Te Pūkenga plans for regional polytechs leak out before consultation

Te Pūkenga plans for regional polytechs leak out before consultation
Tertiary Education Minister Penny Simmonds has been leading the charge on disestablishing Te Pūkenga. (Image: NZME)
Dileepa Fonseka
The Government may be staying quiet on how it plans to reform vocational education, but Te Pūkenga believes a replacement model is a done deal. Or, at least, it did. In response to queries from BusinessDesk, a spokesperson for Te Pūkenga said a request for information (RFI) revealing details of a planned merger of polytechs "was lodged in error and has been removed".  According to the tender document published on Monday, Te Pūkenga anticipated it would split into several regional polytechs combining previously separate educa...

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