This report documents the development of employees who undertook literacy and numeracy programmes in their workplaces, during work time.
Overall, the findings highlight that the workplace is a context that suits Māori and Pacific employees. The opportunity to train in work time removes access barriers, provides a safe, whanau-like learning environment, and builds on the knowledge and skills they already have as workers. This is enabled by workplaces where there is strong leadership and commitment from senior managers to the learning and development of their people.
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Background:
A two-year project, completed in 2019, that examined the impact of workplace literacy and numeracy programmes on Māori and Pasifika employees, as well as the cultural values that underpin the programmes.
The programmes were funded through the Tertiary Education Commission’s (TEC) Workplace Literacy and Numeracy (WLN) Fund. Employees were eligible for funding if they had low or no qualifications, or low literacy and numeracy skills as measured against the Adult Learning Progressions. They were able to access to 25-80 hours of learning, usually undertaken in the workplace and in work time.
This was a collaboration of Kia Ora Consulting Ltd, Skills Highway (Industry Training Federation) and Careerforce ITO.
Report prepared by Cain Kerehoma – Kia Ora Consulting, Anne Alkema and Dr Nicky Murray – Industry Training Federation, and Laloifi Ripley – Careerforce.
Co-funded by the Ako Aotearoa National Project Fund (NPF)