Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 17, 2019 17:06:16 GMT 12
LABOUR'S MĀORI MINISTERS HAVE ACHIEVED LITTLE FOR THEIR PEOPLE - SO FAR
Māori Principals' Association, Te Akatea President Myles Ferris disagrees. He wants compulsory te reo Māori in all schools and says the mainstream school system won't work effectively for Māori.
"Our system is racist," he says.
"We've got racist policies and assimilation policies. This system has been under-delivering for Māori for the past 150 years and continues to under-deliver.
"There are too many policies and procedures in the current system that have a negative effect on Māori student achievement and Māori education as a whole."
Ferris says Māori educationists have the answers but every time they get involved and a programme is funded, it's just as quickly taken away.
His association wants a Māori Secretary of Education and a Māori Minister of Education that role to report to......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/112048764/labours-mori-ministers-have-achieved-little-for-their-people--so-far
Māori Principals' Association, Te Akatea President Myles Ferris disagrees. He wants compulsory te reo Māori in all schools and says the mainstream school system won't work effectively for Māori.
"Our system is racist," he says.
"We've got racist policies and assimilation policies. This system has been under-delivering for Māori for the past 150 years and continues to under-deliver.
"There are too many policies and procedures in the current system that have a negative effect on Māori student achievement and Māori education as a whole."
Ferris says Māori educationists have the answers but every time they get involved and a programme is funded, it's just as quickly taken away.
His association wants a Māori Secretary of Education and a Māori Minister of Education that role to report to......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/112048764/labours-mori-ministers-have-achieved-little-for-their-people--so-far