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The structure and content focussed on "big ideas" in New Zealand history [125] [126] was challenged by Brooke van Velden who suggested the curriculum was over-focused on colonisation and promoted a narrative ignoring the multiethnic nature of New Zealand society by just focussing on "two sets of people, Māori and Pākehā". [127]
Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology is the largest vocational education provider in New Zealand. [2] In February 2019, the Government announced that the country's sixteen Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) would merge to form the new organisation; the merger was effective on 1 April 2020. [3]
Military education and training in New Zealand (2 P) Pages in category "Vocational education in New Zealand" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
The Education Index, published as part of the UN's Human Development Index, consistently ranks New Zealand's education among the highest in the world. [5] Following a 2019 Curia Market Research survey of general knowledge, researchers planned to release a report in 2020 assessing whether New Zealand's education curriculum is fit for purpose.
All post-compulsory education is regulated within the New Zealand Qualifications Framework, [1] a unified system of national qualifications for schools, vocational education and training, and 'higher' education. The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) is responsible for quality assuring all courses and tertiary education organisations ...
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA; Māori: Mana Tohu Mātauranga o Aotearoa) is the New Zealand government Crown entity tasked with administering educational assessment and qualifications. It was established by the Education Act 1989.
The institution underwent a major transformation in 1990 when it was renamed The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, going on to become a multi-faceted provider of ODL courses and services. Located in Lower Hutt near New Zealand's capital city Wellington, The Open Polytechnic provides tertiary education at a national level for 30,000 students each ...
Education had previously been the responsibility of provincial governments. Through the Abolition of Provinces Act 1875, the provinces ceased to exist on 1 January 1877. [ 1 ] The Canterbury education system developed by William Rolleston was used as an exemplar for the Education Act 1877, and under Rolleston's guidance, Charles Bowen helped ...