Glossary
Kuputaka
International Education Recovery Plan
The International Education Recovery Plan is a long-term strategic recovery plan that aims to help reset New Zealand’s international education sector in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
Investment approach
The TEC's new investment approach will focus on using our levers to increase the contribution of tertiary education to improving social and economic outcomes for learners and for all New Zealanders.
Investment Plan
Describes how a tertiary education organisation (TEO) will achieve government priorities set out in the Tertiary Education Strategy. Includes a TEO’s mission and role in the tertiary sector and all the programmes and activities it runs.
ISCED
International Standard Classification of Education. This is a classification of levels of education ranging from zero to nine.
ITF
Industry Training fund. Training to people in employment, in skills that will be useful to industry. A partnership between government and industry.
ITI
Independent Training Institutions is a recognised industry peak body representing 14 large PTEs around New Zealand.
ITO
Industry training organisation. Co-ordinates structured training for employees, both on-job and off-job.
ITP
Institute of technology and polytechnic. ITPs focus on delivering technical, vocational and professional education up to degree and postgraduate levels.
ITR
Industry Training Register is an online data collection service that captures information about activity in the industry training sector in near real time.
Iwi
Extended kinship group or tribe or people. Often refers to a large group of people descended from a common ancestor and associated with a distinct territory.