Erica Stanford: National Education Spokesperson says class size announcement is less a policy and more of a sweetener
Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Newstalk ZB
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National says the move by Labour to tackle class sizes is an attempt to appease unions.
The announcement aimed at Years 4 to 8 students, reduces the ratio from one teacher to 29 students, down to 28.
It'll be initiated from 2025 and means recruiting 320 more teachers.
National Education Spokesperson Erica Stanford told Roman Travers it's less a policy announcement and more a sweetener.
She says that's why they did it in the school holidays and if they wanted to make a big announcement, they would have made a big song and dance about it.
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