Teachers going on strike for the first time in 24 years
During the past days I've been at school, I´ve been investigating
on the issue of teachers going on strike. Teachers are wanting
more resources, less stress of work and a pay rise. Teachers can´t
teach if the resources they need aren´t supplied and if the amount of
money they are getting isn´t suitable for the amount of work they are
doing. Lynda Stuart who is the President of the New Zealand education
institute has spoken, "We have a government we know are listening.
We are in a situation that if we don't fix this now we absolutely
will be in a disaster.¨ Another former teacher of New Zealand and is
now teaching in Canada has spoken about the differences in teaching
between New Zealand and Canada. In Canada, the amount of money
paid is suitable for him plus the amount of work he gets. There´s no
NCEA/NZQA, no standardized assessments and it´s a straight forward
curriculum.¨I will go back to NZ but not to teach¨, he said.
