Redesigning the Ministry of Education

<h2>A redesign of the Ministry of Education is underway&comma; with Te Mahau being introduced within a new look Te T&amacr;huhu o te M&amacr;tauranga&period;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Government decisions in 2019 in response to the Tomorrow’s Schools review&comma; signalled changes the Ministry needed to make to the organisational design of Te T&amacr;huhu o te M&amacr;tauranga &vert; Ministry of Education and the work it does&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Ministry says&comma; &&num;8220&semi;What is required is a more responsive&comma; accessible and integrated local support function for the whole education sector&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Wednesday 9 June&comma; Te Tumu Whakarae m&omacr; te M&amacr;tauranga &vert; the Secretary for Education Iona Holsted released decisions to staff for the establishment of Te Mahau&comma; previously referred to as the Education Service Agency&comma; within a redesigned Te T&amacr;huhu o te M&amacr;tauranga &vert; Ministry of Education&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Holsted said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;The decisions I have taken give effect to the Government’s response to the Independent Taskforce<br &sol;>&NewLine;Review of Tomorrows Schools&period; While the Government accepted most of the Taskforce recommendations it reached some different conclusions about organisational design&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The decisions also take into account what we heard through the wider K&omacr;rero M&amacr;tauranga&comma; and what we learned<br &sol;>&NewLine;through COVID Lockdown&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement on June 17&comma; the Ministry of Education said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;These are foundation steps&period; They create a new leadership team with more frontline membership and create an organisational design that will help the Ministry provide more support to the whole education sector&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Te Mahau will deliver new supports and services to schools and early learning services in stages over time and subject to Budget decisions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;It is important that the wider education sector is engaged in developing the relationship they want to have with Te Mahau and the design of services they receive over time&period; In the coming weeks&comma; the Ministry will begin to engage with representatives of peak bodies on how they see Te Mahau will work with them and they with it&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The formal establishment of Te Mahau&comma; and subsequent changes to Te T&amacr;huhu &vert; The Ministry&comma; will take effect on 4 October 2021&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There is a brief summary overview of the new approach here&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a title&equals;"Decision Summary A3" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;education&period;govt&period;nz&sol;assets&sol;Future-education-&sol;Decision-Summary-A3-Establishing-Te-Mahau-within-Te-Tahuhu-o-te-Matauranga&period;pdf" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Introducing Te Mahau within Te T&amacr;huhu o te M&amacr;tauranga &vert; Ministry of Education A3 summary<span class&equals;"fileExt">&lbrack;PDF&comma; 798 KB&rsqb;<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you want to read about the change in more detail&comma; you can read this summary document&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a title&equals;"Summary - Establishing Te Mahau within Te T&amacr;huhu o te M&amacr;tauranga 16-06-21" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;education&period;govt&period;nz&sol;assets&sol;Future-education-&sol;Summary-Establishing-Te-Mahau-within-Te-Tahuhu-o-te-Matauranga-16-06-21&period;pdf" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Establishing Te Mahau within Te T&amacr;huhu o te M&amacr;tauranga &vert; The Ministry of Education summary document<span class&equals;"fileExt">&lbrack;PDF&comma; 3&period;4 MB&rsqb;<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And see below for the message sent to education sector peak bodies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a class&equals;"" title&equals;"Message to sector" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;education&period;govt&period;nz&sol;assets&sol;Future-education-&sol;Message-to-sector&period;pdf" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Message to the sector<span class&equals;"fileExt">&lbrack;PDF&comma; 140 KB&rsqb;<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;