Funding and Achievement

It is UnitedFuture policy to:

  • Fund Support Staff salaries separately from schools general Operations Grant
  • Improve funding for ICT
  • Fund better security options for school campuses
  • Prepare for the impact of changing modes of learning and climate change upon learning facilities.
  • Increase resources for ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) programmes, to ensure that our newest residents can participate fully in education and integrate into our society as soon as possible after their arrival.
  • Target the lower achievement rates for boys (an international trend which is the subject of much research).

IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Hon Peter Dunne's Keynote Address to ALAC Working Together Conference 2010

Telstra Events Centre, Manukau
9.40am, Thursday, 6 May 2010

Key points:

  • “… while many people drink without harming themselves or others, the misuse of alcohol by some results in considerable health, social and economic costs”.
  • “…the Government’s focus...

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