Schools bear brunt of child poverty crisis

By Computers Now
Community contribution / December 11, 2014

Schools are struggling to support the 24 per cent of New Zealand children who are suffering from the effects of poverty, a new report has revealed.

Figures from the latest Annual Child Poverty Monitor show that in 2013, 260,000 dependent children under 17 years of ...

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Schools bear brunt of child poverty crisis

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