Party vote
Education
The third biggest chunk of government spending, after benefits and health, goes to education. Parties on the left propose expanding access to free early childhood education. Parties on the right want to introduce more targets and monitoring of student achievement.
Education
The third biggest chunk of government spending, after benefits and health, goes to education. Parties on the left propose expanding access to free early childhood education. Parties on the right want to introduce more targets and monitoring of student achievement.
Promote alternatives to mainstream state schools
Ban sex education in primary schools
Ban education about gender in schools
Remove education about gender and sexuality from the curriculum
Introduce an income guarantee for all students
Improve working conditions and staff-to-student ratios
Create school hubs with health and social services
Extend 20 hours of free early childhood education to two-year-olds
Require financial literacy to be taught in schools
Increase the number of dental places at university by 50 percent
Reintroduce partnership schools
Report daily school attendance records
Abolish the Fees Free tertiary education programme
Introduce a universal student allowance
Make Te Reo Māori and Māori history core subjects up to year 10
Establish authority to oversee Māori language funding and audit providers
Introduce and incentivise a national civic service programme
Build a new primary and secondary school in Christchurch
Introduce an accelerated post-graduate medical programme for people with relevant degrees
Ban mobile phone use in schools
Set minimum times for reading, writing and maths in schools
Introduce standardised twice yearly reports for schools
Promote alternatives to mainstream state schools
Ban sex education in primary schools
Ban education about gender in schools
Remove education about gender and sexuality from the curriculum
Introduce an income guarantee for all students
Improve working conditions and staff-to-student ratios
Create school hubs with health and social services
Extend 20 hours of free early childhood education to two-year-olds
Require financial literacy to be taught in schools
Increase the number of dental places at university by 50 percent
Reintroduce partnership schools
Report daily school attendance records
Abolish the Fees Free tertiary education programme
Introduce a universal student allowance
Make Te Reo Māori and Māori history core subjects up to year 10
Establish authority to oversee Māori language funding and audit providers
Introduce and incentivise a national civic service programme
Build a new primary and secondary school in Christchurch
Introduce an accelerated post-graduate medical programme for people with relevant degrees
Ban mobile phone use in schools
Set minimum times for reading, writing and maths in schools
Introduce standardised twice yearly reports for schools
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