The Government says it is excited to learn about an improvement in the number of Maori students leaving school with higher qualifications.
New figures show the proportion of Maori school leavers who have achieved NCEA Level 1 or above have gone from 61.8% in 2009 to 68.6% last year.
For NCEA Level 2 and above, Maori students' achievement has gone from 44.3% to over 51%.
Education Minister Hekia Parata says the figures are good news, but the Government still needs to work harder to raise the achievement levels of all students.
