Minister of Education Chris Hipkins announcing extra funding to give early childhood teachers pay parity. Photo: RNZThe government has announced extra funding to give thousands of early childhood teachers pay parity with kindergarten and school teachers. He said the funding would provide "quite significant pay increases" for many teachers and moved early childhood teachers closer to full pay parity with kindergarten and school teachers. The Educational Institute, which represented some early childhood teachers, said some earned as much as $17,000 less than kindergarten teachers with the same qualifications and experience. The union's national executive representative for early childhood education, Virginia Oakly, said the announcement was a significant step toward full pay parity for all early childhood teachers.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 12, 2021 03:45 UTC