CCNZ was asked to make a submission on a draft Ministry of Education Tertiary Education Strategy.
In summary, CCNZ:
- Supports the overall strategic direction.
- Supports work-based learning models as this is where the majority of formal qualifications are achieved in the civil construction industry.
- Supports the concept of improving educational performance outcomes by such measures as “distance travelled, or value added”.
- Suggests that increased funding and access to pastoral care could improve achievement rates significantly.
- Broadly supports the priorities of achievement, economic impact and innovation, access and participation, integration and collaboration and international education.
- Agrees that graduates of tertiary programmes do need to have job-ready skills.
- Supports the system having stronger feedback loops with employers and industry.
- Supports strengthening industry leadership through the new structures of the Industry Skills Boards.
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