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Salient. Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 42 No. 15. July 9 1979

Read this!

Read this!

If you think the cuts aren't that bad or the Government's being sensible, what do you say to this:
  • The reduction in the Budgetary allocation for primary teachers and ancillary staff is equivalent to 500 positions.
  • According to NZE1, rolls are falling in primary schools at the rate of only 6 pupils per school each year from now until 1981. NZE1 has no idea how expenditure can possibly be reduced on this basis.

The Budget was specific on only one aspect of education: the Tertiary Study Grant. Since then, the Minister has made only two supplementary announcements. Salient has now learnt that he intends to say Nothing More. Nobody knows or will be allowed to know how the 10% cut in real terms is to be implemented.