Learners who feel safe and have confidence in themselves and in their learning environments, are those who best engage, participate and achieve in education, in work and in life. For Pacific learners and their families, recognising their unique identities, languages and cultures is critical to success in education.

The 10-year Action Plan will drive systemic change in and across the education system to transform educational outcomes for Pacific learners and their families. The blueprint describes five key shifts needed to achieve this vision:

• work reciprocally with diverse Pacific communities to respond to unmet needs, with an initial focus on needs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic
• confront systemic racism and discrimination in education
• enable every teacher, leader and educational professional to take coordinated action to become culturally competent with diverse Pacific learners
• partner with families to design education opportunities together with teachers, leaders and educational professionals so aspirations for learning and employment can be met
• grow, retain and value highly competent teachers, leaders and educational professionals with diverse Pacific whakapapa.

The Action Plan, Ka Hikitia and Tau Mai Te Reo are the roadmaps for how the education system will achieve the 30 Year Vision for ākonga Māori, Māori whānau and Pacific learners and families. This is supported by the Tertiary Education Strategy (TES) that sets the expectations for our sector to achieve this vision.

We continue to focus on delivering tertiary success for all learners and a system that delivers better results for New Zealand. Together, as a sector, we can make the required key shifts to better equip Pacific learners to achieve their education aspirations.

For more information and a video on the Action Plan for Pacific Education visit Kōrero Mātauranga.