Auckland will get a new elementary school and there will be new classrooms for several Kura in the Kaupapa Maori education network, says Education Minister Erica Stanford.
The new 600 students in Massey will include two satellite learning support spaces for Arohanui School.
Erica Stanford at the new school site in Massey today.
Photo: RNZ / CALVIN SAMUEL
Speaking of Auckland on Tuesday, Stanford says $ 100 million in new spending has been released and are being directed to communities that need it most.
“Through our decisive action to improve efficiency and performance in the delivery of school properties, $ 100 million have been released to areas across the country that have growing school rolls. With an increase of 35 % in the number of standard and repeatable projects, we reduced the price per class for 28 %.
“We can now provide 67 additional teaching spaces in Auckland and the Kaupapa Maori education network to help meet the growing demand.”
Erica Stanford behind the wheel of some heavy machines at the new school site she announced to Auckland.
Photo: RNZ / CALVIN SAMUEL
Other plans for Auckland include:
- An expansion of 18 classes to the Ormiston Senior College, which includes associated administration spaces and an extension of the employee room
- A two -story block of ten new classrooms at Scott Point primary school
Improvements for the Kaupapa Maori Education Network
- Two new classrooms in Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Koutu in Rotorua
- Four new school classrooms and a permanent place for Te Kura Kaupapa Hawaiki Hma in Gisborne
- Three new classrooms at Manutuke School in Gisborne
- Two new classrooms in Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Whakarewa I Te Reo Ki Tuwharetoa in Taupō
“For Kura Kaupapa the Hawaiki HA, that means passing and an inappropriate learning environment that they rented seven years ago,” Stanford said.
Planning was underway with the aim of delivering projects “as quickly and efficiently as possible, so that students, teachers and communities benefit early,” she said.
The advertised improvements were possible because the government adopted standard projects and external manufacturing.
“This government is focused on increasing students’ performance and closing the heritage gap and, to do so, our children need warm, safe and dry classrooms. Our desire for efficiency and good cost -effective is to offer more of these classrooms in New Zealand.”
Southern Island Plans, Kura Kaupapa Funds to be surrounded by the ring
Answering media questions, Stanford said that under the previous government, $ 1.2 million was spent by a new classroom, so there was “now a deficit that we are trying to recover the delay” to the country’s schools.
The investment was planned to help more schools, including the southern island, however, there would be another announcement soon.
Kura Kaupapa had been experiencing subpa schools for many years, the minister said.
“It has really been a terrible situation for them.”
They would be involved in more planning and the funds would be surrounded to the ring so that the network could be expanded.
Tuesday’s announcement occurs after RNZ has revealed that universities are assigning the little labor market as the reason for more domestic enrollment in education courses.
Hundreds of more local students are enrolled in teaching compared to this period last year and international enrollment are also on the rise.
The Ministry of Education foresees a significant scarcity of teachers for primary and secondary schools this year and other scarcity next year.
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