We understand that the Tertiary Education Commission had $46 million unspent at the end of 2009. Adult and Community Education funding, $16 million per annum, was cut in 2009 supposedly because of financial priorities.

The unspent TEC money would have fully funded Adult and Community Education for almost three years. The Government's decision to cut Adult and Community Education was not about its financial priorities but about its political priorities of user pays.

Adaire Hannah
Wellington High School PPTA branch