Much quieter on the media front with regards to the announcements made almost a fortnight ago, to reform the NZ Vocational Education and Training system. Here are a range of reactions and perspectives, collated from last week's news.
Educational central brought together several viewpoints. The teacher unions are supportive as they have had input into the process. ITOs are not impressed as they are the entities most affected, in short, they disappear and are replaced by Industry Standard Bodies (ISB). The student unions have not had a voice and the employers maintain the need for support of strong regional provisions.
Business opinions are summarised by thelearningwave and voxy. As per above, there is cautious support for the overall intentions of the reform.
The TOP party, a minor party formed to contest the last election (they did not gain a seat). TOP has supported Universal Basic Income, so no surprise they are keen on comparing the reforms with the VET systems in Finland and Germany whereby VET have parity of funding with the Universities and there are strong tertiary education and industry partnerships.
The union for allied staff in tertiary education - TIASA - supports the proposal as members have bore the brunt of continued reform within the sector for the last decade.
Ruralwomen mirror opinions of employers with cautious optimism and support.
ITOs report to their stakeholders of business as usual and their lobbying for continuance. Opinions of Skills Org, Connexis and Careerforce.
As always, the devil will be in the detail and how the reforms are activated. There will be pain before gain. There is still 4 weeks to go for proposals. After which, probably months before decisions are finalised and details more concrete. So it will be many months of "wait and see" :(
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