Reviewing and writing qualifications and standards is one of the main ways Muka Tangata has to reform education and training in the food and fibre sector.
Qualifications, micro-credentials, and standards should meet the needs of the diverse range of ākonga, kaimahi and business operators in the food and fibre sector.
Muka Tangata has introduced changes to how we approach this work to bring those that are affected by the skills needed closer to their design.
As such, we are able to design qualifications and standards that are broad enough to allow ākonga to use mātauranga Māori in their work and assessments. We:
- recognise the importance of values like hauora, kaitiakitanga, whanaungatanga and manaakitanga to training success.
- explore more flexible ways to deliver and assess learning, especially through micro-credentials and other shorter qualifications which fit around seasons of work.
- produce qualifications and standards that are accessible to Māori, especially those moving into the food and fibre sector, either
from schools or from jobs in other fields. - look at ways Māori can grow their knowledge and skills, and thereby their ability to progress and gain rangatiratanga within industries.
Ongoing actions
1. All future qualification, standards and micro-credential reviews conducted by Muka Tangata will include investigating how to incorporate mātauranga Māori to meet the needs of ākonga Māori and employers in the sector.
2. All future qualifications, standards and micro-credential reviews conducted by Muka Tangata will develop products that can be delivered more flexibly.
3. Muka Tangata will work with iwi to develop a micro-credential that they can use, if they wish, to teach their iwitanga in a way that protects their mātauranga.