✨ Government Policy Announcement
28 AUGUST
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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My government will work with the Council and teacher education providers to define specific areas of skill and knowledge that are required for the registration of graduating teachers.
Within ten years, all staff in early childhood education centres will be required to be qualified and registered teachers.
The early childhood and compulsory education sectors lay the broad base for the development of the human capital which is the most important element of economic growth in the 21st century. The tertiary education and training systems must build on that base to support New Zealand’s economic and social development.
Our tertiary education system will be driven by, and rewarded for, a focus on excellence, relevance and success. This includes a commitment to removing barriers to participation.
Four key elements will together undertake this crucial task. They are: the overarching role of the Tertiary Education Commission; the use of charters and profiles for all publicly funded tertiary education organisations to steer the system; the development of a Tertiary Education Strategy which incorporates the views of key shareholders; and a new funding system that rewards performance and reflects strategic priorities.
My government will seek to improve accessibility to tertiary education through undertaking a thorough review of student support. Particular attention will be paid to extending student allowances and developing a system of maximum fees. Scholarship and bonding arrangements will be introduced to address pressing recruitment and retention issues.
Almost by definition, growing more and better quality human capital through the formal education system is a long term project with respect to lifting our economic performance. Bold moves in industry training will accelerate the process.
My government has already introduced the Modern Apprenticeship scheme. It plans to double the number of people participating in the scheme by the end of next year. More generally, the goal has been set of having 250,000 people participating in industry training within five years.
Within the same timespan an education and training leaving age strategy will be fully implemented. This will involve the expansion of the Gateway programme for senior secondary school students to all decile one to five high schools; funding post compulsory schooling training for all youth trainees; further expanding the Modern Apprenticeship programme; and encouraging more Māori participation in trade training initiatives.
However good our tertiary education and trade training initiatives are, New Zealand will continue to need migrants to fill skills gaps for the foreseeable future. Changes have already been made to help employers find the skilled people they need more quickly. My government will develop further New Zealand’s capacity to recruit actively talented and skilled migrants.
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Online Sources for this page:
VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 2002, No 125
Gazette.govt.nz —
NZ Gazette 2002, No 125
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