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In a Gallup World Poll, 92% of people feel that children in New Zealand are learning & growing every day.

In 2009 The National Education Monitoring Project at the University of Otago found that 47% of year 4 students (8-year-olds) practiced basic mathematics in their own time.

New Zealand is the second most peaceful place to be a student – listed as the world ’s second most peaceful country in the 2011 Global Peace Index.

Close to one in six of New Zealand students were top-performing readers (PISA 2009).

At tertiary level, many more students come to New Zealand to study than leave New Zealand to study overseas.

New Zealand is ranked second in the world by the OECD in terms of entry rates to diploma-level study (Education at a Glance 2010).

NZ's early childhood curriculum, Te Whāriki, was considered a world-first when it was developed in the 1990s. It is still considered an international leader.

New Zealand primary school students finished in 5th place on World Maths Day 2011. A Kiwi student took top place in the 8-10 yr old category.

Of the 65 countries or economies participating in the PISA 2009 student assessments, only two OECD countries performed better than New Zealand.

New Zealand is ranked second in the world by the OECD for the share of people aged 25 to 64 with a qualification at Level 4 or above.

New Zealand leads the world, along with Norway & Australia, in the 2010 UN Human Development Index, which measures education, health, & income.

New Zealand 15-year-old students’ overall reading performance rated 4th out of 34 OECD countries (PISA 2009).

Only one OECD country and three non-OECD partner countries or economies achieved a higher mean scientific literacy score than New Zealand (PISA 2009).

New Zealand's education system was ranked best in the world by the Legatum Prosperity Index 2010.