University delays exams due to Labour’s mismanagement
The Northern Region Young Nationals are outraged that the University of Auckland has had to reschedule exams as a result
of Auckland’s power cut last Monday.
“Exams that had been scheduled for Monday have now been postponed to the 27th of June. This delay has meant some
students now face the considerable inconvenience of sitting their exam much later than they had planned” says Northern
Region Chair, Daniel Fielding.
“While the University should be given due credit for making alternative arrangements for students who are unable to sit
their exam on the 27th, this simply opens a Pandora’s box.”
Fielding says that not only will students from other part of the country have to pay extra to reschedule their flights
home, but students sitting their exams on separate days will now be able to discuss what was in them.
“This has the potential to undermine the credibility of exam results” says Fielding.
Northern Region Deputy Chair, Jamie Turner, says neither students nor the University should be blamed.
Turner says that Labour’s interest free student loans seem to have come at a cost – an inability to provide adequate
infrastructure to power the University.
“It is unforgivable of Labour to promise something as lucrative as interest free student loans, and then fail to provide
the infrastructure the use of student loans needs!”
“If destroying the reputation of our largest University is what Labour calls ‘economic transformation’, then God help
us. Labour needs to start paying greater attention to the spin-off effects of their mismanagement.”
More information of the University’s decision to delay exams can be found at
http://www.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/notices/2006/06/postponed_examinations.cfm.
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