Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 10, 2019 6:38:58 GMT 12
Dominion Post 10/6/19
KOHANGA REO FUNDING
Kelvin Davis announced a $32 million boost in kohanga reo funding despite no more money being available for teachers in general.
Another recent gift was $5m for new vans.
In March 2014 Hekia Parata gave these figures on the Native Affairs: funding $92m, kohanga reo 460, pupils 9000. Davis' latest figures were pupils 8500 and staff 1000.
Having seen no outcry from Maori, I can only presume Parata's quoted funding of $92m still exists, boosted by an extra $32m.
Rough maths give a figure of $14,500 to keep a child in kohanga reo while it is generally accepted that it costs around $8000 a year to put a child through the public education system.
I would be pleased to be proved wrong in my calculations but there in there appears to be a vast inequality in the allocation of funding.
MURRAY CHRISTISON, Napier
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KOHANGA REO FUNDING
Kelvin Davis announced a $32 million boost in kohanga reo funding despite no more money being available for teachers in general.
Another recent gift was $5m for new vans.
In March 2014 Hekia Parata gave these figures on the Native Affairs: funding $92m, kohanga reo 460, pupils 9000. Davis' latest figures were pupils 8500 and staff 1000.
Having seen no outcry from Maori, I can only presume Parata's quoted funding of $92m still exists, boosted by an extra $32m.
Rough maths give a figure of $14,500 to keep a child in kohanga reo while it is generally accepted that it costs around $8000 a year to put a child through the public education system.
I would be pleased to be proved wrong in my calculations but there in there appears to be a vast inequality in the allocation of funding.
MURRAY CHRISTISON, Napier
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