15 Nov 2021

Principals hoping vaccine hesitant teachers will change mind

From Checkpoint, 5:14 pm on 15 November 2021

School's out for unvaccinated teachers, with Monday the last day they've been given to get the first dose of the vaccine.

From Tuesday they're not allowed back to work on the school grounds. Principals say the prospect of losing staff over the vaccine mandate is miserable, and hope some teachers have had a last minute change of mind.

Here's our education correspondent, John Gerritsen.