5. Early School leaving -
Higher rates of anxiety and depression.
Higher rates of smoking and heavy drinking.
Greater dependency on medical cards.
Higher rates of lone motherhood.
Much higher rates of imprisonment.
6. Because of the drivers we know – poverty is a cycle that
has to be broken
Increased risk of -
Political & Economic System
• Emotional &
Poor or uneven investment in
infrastructure, schooling, job
Behavioural disorders
creation. Power balance. No
• Under performance in
Voice
school
• Poor literacy
• Drop out of school &
Systemic Societal society
+ =
Dysfunction Dysfunction • Drug & alcohol abuse
• Crime
• Teen pregnancy
100,000 Kids
Social & Cultural
Teen pregnancy, family & Generational Poverty
community strength, attitudes to Trap
education, success. Media. Life chances further
Societal & institutional prejudice diminished. Natural talent
& potential lost. Impact on
next generation
Source: One Foundation
7. What works to break the cycle?
Possible points & types of intervention - services
School Supports
Family Services Classroom management
Pre & Ante Natal
Parents
Home school liaison
Parenting Skills & Home Psychiatric Assessments
Home support workers Out of school/After school
Childcare
Youth Services
Mentoring
Special programmes -
Personal Development to
drugs and crime prevention
Community
& School Above all –
Early
Intervention
8. What we spend (US$ per head)
• Third level – $16,284 (OECD average $13,717)
• Second level – $10,868 (OECD average $8,972
• Primary level - $7,795 (OECD average $7,153)
• Pre-school – Almost nothing at all (OECD average $6,210)
• In overall terms we’re spending 5.6% of our national wealth on
all forms of education. The OECD average is 5.9%
