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