'Quite a process': Erica Standford on National's bid to require students to finish Year 11

National's Erica Stanford says the Government's put a lot of work into boosting educational outcomes - and she wants students to improve. 

The Party is campaigning on requiring students to stay in school until they finish Year 11, rather than being able to leave as soon as they turn 16.

Stanford says the best place for these young people to be is in school, where they can get the proper support they need. 

"Where is the best place for a 16-year-old who feels like that? In our school, where we know where they are, we can wrap around supports, we can put these things in place where we can have the guidance counsellors and the careers councillors talking to them." 

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• National promises to require students to finish Year 11 before leaving school