Several times last year I wrote about the dangers of politicians, from any party, being involved in the development of curriculum, its design and its implantation in schools and classrooms. Claire Coleman made the allegations during a submission to Parliament’s Education and Workforce Select Committee on the government’s Education and Training (System Reform) Amendment Bill. Would you be of the same opinion if a government that didn’t follow your personal political preferences was in power, be it on the left or the right, especially one dominated by an intense ideology? The only way out of this conundrum is to remove the content and operation of education from direct government control. ‘I know from my recent experience at the Ministry of Education the dangers of allowing a public service to be politicised,” she said.

Source: Stuff February 01, 2026 23:25 UTC