4 Dec 2018

Most NZ children not ready for high school science

From Morning Report, 7:14 am on 4 December 2018

A new report has exposed abysmal results in science for children finishing primary school. The National Monitoring Study of Student Assessment shows just one in five Year 8 children are reaching the expected level of achievement in science - the worst figure of any learning area in the curriculum. The report also warns that in most subjects children are not learning enough between the ages of eight and 12. RNZ education correspondent John Gerritsen has been reading the reports.