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Thursday, 18 August 2005

A 'whiff of Orwell' across NZ schools

Confirmation today that "The Education Ministry will introduce values to the national curriculum, as parents fail to teach them at home." That at least is how The Dominion describes the move by the Ministry to have New Zealand's government schools teach the Ministry's chosen values.

As a good friend of mine said when this was first announced, there's more than a whiff of Orwell about this. Best to effect a complete separation of school and state, for reasons I argue here.
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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous18 Aug 2005, 14:27:00

    I didn't support it, but I guess I'm only quasi-media ;-). Heck, I think I'm the only one on the planet who spoke out against it when it first got mooted.

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