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    ILN - ESOL

    Intensive Literacy and Numeracy - English for Speakers of Other Languages

    Immersion schools

    Schools in which students are taught through the Māori language for more than 80 percent of the time.

    Independent Tertiary Institutions

    A recognised industry peak body representing 14 large PTEs around New Zealand.   Also known as Ngā Wānanga Motuhake.

    Industry Training Fund

    Training to people in employment, in skills that will be useful to industry.  A partnership between government and industry.

    Industry Training Organisation Strategic Leadership Fund

    The ITO Strategic Leadership Fund is used to fund proposals by industry training organisations for the development of new qualifications that the TEC expects will generate the greatest value in terms of the wider tertiary education system.

    Industry Training Register

    An online data collection service that captures information about activity in the industry training sector in near real time.

    Institute of technology and polytechnic (ITP)

    Institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs) focus on delivering technical, vocational and professional education up to degree and postgraduate levels.  They also promote applied research to support vocational learning.

    Intensive Literacy and Numeracy - English for Speakers of Other Languages

    Supports the provision of fees-free English for Speakers of Other Languages programmes to adult refugees (including protected persons) and migrants who are pre-literate learners or learners who have very low levels of English language and literacy.

    Intensive Literacy and Numeracy - Refugee English

    Provides fees-free access to English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) qualifications for up to 400 refugees annually.  Aims to support refugees to reach a level of English that will allow them to enter employment or education.

    Intensive Literacy and Numeracy Fund

    Supports the intensive provision of quality fees-free literacy, language and numeracy learning opportunities for learners with low-level literacy and numeracy skills.  Is delivered as an average 100 hours of literacy and numeracy learning per learner within a 5- to 20-week period.