Less than half of five-year-olds passed the new phonics test after their first full year of schooling, with significant disparities among socioeconomically disadvantaged students and growing evidence of the need for targeted early literacy interventions.
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Right, to the education announcement. The government has announced it's going to spend 131 million dollars on improving students' reading, writing, and maths. It's made the pre-budget announcement as part of what it calls generational reforms and primary and intermediate education. And the education minister Erica Stanford is with us. Erica, hello. So is this basically buying teachers and textbooks?
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