Bridges’ warning about ECE quality is shamelss after National froze core per-hour funding for nearly ten years, making it almost impossible for high quality teacher led services to stay afloat.

“Frankly, the damage done by National over nine years has left this government in serious catch-up mode to find enough teachers just to put in front of current class sizes. Its epiphany about the need for more investment in education has come nine years too late,” Chris Hipkins said.

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