Appendix 2

Brief report on the awarded technology scholarships for 2008 from the ministry

In 2007 TeachNZ introduced a new School Teacher Recruitment Scholarship.

The scholarship replaced existing teacher recruitment scholarships and allowances and increased allowances for people from careers to retrain.

The total number of technology scholarships to allocate for study starting in semester one 2008 were:

• 30 Technology Career Changer Scholarships
• 50 Technology Graduate Scholarships
• 5 School leavers/undergraduate Scholarships.

The aim of the new Technology Teacher Recruitment Scholarships is to increase the number of technology teachers in secondary schools.  As of 4 May 2008 the numbers awarded for 2008 in technology are:

• 59 Technology Career Changer Scholarships
• 32 Technology Graduate Scholarships
• 9 Technology School leavers/undergraduate scholarships

The number of technology scholarships awarded for 2008 exceeded the number available to award.  The new teacher recruitment scholarship are flexible, therefore if we have a lower uptake in one category we can over allocate in another category.