Hon Erica Stanford
Minister of Education
Parliament Buildings
Wellington
Dear
Ms Stanford
I write to ask if you would re-consider the inclusion of Section 9 and Section 127 in the Education and Training Amendment Bill (No 2) 2025 on the basis that they are not relevant to the regulation of the education system. (See the Coalition Agreement’s statement about Treaty relevance.)
Sections 9 and 127 are not relevant because:
- The education system should be regulated according to
its secular (i.e. neutral) character.
- Ethnic identity education does not lead to the
achievement required for equitable outcomes.
- A knowledge-rich subject curriculum is derived from,
and accountable to, disciplinary (i.e. scientific) knowledge and methods,
not to the belief systems in Section 127.
I respectfully suggest that a Supplementary Order Paper be used to ensure that the Bill honours the Coalition Agreement.
Sincerely
Elizabeth Rata
Professor Elizabeth Rata is a sociologist of education in the School of Critical Studies, Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Auckland where she is Director of the Knowledge in Education Research Unit (KERU).
6 comments:
Probably a bit of a power struggle here between commonsense and ideology. It will be interesting to see what Stanford opts for.....not holding my breathe on this one.
If the Te Ao ideology clause is not removed, NZ's Ed system is sunk forever. Stanford is very woke.
Let's get to the core of this right now. If Minister Stanford does not summarily remove Sects 9 and 127 and all the associated mumbo jumbo from the Act then she herself must be summarily dismissed. Thanks to Elizabeth for spelling out the blindingly obvious, her letter reflects exactly what I said in my submission, none of the rubbish is relevant.
Surely ACT and NZ First will vote against this.
I honestly don't know why Stanford is in the National Party. She belongs with Labour.
Stanford is clearly blindly woke.... and weak... and fully indoctrinated and incapable of critical thinking, so not holding my breath.....
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