Annual Report 2016 - Part one

All students need to know the skills and qualifications that are valued by employers, and that will enable them to build a career and achieve their goals. As well as giving students better information, we are using this information in strategic planning and investment decisions.

Boosting workforce skillsOn average, people with higher levels of qualification are more likely to participate in the labour market, face lower risks of unemployment, have greater access to further training and receive…

Participation in quality ECE has positive, long lasting associations with students’ literacy, numeracy and social skills, and these impacts can be seen up to 16 years of age.

The Government has set a Better Public Services (BPS) goal to increase participation, with a target that in 2016, 98% of children starting school will have participated in quality ECE.

The participation rate1 has been steadily increasing since 2012 and we are very close to the December 2016 target of 98% nationally. Sever…

The education system needs to encourage student-centred pathways across the system – clear options for getting from each stage  of learning to the next and helping all New Zealanders to be successful in their lives and careers. A student-centred pathway provides continuous learning, progression and choice.

We are working to ensure the education system is coherent, encourages collaboration and supports continuity of learning across transitions.

Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako have been intr…

Targeting effort to achieve improved resultsThe Pasifika Education Plan 2013-2017 (PEP) sets out Ministry and education sector activities designed to accelerate and raise  the educational achievement for Pasifika learners. The PEP puts Pasifika learners, with their parents, families and communities, at the centre of the education system. This is so that all initiatives respond to the identities, languages, cultures and aspirations of each Pasifika group and deliver a consistently high-quality an…