Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 5, 2016 16:42:04 GMT 12
Improved Maori education shows gap is closing
On the eve of Waitangi Day, Hekia Parata runs a rule over Maori education.
OPINION: In any given year about 13,000 Maori turn 18. In 2008, the year this Government came into office, 6003 Maori 18 year olds had the minimum qualification necessary for further education or training.
In other words, less than half of all Maori teenagers were leaving our education system with NCEA Level 2 or an equivalent qualification. Six years later 8947 of the Maori who turned 18 had the same qualification. That means almost 3000 more young Maori embarked on adulthood with the tools they needed to succeed…..
education.einnews.com/article/309990516/h5zmYRPANMM-9YXP
On the eve of Waitangi Day, Hekia Parata runs a rule over Maori education.
OPINION: In any given year about 13,000 Maori turn 18. In 2008, the year this Government came into office, 6003 Maori 18 year olds had the minimum qualification necessary for further education or training.
In other words, less than half of all Maori teenagers were leaving our education system with NCEA Level 2 or an equivalent qualification. Six years later 8947 of the Maori who turned 18 had the same qualification. That means almost 3000 more young Maori embarked on adulthood with the tools they needed to succeed…..
education.einnews.com/article/309990516/h5zmYRPANMM-9YXP