'The system's broken' - Education Minister says Polytech restructure will help teachers. The education minister has released his proposals to fix a vocational training sector he says is fundamentally "broken". ROSA WOODS/STUFF Education Minister Chris Hipkins has announced a merger of the country's polytechnics and training institutes in a bid to save the sector from collapse. READ MORE:* Proposeal to merge 16 polytechnics and technology institutes* Nat claims rebutted by education minister* Can polytechs survive increasing losses of money, students and staff? Hipkins wants to corral all 16 polytechs and training institutes around the country into a single pen, under a new moniker, the New Zealand Institute of Skills & Technology (NZIST).

Source: Stuff February 13, 2019 15:56 UTC