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These pages contain the original text of the Tertiary Education Strategy documents. Only edit content if you notice the text is inconsistent with the final published document. Feel free to develop your own cross references and index structure. Accurate and timely skills forecasting capability
By 2007, there will be stronger evidence that the responsiveness of the tertiary sector has increased in terms of meeting the country’s current and future skill needs. This improved responsiveness will result from more meaningful and effective communication and relationships between providers, ITOs and business. The strong linkages between providers and ITOs and employer interests will ensure a better and faster match between the skills demanded in the labour market and those developed via education and training. This will not only reduce the time-lags involved in meeting the economy’s need for new skills, but also allow greater responsiveness in curriculum development and flexible modes of delivery. The importance of the tertiary system’s role and contribution will be recognised more explicitly by more employers and professional associations, with more formal links with tertiary providers regarding course development. Most providers will regularly survey local industry groups to determine the generic skills they require, and will assess learners to measure the effectiveness of such skill development in those areas. A greater range of providers will be highly responsive to the specific education and training needs of their local regions. They will connect with local, regional, community, iwi plans, and Pacific communities, and they, and the TEC, will work closely with local economic transformation agencies to provide creative solutions to distinctive regional development needs. Such processes will support the development of relevant local specialisations within the overall programme portfolios of providers, or support collaboration with local government entities, other providers, or provide e-learning options for the workplace or rural locations. « Strategy 4 | Index | Objective 19 » |
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