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
Getty ImagesLow 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...