URL: Education funding | Kiwiblog
John Hartevelt at Stuff reports: School class sizes are going up and the Government is working on performance pay for teachers, Education Minister Hekia Parata. ... to one to 29, there would be a single ratio of one to 27.5. The ratio for students sitting NCEA at years 11, 12 and 13 would be standardised at one to 17.3, instead of the existing range of between one to 17 and one to 23. “These ratios are a funding formula – they are how we as a Government fund schools.
