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Sunday, 5 July 2009: Cuts to Adult Education
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In the Budget this year, the government announced an 80 per cent cut in funding to Adult and Community Education in schools. This ACE funding is relied upon by schools to provide a wide selection of affordable evening classes taught around the country - classes attended by more than 200,000 New Zealanders every year. So are these simply "hobby" courses - or do they provide a valuable service to communities, or indeed the economy? It raises questions about different modes of education and how much value, both economically and socially, we attach to them.
In Ideas this week, we hear from several people who have been involved in adult education from different perspectives, and talk to Doctor Liz Gordon, National Chairperson for the Quality Public Education Coalition.
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