CTU supports early childhood teachers

The Council of Trade Unions is supporting earlychildhood teachers in their calls for the Government to keep its pre-electionpromise to restore early childhood education funding, deliver on 100% qualifiedteachers, and improve child to teacher ratios with the presentation of apetition to Minister of Education Chris Hipkins this morning.

CTU Secretary Sam Huggard cares deeply aboutthis issue, “Ensuring that our children, our rangitahi, have the beststart in life is essential. One of the ways we as a society ensure this is bythe quality of our education system, including our early education. I knowfirst-hand what an essential role they play.”

“We know that the Government cares aboutensuring the well-being on New Zealanders. Properly funding the work thathappens in early childhood education is an essential step in the well being forsome of our youngest citizens and their whanau,” Huggard said.

In the lead-up to Election 2017, Prime MinisterJacinda Ardern, Minister of Education Chris Hipkins and Minister of FinanceGrant Robertson were among a number of MPs and candidates who signed a pledge torestore funding to ECE, reduce ratios and group sizes, and restore the goal of100% qualified teachers.

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