Disadvantage in Education
The Dominion Post editorial (25.9.12) said:
“Children from poorer homes [in New Zealand] already start life at a distinct disadvantage. Those who leave school without the reading, writing and arithmetic skills to compete in the hi-tech labour market of tomorrow will start their adult lives on the back foot too.
“The extent of the problem is now laid bare [by national standards results] for all to see and any government that refuses to address it will have some explaining to do.”
I couldn’t word it better, though I think parents in particular, and teachers, need to do a more effective job too. It’s not just a government problem. I realise, however, that some parents are disadvantaged by cultural dislocation and their own illiteracy in English. Maybe the problem needs to be tackled at both the adult and child level before it will be resolved.
“Children from poorer homes [in New Zealand] already start life at a distinct disadvantage. Those who leave school without the reading, writing and arithmetic skills to compete in the hi-tech labour market of tomorrow will start their adult lives on the back foot too.
“The extent of the problem is now laid bare [by national standards results] for all to see and any government that refuses to address it will have some explaining to do.”
I couldn’t word it better, though I think parents in particular, and teachers, need to do a more effective job too. It’s not just a government problem. I realise, however, that some parents are disadvantaged by cultural dislocation and their own illiteracy in English. Maybe the problem needs to be tackled at both the adult and child level before it will be resolved.
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