Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 8, 2018 17:24:49 GMT 12
NANAIA MAHUTA: COMPULSORY TE REO IN SCHOOLS 'NOT IF BUT WHEN'
Māori Development Minister Nanaia Mahuta says compulsory Te Reo in schools is the logical endpoint of her Government's language policy.
The Government's current policy only calls for an increase in Te Reo teachers to make the language universally available in school, and for it to be "integrated" into the primary and early childhood curriculum by 2025.
The Government has specifically avoided the word "compulsory."
But on Tuesday morning Mahuta made clear what that first step was towards in her mind - compulsory Te Reo.
"In order to deliver on compulsory Te Reo Maori we would have to increase the number of Maori teachers in our schools," Mahuta said.
Asked directly if that meant compulsory Te Reo was the end goal Mahuta said it was "I think it's only a matter of time".
"It's not if it's when.".....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/103716538/nanaia-mahuta-compulsory-te-reo-in-schools-not-if-but-when
Māori Development Minister Nanaia Mahuta says compulsory Te Reo in schools is the logical endpoint of her Government's language policy.
The Government's current policy only calls for an increase in Te Reo teachers to make the language universally available in school, and for it to be "integrated" into the primary and early childhood curriculum by 2025.
The Government has specifically avoided the word "compulsory."
But on Tuesday morning Mahuta made clear what that first step was towards in her mind - compulsory Te Reo.
"In order to deliver on compulsory Te Reo Maori we would have to increase the number of Maori teachers in our schools," Mahuta said.
Asked directly if that meant compulsory Te Reo was the end goal Mahuta said it was "I think it's only a matter of time".
"It's not if it's when.".....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/103716538/nanaia-mahuta-compulsory-te-reo-in-schools-not-if-but-when