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Tom O'Neil: Managing Director of cv.co.nz on the Tertiary Commission funding niche fields to increase enrolment

Published: March 25, 2024, 8:38 p.m.

Niche fields are being prioritised as the Tertiary Commission decides who gets funding.\xa0

Piano tuning and scaffolding are among the fields they\u2019re willing to fund as they aim to boost enrolment, but larger fields like primary teaching are missing out.\xa0

Tom O\u2019Neil, Managing Director of cv.co.nz, told Mike Hosking that the decision blows him away\xa0

He said that while piano tuners are great to have, he\u2019s used teachers a lot more than he\u2019s ever used tuners.\xa0

O\u2019Neil said that young people are being sent a signal that New Zealand will rely on immigrants to fill that field, and they should look at another career.\xa0

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