Creative Industries: Multibillion-dollar industry evolving at pace
25 Apr, 2021 06:00 PM
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Gaming technology is tipped to be the next big winner for the Creative Industries sector. Photo / Getty Images
Gaming technology is tipped to be the next big winner for the Creative Industries sector. Photo / Getty Images
Calls for the Government to pump more funding into the creative sector - which already injects $17.5 billion to the country s GDP and supports 131,000 jobs - could have big spinoffs for the Bay.
Heavyweights in the creative sector, which encompasses game development, animation, design and performing arts, say it is evolving at pace.
The national curriculum for schooling will be refreshed over the next three-to-four years to make Te Marautanga o Aotearoa and The New Zealand Curriculum.
When will the updates be introduced?
The curriculum updates will come into effect in 2022. They will be gazetted during 2021 to give schools and kura time to prepare for implementing this.
What year levels will be supported?
The updates will cover the entire breadth of the national curriculum. This means we would expect Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories to be taught as part of the local curriculum and marau ā-kura throughout the compulsory curriculum from 2022.
The updates give greater clarity about the progress and achievement of all children, so the important learning is not left to chance.
Will this mean New Zealand’s histories will become a compulsory subject?
The Government has today begun a draft curriculum content for Aotearoa New Zealand's Histories, a compulsory subject to be taught in schools next year.
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