Is the Government on a collision course over its proposed funding changes?

Children are at the heart of the Government’s proposed educational funding review says Education Minister Hekia Parata.

Speaking on TV One’s Q+A programme the Minister also told political editor Corin Dann that the decile system is “well-intentioned, but very blunt.”

“So now we are not in the situation we were when the decile system was first designed. We have far more texture of information and detail,” says Minister Parata.

When asked by Corin why tag what the unions would describe as ‘bulk funding’ on to this proposal as well? Why go down that road? What’s the benefit?

The Minister responded by saying “we’re having a discussion. And the proposition about global budgets is a mechanism for delivery. It is not what determines the amount. We’re proposing – what does it cost to deliver one year of curriculum for every child?”

And on class sizes the Minister had this to say “let’s be very clear – it is the principal that decides the size of the class. It’s not me. It’s not the Ministry of Education. It is not the government.”

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