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• Upgrading primary schools in the Wellington area to the standards set by the 1970 building code would cost $50 million.
• New Zealand's teacher/student ratio in secondary schools is 1:25. In Sweden it's 1:9.5. In the United States it is 1:12.5. In Britain it is 1:14.
• There are, on average, two permanent teachers misting in every secondary school.
• The Health Department considers that hot water is not necessary in schools for teachers or pupils.
• The Budget allocation for secondary staffing was reduced by $3 million with 264 schools in the country, that means at least one more teacher gone from schools.
• The Government claims rolls are dropping. In secondary schools, they are not expected to reach their peak until 1986.
• 50,000 children in this country are two years behind in their basic work compared to what could be reasonably be expected of them.
• 10,000 children are more than two years behind what could be reasonably expected of them in mathematics.