As part of the Government's changes to the education system, it announced an initiative called 'Make It Write'.
The impetus is new data showing just 24 percent of Year 8 students are writing at or above the expected level.
The Make it Write initiative includes updated handwriting resources for Primary and Intermediate Schools.
But, it's 2025... do kids really need to know how to write by hand? Is there an educational purpose beyond being able to write a neat shopping list?
Belinda Blick-Duggan is a teacher and literacy specialist, and the founder of The Write Lesson, an online handwriting teaching tool.
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