Nueva Zelanda/Por: Daisy Hudson/May 27, 2016
RESUMEN: Los presupuestos de funcionamiento de la escuela al sur de Canterbury se congelarán para orientar la financiación hacia los estudiantes en desventaja. Un aumento de fondos para el sector de la educación fue uno de los artículos de precio elevado en el presupuesto. La noticia ha sido recibida con cauto optimismo por un director al Sur de Canterbury, mientras que otro expresaron preocupación por la falta de financiación adicional para los presupuestos de las operaciones de escuela.
South Canterbury school operating budgets will be frozen to target funding towards disadvantaged students.
A funding boost for the education sector was one of the big ticket items in a Budget that provided few major surprises.
However targeting children at the greatest risk of under-achieving was the main focus of the funding, while the majority of schools will receive nothing extra in their day-to-day funding.
The news has been greeted with cautious optimism by one South Canterbury principal, while another raised concerns about a lack of extra funding for school operations budgets.
Timaru Girls’ High School principal Sarah Davis said an increase in funding for the special education Ongoing Resourcing Scheme (ORS), which will get an extra $16.5 million over the next four years, was «great».
The additional funding means the total number of children on the scheme will rise to 8600.
It was a «really rigorous» process to get ORS funding for students, and Davis hoped the new funding would mean students who really needed the assistance would be able to get it.
However, details about just how the funding would impact schools in South Canterbury were still vague, she said.
South Canterbury Primary Principals Association president Jane Culhane said schools were already struggling to meet the demands on their budgets, and no additional funding for operations budgets was not ideal.
«We were hoping there were going to be some signs of moving forwards.»
The increased ORS funding was pleasing, she said.
Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew said she had been visiting schools recently and heard they wanted more funding for at-risk students. She said a $43 million spend in coming years «answers their plea in that respect».
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