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More investment in literacy skills is needed if NZ is serious about ending persistent disparities for Pasifika students

  • Written by Stephen Agnew, Senior Lecturer of Economics, University of Canterbury
More investment in literacy skills is needed if NZ is serious about ending persistent disparities for Pasifika studentsGetty Images

Low English literacy rates in Pasifika students are a key predictor of exclusion from school, an analysis of ten years of data has found.

Our study analysed a cohort of over 43,000 students from their first day of school in 2008 to the end of their compulsory schooling in 2018. We found 9% of Pākehā were excluded at some...

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