Jan Tinetti maintains Labour serious about reducing class sizes, despite flunking a previous promise.

While in Opposition in 2014, Labour campaigned on having 26 students for every one teacher.

Education Minister Tinetti today revealed a scaled-back plan, with one teacher per 29 year 4 to 8 children dropping to 28 by 2025.

She says this time, Labour’s in Government and has funding to back up its announcement.

Tinetti claims the impact of Covid affected the previous plan, and young people have also changed over that time.

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