Maharey in denial over school leavers' stats

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Tue Sep 12 2006 12:00:00 GMT+1200 (New Zealand Standard Time)

Maharey in denial over school leavers' stats

Tuesday, 12 September 2006, 6:09 pm
Press Release: New Zealand National Party

Hon Bill English
National Party Education Spokesman

12 September 2006

Education Minister Steve Maharey is in denial of the facts surrounding NCEA failure rates as presented by his own ministry, says National's Education spokesman, Bill English.

"Mr Maharey's claim that just 13% of students leave school without a qualification is nonsense. "All the facts I have used to dispute his claim come straight from the Ministry of Education's own website.

"The facts are clear:

o 27% of students leaving school in 2005 had not achieved NCEA level 1

o This is up from 20% in 2004.

o 44% of students leaving low-decile (1-3) schools do not have NCEA level 1

o 16% of students leaving high-decile (8-10) schools do not have NCEA level 1 "Mr Maharey has walked away from thousands of young people who were promised a better future under NCEA but have now ended up failing," says Mr English.

ENDS

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