Sex offenders in schools

NZ Herald reports:

Education authorities have no idea how many sex offenders are working in New Zealand classrooms.

If the answer is anything greater than zero, then that is a problem – both potentially that they are working, but more that authorities do not know how many.

But information released by the Teachers Council under the Official Information Act indicates Miki is unlikely to be the only teacher with convictions for sex crimes.

“We are not able to advise how many teachers are working who have convictions for assault or crimes of a sexual nature because we do not hold information on which teachers are working,” said council director Peter Lind.

Why do we have a Teachers Council again?