Education - Skill Development
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Support schools as 'community learning centres' that offer learning opportunities for learners of all ages Promote teaching of nutrition, basic cooking, gardening skills, and the origins and production of food within the core curriculum
Provide funding for an additional 5,000 Modern Apprenticeship places, taking the total number of Modern Apprentices to 14,000 in 2008 Allow up to twenty per cent of Modern Apprentices in any industry to be above the current age limit of 21 Continue towards our goal of having 250,000 people participating in structured industry training Work with small and medium sized enterprises and the self employed to lift participation in training Explore the possibility of establishing a structured cadetship programme as an alternative to institutional training for those entering associate professional roles
Boost trades, skills and workplace training Supports low-cost courses that meet a range of community aspirations and needs ... support growth in adult education Investigate innovative programmes to encourage young New Zealanders to choose farming as a career Investigate the establishment of more training facilities such as Smedley Station and Training Farm in Hawke’s Bay
Continue to refine and develop industrial training with the ultimate aim of ensuring that all young people are either in work or participating in industry training Maintain and expand industrial and vocational training programmes Ensure that farmers and other rural workers are able to access industry training funds Develop a "community wage" scheme to allow businesses to offer apprenticeships and other training schemes through a 'topped up' weekly wage system Review ITOs, with a view to using successful organisations as a model to establish best practice across the sector
Enable new parents to enrol in adult education while their children attend early childhood education Introduce a family literacy programme to enable parents to learn the essential skills necessary to understand much of the printed material encountered in everyday life