Yesterday Nine to Noon looked at a new report into the declining rates of literacy and numeracy in the country and what could be done to fix it.
This morning Lynn focuses on the $11b missing from the economy from people who aren't dealt a fair hand in the education system.
They're called 'under-served' learners and there's 66,290 of them; students who leave school with low, or no qualifications, with Maori, Pasifika and the disabled over-represented. A new analysis from the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research has put a dollar figure on how much under-served learners are missing out on in earnings: compared to those with a level 4 - 6 qualification, it's $500,000 over their working life.
The research was prepared by NZIER principal economist Michael Bealing, who talks to Lynn about how the $11b was measured. She'll also talk to Mark Rushworth, UP Education group chief executive, about the report the research informs.
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