Incorrect use of accountability

Press, 20 May 1987, Page 9

Incorrect use of accountability

people as a “teacher-bMh-exercise, said the Minister of Education, Mr Marshall, yesterday. , “The vast majority <rf teachers are people of quality, who are committed, concerned teachers,” he said. In teaching, as in any other profession, there were some who were not satisfactory, and such should be helped by extra training or should it be required leave the profession. Accountability, as the new catch-phrase in education should be appliedd to the community, as well as teachers, Mr Marshall told the New Zealand Secondary School boards Association southern region conference.

know. This diminish m the school’s ability Io work with its poplM” »•» ■ the receat currtcvduan review would give parents and. the. cooumaMy ,a greater oroortuaity io be consulted and to contribute to the devetopiaent of school programnMOL "The review the rights of parents as the first, and diaMNly and most imported edtocators of their chlMretL “The barriers between the school and the community must be broken down so that 1 shared responsibility for education is emphasised. “A genuine partnership can then be formed between the home and the school,” Mr Marshall said.