text: preludices operate to block the developnen! of the full potent.ial of many younq people. In employment, restricted access tor the children of nioorities and migrant lrorkers is based, in large parC. upon the prior llmitations experienced durina their vears cf educatl,oD. l1I. In Australia, lrhere the unenployment rate in the Aboriginal population eas four tines the rate for others in 1981, i! was rePorted that a Lack of conventional educali.on and uocat-ional skj,lIs eras the major problem taced by Aboriginals seeking A/ 40/694/Add. L Eng li sh Page 29 ettPloyment. Horogvgi, the problen rnay be lessening in view of the qridely extendededucational and training opportuni.ti.es avairable to Aboriginals durinq che past decade and the increased involvenent of Aboriqinals in t.he developnent of, tbeir owneducational polic ies (see CERD/C/ 88,/Aaid. 3 ) . 112. In New Zealand, although nost !.taor i people tend to be emp.t oyeal in unskilLedoccupations, the range of their professions is expanding Co j,nclude teaching. thechurch, the arny, and government service where 200 places t'ere recentJ.y reserved inthe annual intake tor Maoris and paci,f i.c islanders, In view of Che effort !oincrease the number of Maori, leachers in primary and secondary schools, a quota hag been se! to ensure that aC least t0 per cent of those selected for teacher trainingeacb year are l4aoris or Paciflc islanders. The Maori population, defined aspersons of half or more l'taori descent, increased trom 6 per cent of the toCalpopulation in 1951 Co 11 per cent in 1983 (see the fiftb and sixth periodic reportsof Nee zealand (cBpD/c/'15/Add. t4) and (cERD/c/106/Adal,Io) ) .
analysis: The text discusses the issues of employment and education for minority groups, specifically Aboriginals and Maoris, in Australia and New Zealand. It highlights the barriers they face in accessing employment and education opportunities, and the efforts being made to address these issues. The text also touches on the impact of prior educational limitations on their future employment prospects.