Teachers and principals return to negotiations

<h2>NZEI Te Riu Roa and the Ministry of Education have agreed to return to negotiations for the primary teachers&&num;8217&semi; and primary principals&&num;8217&semi; collective agreements this week&period;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Negotiations for both teachers and principals will be held together and be conducted with a mediator&period; They began yesterday&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>School News will keep you updated with new developments&period; <&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Teachers last year took strike action twice and rejected three offers from the Ministry because they failed to address teachers&&num;8217&semi; key issues&comma; particularly around time to teach and time to lead&period; After a request from the Secretary of Education to return to negotiations&comma;&comma; NZEI&&num;8217&semi;s National Executive agreed to return to the bargaining table&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The parties have agreed not to comment about the negotiations while they are taking place&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;