Unfortunately, the change in wording in section 479(2) that says "with the written approval of the Minister" doesn't give any cause for reassurance. Teachers look at this whole fiasco with a huge degree of suspicion. There are big problems with our education system already, with truancy a major concern, literacy and numeracy standards spiralling downwards, teacher training and retention issues, dubious curriculum decisions being made with very little thought as to what happens next—how are they taught? Who's going to teach them? And millions of dollars being poured into a restructure. When they hear the Ministry of Education say, "There's a risk that those who paid the $157 dollars for an annual certificate could refuse to pay the remaining $63 owing for the 2023 year certificate with which they have now been issued. This does not meet the criterion of fairness.", they're quite rightly wondering where the Government's priorities are.