The Government's re-prioritising funding from an unaccredited te reo programme for teachers into new maths curriculum resources and teacher guidance.
The Education Minister says there's no evidence the te reo programme directly helped student achievement, and it's more than double the cost of similar courses.
Primary teachers can select resources this year for delivery in term 1.
Erica Stanford told Mike Hosking they always knew they had to provide high-quality resources like lesson plans and workbooks for the new maths curriculum.
She says many schools who can afford them already buy them, they're now making them free of charge for every child in every school.
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