Adult and Community Education—Cuts

Hon Maryan Street: Which of the following courses offered and supported by Tangaroa College in South Auckland does the Minister think should be self-funded by the participants: mathematics for Tongan parents, volunteer training and financial management advice to the Otara Budgeting Service, or making stepfamilies work, a parenting course run by Family Works?

Hon ANNE TOLLEY: Over many days in this House, I have explained to the member who has just resumed her seat the priorities for funding on adult and community education. The priorities are literacy, numeracy, and foundation courses. As Minister, I will not decide anything. The Tertiary Education Commission will make the decisions as to what providers are funded and for what courses.

Hon Maryan Street: What hope does the Minister offer to her Māori Party colleague Te Ururoa Flavell, who said in a recent speech to the Adult and Community Education Conference 2009: It would be difficult to have too much hope when the so called future growth of the foundation learning pool; adult literacy educator grants; literacy in industry training and employee one-to-one literacy provision has been removed.?

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seriously, this is complete bullshit what the government is doing.