Teachers to vote on U.E. boycott

Press, 28 May 1984, Page 1

Teachers to vote on U.E. boycott

PA Wellington Secondary school teachers will be asked to withdraw their objections to administering the University Entrance examination. The Post-Primary Teachers’ Association said yesterday that it would recommend that action after an initiative by the Secondary School Boards’ Association to call a conference to discuss the examination. The boards’ association’s initiative represented a forward step in the debate on U.E. said the president of the P.P.T.A., Mr Tony Steele. “The P.P.T.A. executive will therefore recommend to its members that they vote in a referendum in favour of a resolution to

disregard the conference decision to withdraw from administering the U.E. examination,” he said. The actine nresident of the association, Mr Glen Evans, said the two groups’ policies on sixth form awards were remarkably similar and they planned to call a conference of interested parties to work towards achieving those aims. He emphasised that “our initiative is dependent on P.P.T.A. members showing their willingness to reconsider their embargo on the administration of University Entrance.” Groups at the conference would include the Education Department, the University Entrance Board, and the associations.