Comments on: NZEI backs Independent Maori Statutory Board’s call for compulsory Te Reo http://auckland.scoop.co.nz/2012/09/nzei-backs-the-call-for-compulsory-te-reo-in-schools/ Auckland news and views Thu, 16 May 2013 12:20:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Cynical http://auckland.scoop.co.nz/2012/09/nzei-backs-the-call-for-compulsory-te-reo-in-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-29384 Cynical Mon, 03 Sep 2012 23:01:02 +0000 http://auckland.scoop.co.nz/?p=27896#comment-29384 I agree (in part) with Ian Leckie. He says “… that all New Zealand children should have the right to learn Te Reo.” and “…Maori is an official language of New Zealand” and “it is very important that all New Zealand children have access to good quality teaching in Te Reo.”

However, rights and access NOT compulsion is the best way to go. Make it an optional subject at all schools, rather than force it on everybody. Freedom of choice. You’d find more people would study it happily instead of grudgingly.

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