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Vocational education lacking in "current and relevant" skill training

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Fri, 11 Jul 2025, 10:05am
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Vocational education lacking in "current and relevant" skill training

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九一星空无限talk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 11 Jul 2025, 10:05am

Many Kiwis are studying or training in skills that aren't needed in the job market. 

That's the warning from Business NZ as the Government reviews New Zealand's vocational education system. 

The lobby groups say graduates are being held back from gaining employment because they've trained in the wrong area. 

They're calling for an industry-led vocational system, with more focus on work-based training and relevant, up-to-date skills. 

Business NZ Education Specialist Rachel Simpson told Heather du Plessis-Allan that many of the current qualifications and programmes haven鈥檛 been changed in years. 

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