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More work needed to raise Māori achievement, concedes Parata

<h4 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Latest information on M&amacr;ori student achievement rates reveals there is much work still to be done&period;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Information derived from the Ministry of Education&&num;8217&semi;s Public Achievement Information &lpar;PAI&rpar; publications&comma; the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;educationcounts&period;govt&period;nz&sol;topics&sol;national-education&sol;iwi-education-profiles" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Iwi Education Profiles<&sol;a> show iwi by iwi as well as rohe breakdowns of early childhood participation data and schooling achievement data&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">For all three iwi&comma; NCEA Level 2 achievement rates have improved compared to 2014&period; Achievement rates for the three largest iwi in 2015 ranged from 69&period;4 per cent to 76&period;6 per cent&comma; up from 66&period;9 to 72&period;9 per cent in 2014&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I am incredibly pleased with the progress that these profiles are showing”&comma; says education minister Hekia Parata&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;However&comma; there is still work to do to meet the government&&num;8217&semi;s target of 85 per cent of 18-year-olds achieving NCEA level two or equivalent in 2017&period; There is also more work to be done to raise M&amacr;ori achievement at all levels&comma; to get to the point where there is no difference between the achievement levels of our children and young people regardless of their background&period;”  <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Ms Parata says the iwi profiles have been well received by iwi and Hapu as well as the wider education sector&period; &&num;8220&semi;They can be useful for iwi&comma; schools&comma; and Communities of Learning to identify specific educational challenges and target efforts to increase achievement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"content">&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Quality information&comma; especially over a period of years&comma; is critical to understanding what’s working well for our children and young people as well as what more needs to be done to tackle education challenges&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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