Qld: Qld teachers to proceed with test boycott, despite ruling

AAP General News (Australia)
04-28-2010
Qld: Qld teachers to proceed with test boycott, despite ruling

BRISBANE, April 28 AAP - The Queensland Teachers Union says it will proceed with a
boycott of national numeracy and literacy tests, despite a ruling by the industrial umpire.

The union's executive voted late on Tuesday not to supervise next month's National
Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests.

The boycott flies in the face of an Industrial Relations Commission directive last
week, ordering the union to lift its ban and administer the tests.

The union is calling on the federal government to make changes to its My Schools website,
and hopes to meet with Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday.

"We're very hopeful of a resolution," QTU president Steve Ryan told the ABC.

"I guess it's up to the deputy prime minister to make some concessions, but certainly
we're prepared to talk and looking forward to that discussion."

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