The National Party has unveiled its new teaching curriculum; which would require children to do an hour of reading, an hour of writing and an hour of maths per day.
The requirement will cover primary and intermediate schools and will be accompanied by standardised testing of those subjects at least twice a year, beginning in Year 3.
The opposition has also set themselves a target to ensure 80 percent of Year 8 students are at the expected level in reading, writing, and maths by 2030.
Andrew King is a teacher from Oropi School near Tauranga and spoke to Māni Dunlop.
