Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 1, 2023 5:10:57 GMT 12
WHY KURA KAUPAPA IS TELLING GOVERNMENT IT NEEDS MORE FUNDING, DOESN'T WANT TO BE ASSIMILATED INTO MAINSTREAM
The Kura Kaupapa model provides far better results for Māori than mainstream education, data shows, and the Government is now keen to funnel as many Māori students as it can through that system.
But Kura Kaupapa officials are warning the Government that if more of these great results are wanted, they don't want to be assimilated into the mainstream, want to stay separate, and need the equitable funding they've never received.
Pre-COVID-19, 64 percent of Māori in mainstream schooling were leaving with NCEA level 2. In kura, it was 79 percent.
And in the last year of school, it was clearer. Just 35 percent of Māori in mainstream schooling left with NCEA level 3, compared to 58 percent at kura.....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/04/why-kura-kaupapa-is-telling-government-it-needs-more-funding-doesn-t-want-to-be-assimilated-into-mainstream.html
The Kura Kaupapa model provides far better results for Māori than mainstream education, data shows, and the Government is now keen to funnel as many Māori students as it can through that system.
But Kura Kaupapa officials are warning the Government that if more of these great results are wanted, they don't want to be assimilated into the mainstream, want to stay separate, and need the equitable funding they've never received.
Pre-COVID-19, 64 percent of Māori in mainstream schooling were leaving with NCEA level 2. In kura, it was 79 percent.
And in the last year of school, it was clearer. Just 35 percent of Māori in mainstream schooling left with NCEA level 3, compared to 58 percent at kura.....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/04/why-kura-kaupapa-is-telling-government-it-needs-more-funding-doesn-t-want-to-be-assimilated-into-mainstream.html