Maurice-Takerei, Lisa2025-11-262025-11-262025-08-07http://hdl.handle.net/10292/20224This week’s major overhaul of the NCEA qualification system isn’t just about measuring academic achievement at secondary school. The government’s plans also include “working with industry to develop better vocational pathways” into the workforce. The policy dovetails with big changes to the country’s polytechnic system, which have also been promoted as improving vocational education. Both that, and the NCEA reforms, go to the heart of an urgent problem facing New Zealand. Even a brief glance at Immigration New Zealand’s “Green List” – formerly the Skills Shortage List – raises an obvious question: why are the country’s own training and education pathways not delivering these much needed skilled workers?Creative Commons. We believe in the free flow of information. Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under Creative Commons licence.39 Education390114 Vocational education and training curriculum and pedagogy390201 Education policyNew Zealandskills shortageSkillsVocational trainingSchool leaversNCEAOther Form of Assessable OutputOpenAccess10.64628/AA.cs3yk79kw