New promotional agency for New Zealand

24/Jun/2011

A new Agency is to take over the promotion of New Zealand as a study destination to help encourage international students back to the country. The agency will combine government-funded promotional, representational and other functions and activities that are currently carried out by three separate agencies; the Ministry of Education, Education New Zealand and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise.

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Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce, said, “International education contributes more than NZ$2 billion (US$1.6 billion) to our economy and supports about 32,000 jobs but, to this point, efforts to promote growth have been fragmented.” He added, “Remedying this and ensuring our efforts are well-coordinated and efficient is even more important in the post-earthquake environment.”

The new agency will operate under the name Education New Zealand and is supported by Education New Zealand staff. Education New Zealand Chair, Hon David Caygill, said, “The government has signalled that it wishes a greater level of direct involvement in return for greater levels of investment from the taxpayer. The Education New Zealand board have accepted this proposal from the Minister and have agreed to the inclusion of Education New Zealand’s functions and staff in the new crown agency.” It is hoped the new agency will be up and running by September.

Source: hothousemedia.com