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Multiple submitters, some representing teachers, principals and parents, have urged MPs to stop what they say is a ministerial power-grab that will deprofessionalise teachers.
Thirty individuals or organisations made submissions to Parliament's Education and Workforce Select Committee on Wednesday and nearly all spoke against the Education and Training (System Reform) Amendment Bill.
The bill proposed changes including putting teacher regulatory body, the Teaching Council, under the control of ministerial appointees, giving the Education Minister the power to change the curriculum at will, and speeding up intervention in failing schools.
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