We are not coping : Ministry of Education ordered schools to enrol 205 children in 2020
5 Mar, 2021 05:03 AM
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The Ministry of Education ordered schools to enrol 205 children in 2020. Photo / Richard Tindiller of RNZ
The Ministry of Education ordered schools to enrol 205 children in 2020. Photo / Richard Tindiller of RNZ
RNZ
By John Gerritsen of RNZ
The Ministry of Education last year ordered schools to enrol 205 children because there was no other way of persuading principals to accept them.
It said the students had been excluded from other schools and included 92 in Auckland, 32 in Canterbury and Chatham Islands, and 26 each in the Otago Southland region, and in Bay of Plenty Waikato.
Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller
It said the students had been excluded from other schools and included 92 in Auckland, 32 in Canterbury and Chatham Islands, and 26 each in the Otago Southland region, and in Bay of Plenty Waikato.
The ministry said it had made directed enrolment orders, which were legally enforceable, for 25 students so far this year.
The Principals Federation has suggested refusing directed enrolments on the grounds that schools do not get enough support for children who have been kicked out of other schools for violent behaviour.
Principals have since told RNZ they are struggling with children from difficult backgrounds and it is nearly impossible to refuse a ministry directive to enrol them.