Targeted support for Pacific learners to access education

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Children and young people are learning and developing

Status:
Embedded
Lead agency:
Ministry of Education
Action timeframe:
From 2020

New funding through Budget 2020 will provide targeted support to ensure Pacific learners and families are equipped to access education.  It will support Pacific learners’ access to education by:

  • funding brokerage services between Pacific learners and families and education services, and Pacific providers and government agencies
  • establishing a Pacific Education Innovation Fund to promote culturally sustaining practice in the COVID-19 context
  • enabling leaders in Tautai o le Moana, a principal leadership collaborative, to promote culture change in schools to support Pacific learners
  • providing governance and management support for Pacific early learning centres and translating and distributing key materials in Pacific languages.