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# Education: Where Are the Kids?
- URL: https://goodoil.news/education-where-are-the-kids/
- Published: 2023-02-19T21:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-02-19T02:04:09.000Z
- Author: Guest Post
- Tags: Education, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:34

**Alwyn Poole**

[**www.innovativeeducation.co.nz**](https://www.innovativeeducation.co.nz/?ref=goodoil.news)  
**www.[alwynpoole.substack.com/](https://alwynpoole.substack.com/)**

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The Minister of Education (Hipkins) who drove attendance in NZ off the cliff was planning to make a big ANNOUNCEMENT this week on how to cure the disease he has significant responsibility for causing.

The announcement has been delayed.

From Mike Hosking: [hipkins-truancy-announcement-has-come-too-late](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/mike-hosking-hipkins-truancy-announcement-has-come-too-late/2DVT3PLM6RHWTNA5RR72SERWAM/?ref=goodoil.news).

The real crime here, though, is the cynicism of the announcement.

Hipkins – as well as overseeing an education system that is badly wanting if not embarrassingly poor, especially when you read the testing around numeracy and literacy – has overseen the growth of truancy.

The major problem with being in government for two terms is you have a record: a record in this case of abject failure.

Also of significant interest has been the apparent collusion between the ministry and Hipkins/Tinetti. The Select Committee held an “investigation” into attendance. Just eight schools submitted and no deeper research was done. On that basis Hipkins/Tinetti spent $88m and told us in the House that Term Two 2022 would be better. It was significantly worse. **The ministry has kept the Term Three figures hidden for over four months. They were due to come out this week. If they don’t come out this week – it can only be because they are shielding the new prime minister.**

The graph below gives just a small clue as to how this government is robbing children of a future and Hipkins has been THE central player.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image-11.png)

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