United Future MP's back NZ's largest PTE
United Future Maori affairs spokesman, Murray Smith, and education spokesman, Bernie Ogilvy, today strongly criticised
the government for refusing to assist the expansion of Carich Computer Education, the country's largest Private Training
Establishment.
"This is a highly successful, internationally-recognised company with hundreds of staff teaching thousands of students
and which is expanding its business into countries such as South Africa and China," said the MP's.
"Yet neither Education Minister Trevor Mallard nor Tertiary Education Minister Steve Maharey will even agree to meet the
company or discuss its funding requests.
"Refusing to acknowledge or help a New Zealand success story simply flies in the face of commonsense and we can only
conclude this absurdity arises from Labour's blinkered ideological approach to the private provision of education.
"Carich has 2000 New Zealand students on its waiting list as well as growing interest from overseas students and we call
on the government, if it's not going to help, to at least get out of the way," said the two MP's.