![Nine To Noon artwork](https://is5-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts123/v4/5e/ab/ea/5eabea8f-28c5-652c-5215-9b8a19576e0c/mza_1868718965543717326.jpg/100x100bb.jpg)
Reality biting for school budgets' as international students drop
Nine To Noon
English - August 10, 2020 21:05 - 16 minutes - 15.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: What makes good house design?
Next Episode: Online Voting pros and cons
As the Covid uncertainty stretches on, schools budgets are being rejigged and tough decisions made due to the loss of income from international students. Overseas students are worth 750 million dollars a year for New Zealand schools, five billion dollars when tertiary education is included. The Auckland Secondary Schools' Principals' Association President Steve Hargreaves (also the principal of Auckland's Macleans College) says repercussions extend beyond this year's losses and next year's enrolments, and Nelson College Headmaster Richard Dykes is hoping the Education Minister will cut schools some slack.