Children and young people are learning and developing
The Government is creating one system for all vocational education where:
- all vocational education organisations will have clear roles and uphold and enhance Māori-Crown partnerships
- public vocational education will be available consistently throughout New Zealand via a single national Institute of Skills and Technology
- there will be a single funding system that focuses everyone on the right things.
The Education (Vocational Education and Training Reform) Amendment Bill came into effect on 1 April 2020.
Te Taumata Aronui (a group to help ensure Māori-Crown partnership reflected in design) was convened to provide strategic advice.
Te Pūkenga –The New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology (NZIST), which also came into being on 1 April 2020, brought the existing sixteen Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) together into one organisation. Recruitment of subsidiary board members has now been completed.
Six Workforce Development Councils (WDC) will be established by mid-2021.
The unified funding system will be implemented from 2023.