A dozen suspect courses are to be investigated after a probe found $10 million in misappropriated funding at a polytechnic and a wananga.
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce has confirmed 12 reviews are planned, on top of the two already completed and three under way, the New Zealand Herald reports.
Investigations at Te Whare Wananga O Awanuiarangi in Whakatane and New Plymouth's Western Institute of Technology highlighted found issues including students “completing” an 18-week course in one day, event volunteers unwittingly being enrolled in courses and receiving qualifications and tutors being enrolled as students in the courses they were teaching.
