The Otago Polytechnic will postpone tomorrow's graduation ceremonies. Photo: Google Street View
The country's stricken vocational education providers need to cut staff and courses to become financially sustainable, Tertiary Education and Skills Minister Penny Simmonds says.
The government has unveiled plans to unite the weakest polytechnics and let the strongest stand alone.
A consultation document published on Thursday said a federation of small polytechnics would be supported by the Open Polytechnic.
But Minister Simmonds told Morning Report earlier before the new sector could take shape, costs need to be cut - including $130 million of land and buildings that need to be sold.
Back in 2019 then Otago Polytechnic chief executive Phil Ker wrote a paper proposing the federation model for struggling polytechs.
He speaks to Kathryn about the proposals.
