Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 30, 2016 17:35:59 GMT 12
KIDS ARE LEAVING MĀORI MEDIUM EDUCATION BETWEEN KŌHANGA REO AND KURA
Māori medium education loses kids as they get older and move through the education system.
"Large numbers of Māori are leaving Māori medium education at key transition points," the report said.
For example, just over 2600 kids who'd been to kōhanga reo were starting school in 2014.
Only 49 per cent of them (1275) were going to learn in Māori at kura, and the pattern was similar for the move to secondary.
About 1000 of the Year 6 students learning in Māori in 2011 had stopped three years later…
"It's really important to us that those who wish to attend Maori immersion can do so. Māori language is a taonga guaranteed under the Treaty of Waitangi."
About $400,427,000 was spent on supporting te reo in English and Māori medium schools in the 2010/2011 financial year.
How many kids learned in te reo in 2014?
* Early childhood: 9389 - about 22 per cent of all Māori kids enrolled in early childhood
* Primary and secondary: 17,263 - just under 10 per cent of all Māori at that level
Source: Ministry of Education
www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/79216230/kids-are-leaving-mori-medium-education-between-khanga-reo-and-kura
Māori medium education loses kids as they get older and move through the education system.
"Large numbers of Māori are leaving Māori medium education at key transition points," the report said.
For example, just over 2600 kids who'd been to kōhanga reo were starting school in 2014.
Only 49 per cent of them (1275) were going to learn in Māori at kura, and the pattern was similar for the move to secondary.
About 1000 of the Year 6 students learning in Māori in 2011 had stopped three years later…
"It's really important to us that those who wish to attend Maori immersion can do so. Māori language is a taonga guaranteed under the Treaty of Waitangi."
About $400,427,000 was spent on supporting te reo in English and Māori medium schools in the 2010/2011 financial year.
How many kids learned in te reo in 2014?
* Early childhood: 9389 - about 22 per cent of all Māori kids enrolled in early childhood
* Primary and secondary: 17,263 - just under 10 per cent of all Māori at that level
Source: Ministry of Education
www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/79216230/kids-are-leaving-mori-medium-education-between-khanga-reo-and-kura