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CCNZ submission: Tertiary Education Strategy

10 Oct 2025


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.

Read the full submission>>

 

 

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