Jacinda Ardern said Education Minister Chris Hipkins would announce proposals to reform the vocational education sector next week. Education Minister Chris Hipkins, however, conceded that the proposals had "implications" for people's jobs, but it was irresponsible to speculate about job losses. The restructure was expected to recommend turning the vocational education sector into a flexible network that focuses on greater co-operation between institutions to meet the needs of business. National's tertiary education spokesman Shane Reti said the job losses would hit lecturers in regional polytechnics as well as administrative jobs. She said the vocational education sector was dysfunctional and losing jobs at the moment, and that would continue if the Government did not reform the sector.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 07, 2019 23:13 UTC