By John Gerritsen of RNZA small King Country school expects all of its staff will be banned from its classrooms when the Government's vaccine mandate takes effect next week. Principal Vanessa Gotz told RNZ her school had three teachers, three support staff and a relief teacher and none were vaccinated. In some instances in small schools that can be very influential in that it can be most of the staff," he said. Rush said there had been a lot of effort to give school staff high-quality information about the vaccine. "The actual impact of the vaccine mandate on teacher supply will not be known until the vaccination deadline has passed and numbers are clear.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 09, 2021 06:51 UTC