Submission to the Ministry of Education on the changes to school board objectives and NELP provisions

We opposed the proposed changes to the Education and Training Amendment Bill, on the basis that they risk the rights of mokopuna under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, highlighting it as a backwards step from the Government’s duties and obligations under the Convention.

We hold this position because the legislative mechanisms such as the NELP and school board objectives are systemic provisions that strengthen the rights of ākonga and ensure greater practical protections of their rights in educational environments.