5/6/08

The Trust has had a groundswell response to its Maori and Pasifika Education Initiative.

 

 

Through various mediums, including a series of hui and fono held throughout Auckland and Northland in Marchthe Trust asked the public to come up with ideas that could help raise educational achievements for Maori and Pasifika communities – ideas that the Trust might then be able to help fund.

Almost 300 groups replied, sharing their dreams and outlining how they could make a better future for our young people.

Of the 298 expressions of interest received, 122 targeted the Maori community, 62 targeted the Pasifika community and the remaining 114 targeted both the Maori and Pasifika communities.

The expressions of interest have now gone to our selection committees for consideration. A Maori selection committee was established to consider proposals for Maori and a Pasifika selection committee was established to consider proposals for Pasifika.

The first meeting for each committee took place in May and further meetings are scheduled for June, including a meeting for both selection committees to consider proposals for both Maori and Pasifika.

Both selection committees are looking for proposals that:

  • promote community development opportunities for future growth
  • demonstrate innovation (an ‘outside current structures’ approach to education)
  • challenge the status quo and/or current Maori and Pasifika education statistics
  • demonstrate a collaborative community/school approach
  • have community ownership of responsi-bility as well as expectation.

As outlined on the Initiative website, all groups will be told of decisions by early July.

www.initiative.org.nz