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# Can We Fix the Education of Boys?
- URL: https://goodoil.news/can-we-fix-the-education-of-boys/
- Published: 2023-02-12T21:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-02-12T01:21:41.000Z
- Author: Guest Post
- Tags: Education, NZ, NZ Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:34

**Alwyn Poole**

[www.innovativeeducation.co.nz](https://www.innovativeeducation.co.nz/?ref=goodoil.news)  
www.[alwynpoole.substack.com/](https://alwynpoole.substack.com/)  

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As I am preparing for the privilege of being on the education panel and [2023 NZ Economics Forum](https://business.waikatochamber.co.nz/events/details/2023-nz-economics-forum-3978?ref=goodoil.news), I still shake my head at where we have got to. With regards to boys’ education, three graphs are telling.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/alwyn-1.png)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/alwyn-2.png)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/alwyn-3.png)

Keep in mind at the real pinch-points the data is even worse – for instance 33 per cent of boys in South Auckland leave school without any qualification at all – after 13,200 hours of funded schooling.

I posted about the top graph on Kiwiblog earlier in the week: [Further on Boys’ Education](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2023/02/further%5Fon%5Fboys%5Feducation.html?ref=goodoil.news).

And discussed the issues with Michael Laws on The Platform \[on Friday\]: [The state of education for boys – YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jeImRLQq-Q&ref=goodoil.news).

The important thing the top graph shows is that, as Manukura does for Maori education, the two Catholic boys schools (and a few others) show that it is not being male that is an educational problem… it is how the schooling is done. We should be beating a pathway to highly successful schools and mimicking their success.

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