Government to Lose More Public Servants And Bring Private Sector into Education

With the Government clamping down on its spending National are now talking about letting more involvement from the private sector in the education sector.

Speaking today on TV3’s “The Nation”, State Services Minister confirmed the Go

vernment would be looking for substantial savings from the state sector if it won a second term in office.

And he said that could include more private sector involvement in education.

“There’s been some talk about that, and I think there is an opportunity,” he said.

“ I think for all New Zealanders is that money is tightening up, is that we should look at smart ways of doing things, and if there are opportunities to work constructively with the private sector then I think we will.

“Certainly in the Health Service we use the private sector to supplement the extra performance that we're giving New Zealanders, and that’s part of making sure that we get best value for every dollar.”

And he confirmed that the Government expected to sack at least another 500 public servants over the next two years.

“A number of departments though are undertaking restructuring so I think there will be more than that.

“So yes there will be some staffing reductions.”

Asked how many more all he would say was”: “We're projecting 500 over the next couple of years. I think it will be more than that as a number of government departments are making changes.”
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