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Tuesday, 3 August 2021, 9:36 am
New Zealand high school students are developing global
competence skills alongside students from around the world,
enabling them to study and work across borders and cultures
and boost their job prospects, through the New Zealand
Global Competence Certificate (NZGCC) funded by Education
New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao (ENZ).
Qualitative
research[1] from ENZ concluded that New Zealand businesses
who employed staff with cross-cultural competencies found
this contributed to a more energising workplace, which
helped to foster creativity and innovation as well as other
benefits.
The employers agreed cross-cultural
competence was a sought-after skill when hiring staff,
leading ENZ to fund the programme for more high school
Education New Zealand welcomes further international student cohort Thursday, January 14, 2021 IWK Bureau
Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao (ENZ) welcomes the
Minister’s announcement allowing border exceptions for up to 1,000 bachelors degree-level (or higher) international students to return to complete their study, saying it signals New Zealand’s commitment to international education.
This border exception follows and builds on the
ENZ Chief Executive Grant McPherson says international education has wide-ranging benefits for New Zealand, and the careful managed return of small cohorts of students like these is part of the government’s Recovery Plan for International Education.
“Before the onset of COVID-19, international education was New Zealand’s fifth-largest export, contributing $5 billion to the economy and supporting around 45,000 jobs.