Future of apprenticeships kicked down the road again

Future of apprenticeships kicked down the road again
Students like nursing graduate Sunny Kumar will study at independent organisations again with the disestablishment of Te Pūkenga. (Image: Supplied)
Maria Slade
Industry training organisations are in the dark about the future of work-based learning following the Government’s pre-Christmas announcement that vocational training mega-body Te Pūkenga is officially for the scrap heap.As workplaces closed for the holidays, Tertiary Education and Skills Minister Penny Simmonds confirmed the necessary law change would be made to disestablish Te Pūkenga, the organisation set up by the previous Government to merge the country’s polytechnics and training schemes.The 16 institutes of technology an...

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