20 Feb 2020

Schools resist enrolling violent children

From Morning Report, 7:24 am on 20 February 2020

Schools are increasingly resisting attempts to make them enrol children who have been kicked out of other schools for violent behaviour.

Principals say they are facing a "growing sea of violence" and the Education Ministry has told MPs that it has become difficult to use its legal power to direct schools to enrol such students.

Here's RNZ education correspondent, John Gerritsen.