Lal wants the same for others, including those with barriers to education: Māori and Pasifika peoples, women, people of colour, LGBTQI+ and disabled students.
Those on the left repeat slogans like this as a creed, and seem to ignore the reality. Oh certainly Maori and Pacifika have worse educational outcomes than others, but in no way do women. To the contrary here is how men do compared to women in education:
- 11% less likely to get NCEA Level 1
- 7% less likely to get NCEA Level 2
- 14% less likely to get NCEA Level 3
- 25% more likely to leave school with no qualifications
- Twice as likely to be a high (special) needs student
- 27% less likely to get UE
- Three times more likely to be stood down, suspended
- 5 times more likely to be excluded or expelled
- 42% less likely to be in tertiary education
- 36% less likely to obtain a diploma
- 37% less likely to obtain a bachelors degree
- 25% less likely to get Honours
- 37% less likely to get Masters
- 26% less likely to get a PhD
It is also very questionable if LGB NZers face significant barriers to tertiary education, as the data suggests twice as many LGB young people go to tertiary education than non LGB.
I’m all for reducing barriers to education, but they should be based on reality, not ideology.
For the avoidance of doubt, the abuse Aria Lal has received is disgusting, and something no-one should have to put up with.
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders
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