Recommendations
78.
The Committee may wish to consider including the following questions in its List
of Issues for the New Zealand Government:
What is the Government’s position in respect of each of the EAG’s
recommendations regarding housing?
What measures has the Government taken to implement the EAG
recommendations it has accepted?
What measures has the Government taken to address the right to
adequate housing?
What measures does the Government take, or intend to take, to ensure
that public and private providers of social housing uphold and protect the
rights of the child under the CRC?
What measures does the Government take, in accordance with its
obligation under Article 3.1 of the CRC, to ensure that the welfare and
best interests of the child are taken into account in decision-making
processes regarding benefit sanctions under the Social Security Act 1964?
8. Education, leisure and cultural activities
Inclusive Education
Relevant provision of the CRC: Article 28
CO 2011: Invest considerable additional resources in order to ensure the right of all children,
including children from all disadvantaged, marginalized and school-distant groups, to a truly
inclusive education.
79.
The Government Report states “New Zealand is a world leader in providing inclusive
education”.40 While the Commission acknowledges the recent work that the
Government has done to advance inclusive education in New Zealand schools, it
considers that further work is needed before New Zealand could claim to having a
truly inclusive education system.
80.
In 2010, the Ministry of Education commenced with its Success for All – Every
School, Every Child policy programme, which sought to achieve a fully inclusive
school environment by 2014. The final 2015 evaluative report on Success for All
produced by the Education Review Office (ERO) indicates that, while the policy’s
objective of a fully inclusive educational environment was not reached, some progress
40
At [218].
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