The college has announced the launch of a postgraduate certificate in education and learning (PGCertEdLn), postgraduate diploma of education and learning (PGDipEdLn), and master of education and learning (MEdLn). The new qualifications were aimed at teachers, principals and other education professionals. Initially, the college met with representatives from the Otago and Southland Secondary Principals Associations and the Otago Primary Principals' Association before meeting principals and teachers from schools across the region. A major consideration that came up across all sectors the college of education had spoken to - early childhood centres, primary and secondary schools - was time. One principal discussed the long hours that teachers worked and the existing school-led ongoing professional learning that they were involved in.''

Source: Otago Daily Times October 15, 2018 15:33 UTC