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Statement of Tertiary Education Priorities 2005-07
7 April 2005
| Source: | Tertiary Education Commission |
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The new Statement of Tertiary Education Priorities (STEP) for 2005/07 was published by the Minister of Education Trevor Mallard this week.
The Statement of Tertiary Education Priorities (STEP) is a statutory document under the Education Act (1989) which the Minister of Education releases every one to three years. It applies across the entire tertiary education system, and sets out the government's immediate priorities for the performance of that system. The priorities align with the main strategies and objectives in the Tertiary Education Strategy 2002-2007.
The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) gives effect to the STEP through:
- negotiating charters and profiles
- allocating funding
- building the capability of organisations
- facilitating greater connectedness within the system.
The new Statement of Tertiary Education Priorities (STEP) for 2005-2007 sets the priorities within the tertiary education system for 2005-07, in line with the current Tertiary Education Strategy. As a consequence, the preparation of Profiles for the periods 2006-08 and 2007-09 will need to reflect the priorities set out in this STEP.
The new STEP replaces the STEP of August 2003. It focuses on securing the shifts that the tertiary education reforms were designed to bring about, so that funding priorities target provision of education that is of a high quality and relevant to New Zealand's needs.
The key priorities in this STEP are for tertiary education organisations to work with the Tertiary Education Commission, the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA), and the Ministry of Education to:
- take responsibility for, and actively work to improve, the quality of their teaching to ensure that all students and learners gain the best value possible from their participation in tertiary education;
- ensure that students and learners access excellent education and training, which is relevant to both their needs and to New Zealand's broad national goals, and that they increasingly progress to higher levels of learning and qualifications; and
- enable knowledge, teaching, and research activities to give greater support to innovation in all aspects of New Zealand life and to the social, economic, environmental and intellectual development of New Zealand and the maintenance of our unique environment
