"What’s better, no teacher or a recently retired, though now deregistered one?'An Otago principal facing relief staff shortages would rather use unregistered teachers than send his students home.. . . [But] PPTA Te Wehengarua president Chris Abercrombie said the “ad hoc” response ... meant thousands of young people would not be taught by trained and qualified subject-specialist teachers. . . [And] PPTA Otago regional chairman Kussi Hurtado-Stuart said the loosening of regulations [allowing this] was a 'short-sighted solution.'"Surely a recently retired, albeit no longer registered, teacher would be better than no teacher? ..."~ Ele Ludemann, from her post 'Union’s politics showing,' in which she submits "the union’s anti-Government politics" are on display here. I'd suggest however that this is less about the union's politics, and more about simply protecting its turf. Just like all occupational licensing.
Thursday 19 September 2024
Occupational Licensing: Teachers union against more teachers
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A similar situation occurred when I ran a finance company. One of the criteria was (obviously) that prospective borrowers supplied ID. Our acceptance people had great difficulty recognising an expired Drivers Licence - I used to say, "What do you think, a person's identity changes when their DL goes out of date?" and they genuinely couldn't understand what I was alluding to. It was like the government validation of a person's identity is more important than the person themselves.
As if a retired teacher isn't better than no teacher and that you can only be a good teacher if the government (and union) says you are. What bullshti!
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