AM co-host Melissa Chan-Green has weighed in on the planned teachers' strike, slamming the disruption it will cause for children's education after a year of disturbances.
Around 30,000 primary school teachers will be going on strike around the country on Thursday after rejecting a second pay offer.
Secondary school and kindergarten teachers are also striking next week, which will mean up to 50,000 teachers will be taking industrial action.
Chan-Green said while she thinks it's important we attract good quality teachers and for many their pay is "ridiculous", she said the protest should be happening outside of school time.
"But here's the thing, students when they are going to protest got absolutely slammed when they did it in school time, the climate change marches. So what they did is change it so they are actually leaving school and going and protesting and they still made their point, thousands turned out."
"What kind of message are teachers sending if they are then going and protesting in school time?
"If what we are trying to do is improve kids' education can we do it in a way that's less disruptive?"
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