Dear Iona
Despite sending the previous two letters directly to you ... no response. I will keep this one brief in case detail is a part of the problem.
Results summaries are beginning to emerge from last year's exams/qualifications.
Auckland was particularly in the news late last year as 42% of students decided not to sit exams. The figure is normally around 10%.
You will know this already, but the results are massively skewed with the students least able to afford it missing out even more heavily than prior.
Eleven schools in Auckland had 90% or more of their Year 12/13 students achieve University Entrance (with a high of 98% for three schools). Because these schools have a high retention rate until 17 years old, their cohort (Year 12/13) and all leaver’s figures will not differ a great deal.
Fourteen Auckland schools had 30% or less (low of 17%) of their Year 12/13 group achieve UE. Because many of these schools have a low retention to 17 years old their all leaver’s results will be significantly worse.
I am invested in this, Iona, as the Trust I advise academically has a Middle School (Year 7 – 10) in South Auckland where the Ministry pretty much forces their Year 10 leavers to go to any one of four schools that are in the bottom 14 achievers referred to above. That is not choice. Nor is the current situation aspirational. It’s miles from the Minister's stated aim that every school is a good school. These are young human beings that the Ministry crushes for the sake of “the network”. One size clearly does not fit all.
Since the closing of the Charter School model, the Villa Education Trust has twice applied for a Designated Character School to, in part, see these young people through to the future they deserve. We were promised by the Prime Minister that work was being done to make this model more accessible. You have denied both applications with both a poor process and very unclear reasoning.
How is this acceptable? Why do you do nothing? Where is the plan?
Alwyn Poole
https://alwynpoole.substack.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alwyn-poole-16b02151/
silence was the stern reply!!!.....
To expect an answer to rational, logical questions by any left, socialist, Ardern lover and devout follower is like expecting to fly to the moon on a broomstick.....
This government has infiltrated and disarmed every arm of society it touches by backhanding and brainwashing all its recruits, to fall into line and behave according to mandates laid out by its evil leader trained by Davos's high commander....
I admire your tenacity and truth Alwyn - I also know, you know an answer will never be coming your way....🤗
as a matter of interest i just looked up the ministry of education website......
reading the profile(s) of their management team does explain a lot.
alwyn, you should have written your letter(s) in te reo..........😂
kare e miharo kua porangi tenei whenua...Like you Alwyn, I have always seen education as the key to the door of prosperity and advancement.
The current government obviously see the same thing and are doing all they can to stop a large sector of New Zealand opening that door.
One can only surmise why but all possible answers I see do not reflect well on their intentions.
The teacher union is the issue. Education as it is now is designed to build their privilege.
It funds and powers the Labour Party. Disestablish compulsory unions and sell 20% of schools.
Sadly our heads of Government Departments are not measured on departmental achievement - only on whether the department is following government policies on diversity, language, and culture.
In other words, process is much more important than outcome.which is why we have a bunch of PC seat-warmers holding the most important jobs in education, health, immigration etc.