New data shows stark pay imbalance in early childhood education
25 February 2021
New data in a report released by the Ministry of Education today show the urgency of addressing the pay imbalances in early childhood education, says the sector’s union NZEI Te Riu Roa.
“The figures released today show just how stark and unfair the imbalance in pay is across our sector, and how urgently we need to see the Minister’s plan to deliver his election promise of pay parity in this May’s Budget”, says Virginia Oakly, Early Childhood Education Representative on the union’s National Executive.
“For doing substantively the same work, ECE teachers are being paid on average 30% less than their colleagues in Kindergartens and primary schools.