‘We’ve been failed’ – Former Gloriavale student angry at lost education opportunities

RNZ

A former Gloriavale student is angry about the education she missed out on at school in the secretive South Island community, where she says girls are told their future is cooking and sewing.

A recent ERO report of Gloriavale Christian School found 20 percent of students have been absent from class, and boys and girls were given a different quality of education.

Pearl Valor left Gloriavale two years ago and was part of a successful Employment Court case fighting to be recognised as and employee rather than a volunteer for her long, arduous hours of work at the community.

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