Background
‘Ka Hikitia’ in this context means to ‘step up’, to ‘lift up’, to ‘lengthen one’s stride’. It means stepping up the performance of the education system to ensure Māori are enjoying education success as Māori.
It is a strategy that’s about changing and transforming the education system to ensure all learners have the opportunity to gain the skills and knowledge they need to realise their potential and succeed.
Ka Hikitia – Managing for Success: The Māori Education Strategy 2008 - 2012 is a strategy that sets out specific outcomes, priorities for action and targets over the five-year period of 2008 to 2012 to realise Māori potential.
Primarily it aims to influence the thinking, policy, practice and services of the Ministry of Education and the government agencies responsible for education by building on the latest research evidence and from the ideas, experiences, hopes and aspirations of Māori throughout the country.
Ka Hikitia - Managing for Success: The Māori Education Strategy 2008 - 2012 is a strategy that spans the entire education sector, it does and will have an impact on everyone within the education sector. Ka Hikitia – Managing for Success has identified four main focus areas where the evidence shows coordinated activity will have the most impact. They are:
- Foundation Years (early childhood education and the first years at school)
- Young People Engaged in Learning (particularly in years 9 and 10)
- Māori Language in Education (setting and resourcing priorities in Māori Language in Education.)
- Organisational Success (firstly for the Ministry of Education, and then, for the rest of the education sector).
The overarching strategic intent of Ka Hikitia – Managing for Success: The Māori Education Strategy 2008 - 2012 is: ‘Māori enjoying education success as Māori’.
The strategic intent will be realised through four broad learner outcomes. They are:
- Māori learners working with others to determine successful learning and education pathways
- Māori learners excel and successfully realise their cultural distinctiveness and potential
- Māori learners successfully participating in and contributing to te Ao Māori
- Māori learners gaining the universal skills and knowledge needed to successfully participate in and contribute to Aotearoa New Zealand and the world.
Ka Hikitia – Managing for Success: The Māori Education Strategy 2008 - 2012 is aiming to transform the education system and ensure ‘Māori enjoying education success as Māori’ is the norm. It aims to ensure all learners have the opportunity to realise their potential through education.
To do this, the Ministry is more strongly linking with other Government agencies including:
- Education Review Office
- Tertiary Education Commission
- New Zealand Qualifications Authority
- Careers New Zealand
- The Correspondence School
- New Zealand Teachers Council
- Te Puni Kōkiri
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