Thursday, 18 March 2021, 9:10 am
“Up to 300,000 children with diverse learning needs are
getting better support to learn, with the first tranche of
Learning Support Coordinators (LSCs) off to a strong
start”, says Associate Minister of Education, Jan
Tinetti.
“It’s now been just over a year since the
first LSCs started work in 1,052 individual schools and kura
around the country, grouped in 124 clusters, serving 300,000
ākonga.
“The evaluation report I’m releasing
today shows great results so far - it’s clear that LSCs
are doing excellent work to assist the one in five students
who need some level of additional support for their