Home-school partnerships important for student success
Strong partnerships between schools and their local communities are a key component to students achieving to their
potential say Lorraine Kerr, President of the New Zealand School Trustees Association, and the joint announcement from
Minister Parata and Associate Minister Kaye that more families are to get computers in homes is a further, welcome step
towards that goal.
The digital world is one that every child and their parents live in, and building skills in digital technology is now an
essential component of learning and living in the 21st century.
“The Computers in Homes programme has been helping many families get connected for a number of years now and we’re very
pleased to see from this new announcement that Computers in Homes is continuing to get government support”, says Ms Kerr
“We already know that support from parents and whānau is crucial for students to be able to make good decisions about
their education and to achieve to their potential, and this decision to support another 1,500 families through the
computers in homes programme in 2015/16 will also provide schools with an opportunity to further build on their
relationship with these parents and whanau.”
NZSTA is committed to playing its part in ensuring all schools are effectively governed by a board of trustees whose
primary focus is every student achieving their highest possible educational achievement, and part of achieving this
outcome is to encourage stronger links between boards, schools, and their local communities.
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