THE radio stations hammered a particular news story yesterday, describing a Labour Party announcement that the Government has cut funding per student in the past year.
Specifically, Labour's education spokesman Chris Hipkins contends the total per student funding to schools fell from $7195 to $7046 in 2015, a drop of $150 per student, according to the Ministry of Education.
The minister, Hekia Parata, has countered that suggestion by saying the Government overall is putting more money into education than previous years.
As schools absorb more students their funding increases per student, plus a school is entitled to get funding for another teacher once they achieve certain student numbers.
What disturbs me is we seem to have established an education culture in this country where we pare down the resources -- and the money -- to the point where yearly school donations are standard and recently graduated school teachers struggle to find positions.