Te Pūkenga has a significant transformation programme ahead. Over the next couple of years, vocational education and training as we currently know it will be completely reimagined. In its place will be a new system that will be more cohesive and sustainable, put learners at the very centre, allow better access for all, and ensure equity for Māori.
The transitional pathway shows how the range of current transformational workstreams are all structure and planned to support the change. The workstreams are an extension of the recommendations received during the extensive national consultation done through Mobilising the New World. They also take into consideration the Te Pukenga Charter and our Letter of Expectation.
Central to much of the Te Pūkenga transformation is the operating model workstream. The outcomes of the operating model will inform much of the future work for Te Pūkenga, so the transition pathway only extends as far as the final quarter of 2021. By then, some workstreams may stop or finish, others will be continued, and new ones may be added.
While shown as a workstream, our commitment to partnership and equity will continue to underpin and support all we do.
There are already a significant number of workstreams shown, and there are many others not given such prominence, but that are equally important to support our ‘business as usual’ work, often playing a key role in supporting and progressing the transformational workstream activity.
Our transitional pathway will be updated as often as possible, and we will maintain an ongoing schedule of connecting and collaborating with our partners and other stakeholders to ensure we continue to work together and align our mahi as we transformation vocational education and training.