Niche fields are being prioritised as the Tertiary Commission decides who gets funding.
Piano tuning and scaffolding are among the fields they’re willing to fund as they aim to boost enrolment, but larger fields like primary teaching are missing out.
Tom O’Neil, Managing Director of cv.co.nz, told Mike Hosking that the decision blows him away
He said that while piano tuners are great to have, he’s used teachers a lot more than he’s ever used tuners.
O’Neil said that young people are being sent a signal that New Zealand will rely on immigrants to fill that field, and they should look at another career.
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