Education scores over $2billion in Budget 2021

Budget 2021 contains a raft of funding for the education sector with approximately $1.9 billion in new operating funding, and approximately $760 million of capital funding for new assets over the next four years.

Funding highlights include:

• Curriculum reform and work force supports in early learning and schooling
• Improving pathways between educational and employment, and for Māori educational success as Māori
• The creation of a more supported system that is more responsive to the needs of ākonga and their whānau (including an education service agency within a redesigned Ministry of Education)
• School property to ensure students have access to quality teaching and learning environments and to help prevent overcrowding in schools

In a statement, the Ministry of Education said. “This new funding will help to build towards the goal of building a more equitable and inclusive world class public education that provides all ākonga with a solid foundation to be successful in work and in life.”

For more detailed information on what is contained in Budget 2021, click the links below.

Vote Education Summary of Initiatives 2021

Vote Tertiary Education Summary of Initiatives 2021