Photo: Getty ImagesSchools are increasingly resisting attempts to make them enrol children who have been kicked out of other schools for violent behaviour. Primary school principals say they are facing a "growing sea of violence" and the Ministry of Education (MoE) has told MPs it is having difficulty directing schools to enrol violent students. "Schools are required to enrol students. "It's a programme in which schools can move students within a school community to help meet the needs of violent students getting close to suspension. In 2019, there were 1160 excluded students and directed enrolment was used for 169, including 22 who returned to their original school.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 19, 2020 20:48 UTC