Students submit their entries in a variety of formats all focused on upholding the legacy of  the 28th (Māori) Battalion and Second Lieutenant Te Moananui a Kiwa Ngārimu (VC).

This year, entrants to The Challenge had 2 choices:

• to explore and express how Māori were viewed in New Zealand after World War II and the Battle of Crete, or
• cover why it was important to commemorate World War I battles with particular focus on the Battle of the Somme. 
  
  

The Supreme Award winner

The Supreme Award winner is Carlos Paenga - a Year 12 student of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Waiū o Ngāti Porou.

Carlos wrote an essay in te reo Māori drawing on his experiences during a pilgrimage to war sites in Europe.

The Supreme Award is selected from the winners of each category. As Supreme Award winner, Carlos receives $1500 plus $1000 as the winner of the Senior Māori category.

Winners and runners up

Senior Māori

Intermediate Māori

1st $800	Te Paea Dalton Reedy Te Kura Kaupapa Māori O Te Waiū O Ngāti Porou	Poster: Mahia te mahi hei painga mo te iwi
2nd $500	Manaia Whangapirita Bishop Te Kura Kaupapa Māori   O Te Waiū O Ngāti Porou	Artwork: Manaia
3rd $250	Miria Koia Te Kura Kaupapa Māori   O Te Waiū O Ngāti Porou	Poster: Price of Citizenship

Senior English 

1st $1,000	Tahuriwakanui Durie and Anaru Palmer Tauranga Boys’ College	Video: Tama Tū: Tauranga to Crete
2nd $700	Bella Rakete Epsom Girls Grammar	Artwork: The Challenge 2016
3rd $350	Shanice Wills Craighead Diocesan School	Essay: The Importance of the 28 th Battalion

Intermediate English

Junior English

1st $600	Kenza Taele and Grace Mc Sweeny Tauranga Intermediate	Artwork: The Battle of Crete
2nd $350	Kyla Van Silfhout Tauranga Intermediate	Artwork: Fallen Soldier
3rd $150	Susan Ra Te Kapehu Whetū	Artwork: 75th Anniversary

The Review is part of the Government’s Education Work Programme for building a sustainable, fit for purpose education system that enables all young New Zealanders to achieve educational success.

There is a lot more work to do before final decisions are made on which, if any, of the proposals are implemented.

Cabinet Paper

A paper that went to Cabinet in October 2016 reported back on the outcome of the engagement with the sector and made recommendations for next steps:

• Cabinet Paper - Review of Education Funding Systems - update and next stepsCabinet Paper: Review of Education Funding Systems Update and Next Steps

Information withheld

Please note that some deletions have been made from the Cabinet Paper under the following sections of the Official Information Act 1982:

• Section 9(2)(f)(iv) to maintain constitutional conventions which protect the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers of the Crown and officials.

In preparing this information release, the Ministry of Education has considered the public interest considerations in section 9(1) of the Official Information Act 1982.

Technical Reference Groups

To assist with this next phase of work, a number of topic-specific Technical Reference Groups, made up of education and sector experts, will advise on detailed design and inform further policy development.

Members of the groups will contribute to the Review, drawing on their technical knowledge, expertise and advice to assist in answering topic-specific questions that have arisen as part of the early policy development process.

Selection of members of the Reference Groups was based on their technical knowledge and expertise of the curriculum including learning areas, competencies, values, assessment and delivery of specific features of New Zealand’s education system.

 The Technical Reference Groups, and their objectives, are listed below:

Technical reference group participants

Ministerial Advisory Group

The Advisory Group, formed in May 2016, will be re-convened as a Ministerial Advisory Group from November 2016.  The Minister of Education will chair the new group.

The Ministerial Advisory Group brings together the same group of representatives from across early childhood education (ECE) and ngā kōhanga reo and schooling that were on the former Advisory Group.

The Ministerial Advisory Group will meet regularly to be updated by the Minister on work being progressed as part of the next stage of the review and to have the opportunity to provide feedback as it progresses. 

Related work

In addition to the Technical Reference Groups, the following proposals will also be progressed to the next stage of policy design and testing:

Proposal Design objectives

Sector Engagement

Updates on the review’s progress will be given at National and Regional Cross-Sector Forums held from February 2017.

We'll post a list of these forums here shortly.

Next Steps: Indicative Timeline

More information

Although this round of engagement has been completed, you can still email  funding.review@education.govt.nz if you have any questions about the Review of Education Funding Systems for early childhood education (ECE) and ngā kōhanga reo, and schooling.

Each Community of Learning | Kāhui Ako sets shared goals, or achievement challenges based on the particular needs of its learners. 

Find out more about Communities of Learning , how to join an existinglearners. Once these have been endorsed by the Minister of Education, the Community of Learning or form| Kāhui Ako works with learners, their parents, whānau, iwi and communities to achieve those challenges. Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako are a new onepart of Government’s Investing in Educational Success (IES) initiative. 

New Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako

On Monday, 5 December 2016, Education Minister Hekia Parata announced a further 32 Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako. There are now 180 Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako spread throughout the country. 1503 schools, 95 early learning services and find more information if you're already3 tertiary providers are now part of a Community of Learning.Learning | Kāhui Ako, involving more than 495,000 students.

New legislation

New legislation enables licensed home based early childhood education (ECE) services to offer out-of-school care at the same time that they offer ECE, under certain conditions, and where they have the capacity and capability to do so. The enabling legislation is found in section 309 and 317A of the Education Act 1989. The amendment to the Education Act 1989 was made by way of the Education Legislation Act 2016 that came into force on 29 October 2016.

Previous situation

Previously, licensed home based ECE services were not able to offer out of school care at the same time that they offer ECE.

Impact of the legislation

The new legislation enables licensed home based ECE services to offer out of school care at the same time that they offer ECE, under certain conditions, and where they have the capacity and capability to do so.

The conditions for a home-based ECE service to offer out of school care at the same time as ECE are as follows:

• Up to 6 children (aged 13 or younger) will be able to be present in a home.
• Of these 6 children, up to 4 children can be present in the home to receive licensed home-based education and care, as defined in section 309 of the Education Act. This maintains the current licensing requirements.
• An educator’s child under the age of 6 will be counted as part of the maximum children allowed to receive home-based education and care.
• An educator’s child who is enrolled in school will not be counted as part of the maximum under 13 years.
• Only the children using the service for ECE will be funded through the ECE funding subsidy.

Home-based services will be expected to show they can maintain standards for the younger children’s safety, wellbeing and learning. The Ministry of Education will continue to monitor home based services and will intervene if the safety, wellbeing or learning of the children is being compromised.

Each home based ECE service will need to decide whether they want to offer the additional service under their licence.

Why the change?

The amendment will give families more choice for out of school care for their school aged children, potentially allowing greater participation in the workforce.

The amendment will also support the maintenance of standards of care for children aged 0-6 by bringing the unregulated activity of simultaneous care into the Ministry of Education’s oversight.

Considerations for early childhood education services

Each licensed home based ECE service will need to decide whether they want to offer out of school care at the same time that they offer ECE, under their current licence.

Home based services that choose to offer the additional service will be expected to show they can maintain standards for the younger children’s safety, wellbeing and learning. The Ministry of Education will continue to monitor home-based services and will intervene if the safety, wellbeing or learning of the children is being compromised.

Each Community of Learning | Kāhui Ako sets shared goals, or achievement challenges based on the particular needs of its children and young people. 

Benefits of joining

Joining a Community of Learning | Kāhui Ako is voluntary for post-secondary providers. However, you are encouraged to join if you can support the achievement challenges of one or more Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako in your area.

By joining you can:

• support the transition of students from secondary into tertiary education or training more effectively. 
• proactively support students’ interests and strengths, encouraging them to extend their learning pathways beyond secondary education
• support learning pathways linking to further study, training and/or employment (particularly where there are regional opportunities)

You can still join a Community of Learning | Kāhui Ako as well as being part of a Youth Guarantee partnership.

Employers and community members can also join

Membership isn’t limited to education providers – community members and employers can also join Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako.

Examples of achievement challenges

Examples of achievement challenges relevant to post-secondary education and training providers include:

• increasing the percentage of students leaving school with NCEA level 2 or higher
• improving pathways to participation in tertiary education (for example, at least 90% of all school leavers in full time employment or tertiary level learning aligned to a planned pathway)

Find out about Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako in your area and get involved

Contact your  local Director of Education to discuss what's involved. You can also ring 0800 IES INFO (0800 437 4636) or email  IES.team@education.govt.nz 

What is PISA

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an international study that assesses and compares how well countries are preparing their 15-year-old students to meet real-life opportunities and challenges.

This study is an initiative of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD].

Who takes part?

ApproximatelyJust over half a million students from 7265 countries took part in PISA 2015.2012.

In New Zealand, over 4,5005,000 students (4,291 for core PISA subjects, 958 for financial literacy) from 183177 schools took part in the study, in July/August 2015.July 2012.

Schools, and students within each school, were randomly selected to take part. An international consortium commissioned by the OECD to implement PISA was responsible for sampling schools and students in all PISA countries.

Your board must apply to the Ministry of Education if they think you qualify for disregarded sick leave.

Your sick leave won’t be deducted from your entitlement if one of the following circumstances applies to you.

• Your sickness is directly caused by your working conditions or circumstances.
• You were injured while carrying out your duties, the injury was not your fault, and you have not received any ACC payments for the injury.
• Your sick leave was due to a war injury or war service.
• You caught an epidemic disease or you had to be in isolation because of having contact with someone with a particular disease (as required by Ministry of Health regulations). In the case of hepatitis, the period of disregarded sick leave will be decided by your doctor.
• You have tuberculosis.

The maximum amount of disregarded sick leave (total of all periods) is 2 years. If you have tuberculosis and need to be treated in a specialised health facility you may be entitled to an additional 6 months of disregarded sick leave.

Disregarded sick leave is covered in clause 7.4 of your collective agreement.

Under section 148 of the Education Act 1989, certain primary schools are designated as ‘normal’ or ‘model’ schools. 

These schools are specifically used for teacher training and in the past were usually associated with a teacher's training college. If you are a principal at a normal or model school, you will receive an allowance of $2,000pa, as set out in clause 6.2.1 of your collective agreement.

Eligible schools

The staffing incentive allowance of $1,000pa is paid to teachers and principals appointed in schools that the Ministry of Education has defined as having serious staffing difficulties and schools approved because of location.

You can read full details of the allowance in clause 6.2.4 of your employment agreement.

Eligible schools

The basic criteria is that you must be moving to an area that comes under a different district or city council than where you’re currently living. Please carefully check appendix 2 of your collective agreement to see if you qualify.

The transfer and removal payments are in 2 parts:

• a lump sum payment to cover things like travel, phone connection, in-transit accommodation and meals, and school uniform changes for your children
• reimbursement of accommodation and property expenses not covered by the lump sum, such as rent, mortgage penalties, and real estate and legal fees for the sale or purchase of a property. 

How to apply

• Use the Transfer and Removal - Lump Sum Eligibility and Assessment Form (TR1) to apply for the lump sum.
• Use the Transfer and Removal - Accommodation/Property Expenses Form (TR2) to apply for reimbursement of other expenses.

Removal company

New Zealand Van Lines Ltd (NZVL) is the Ministry’s contracted provider for household removals within New Zealand.

When the Ministry has approved your application for transfer and removal payments, a representative from NZVL will contact you to arrange a pre-pack inspection, and packing, removal and delivery of your household goods. The Ministry pays NZVL directly.

If you need to contact NZVL , you can find a list of their offices on their website. Contact the office nearest to where you are transferring from and please state that you are being moved at Ministry of Education expense.

Part 7 of the Secondary Principals’ Collective Agreement sets out the rules and processes for medical retirement. 

Please read part 7 of your collective agreement and get independent advice, such as from your union rep or an employment lawyer, if you have any questions. It’s important that you discuss the options with your employer if you are thinking about taking medical retirement.

You can apply for medical retirement if you have a mental or physical illness that means you are unable currently and in the future to do your job as a principal. You will need to apply in writing to your board. You also need to provide a medical opinion that explains your illness and how it affects your ability to work. The board may ask you to get a second opinion from a doctor or specialist they choose.

Your school board may start the medical retirement process if the board members believe you can’t carry out your duties because of a mental or physical illness. The board will need you to have a medical examination.

If you prefer, you can have two medical examinations, with you choosing one practitioner and the board choosing another. You may have to stand down as principal while this is happening.

If the board approves your medical retirement, there are two ways your payment can be calculated. These are covered in clause 7.1.5 of the collective agreement. You will get whichever amount is larger.

Your board must apply to the Ministry of Education if they think you qualify for disregarded sick leave.

Your sick leave won’t be deducted from your entitlement if one of the following circumstances applies to you.

• Your sickness is directly caused by your working conditions or circumstances.
• You were injured while carrying out your duties, the injury was not your fault, and you have not received any ACC payments for the injury.
• Your sick leave was due to a war injury or war service.
• You caught an epidemic disease or you had to be in isolation because of having contact with someone with a particular disease (as required by Ministry of Health regulations). In the case of hepatitis, the period of disregarded sick leave will be decided by your doctor.
• You have tuberculosis.

The maximum amount of disregarded sick leave (total of all periods) is 2 years. If you have tuberculosis and need to be treated in a specialised health facility you may be entitled to an additional 6 months of disregarded sick leave.

Disregarded sick leave is covered in clause 5.2.3 of your collective agreement.

The basic criteria is that you must be moving to an area that comes under a different district or city council than where you’re currently living. Please carefully check  part 10 of your collective agreement to see if you qualify.

The transfer and removal payments are in 2 parts:

• a lump sum payment to cover things like travel, phone connection, in-transit accommodation and meals, and school uniform changes for your children
• reimbursement of accommodation and property expenses not covered by the lump sum, such as rent, mortgage penalties, and real estate and legal fees for the sale or purchase of a property. 

How to apply

• Use the Transfer and Removal - Lump Sum Eligibility and Assessment Form (TR1) to apply for the lump sum.
• Use the Transfer and Removal - Accommodation/Property Expenses Form (TR2) to apply for reimbursement of other expenses.

Removal company

New Zealand Van Lines Ltd (NZVL) is the Ministry’s contracted provider for household removals within New Zealand.

When the Ministry has approved your application for transfer and removal payments, a representative from NZVL will contact you to arrange a pre-pack inspection, and packing, removal and delivery of your household goods. The Ministry pays NZVL directly.

If you need to contact NZVL , you can find a list of their offices on their website. Contact the office nearest to where you are transferring from and please state that you are being moved at Ministry of Education expense.

Below is clause 3.7 from the 2011 collective agreement, which sets out the criteria.

3.7 Recognised Qualifications

3.7.1 Employees, other than therapists, holding qualifications agreed between the Secretary for Education and NZEI Te Riu Roa shall be paid an allowance, as follows:

• a. Group One: $500 per annum
• b. Group Two: $750 per annum
• c. Group Three: $1000 per annum.

3.7.2 The allowance shall be pro-rated for part-time employees.

3.7.3 Only one allowance shall be paid which shall be for the highest qualification held by the employee. Upon obtaining a higher recognised qualification the employee shall become eligible for the higher payment.

3.7.4 The list of recognised qualifications is annexed as Appendix A to this agreement.

3.7.5 The list reflects qualifications that have been deemed relevant to the work of the occupational groups to which this agreement is applicable. In general terms Group One reflects qualifications registered on the NZ Qualifications Framework at level 4, and those agreed to be of an equivalent level. It includes teacher aide qualifications registered on the NZQF at level 3 or other teacher aide qualifications from registered providers agreed to be of an equivalent level. Group Two reflects qualifications registered on the NZQF at levels 5-6 and those agreed to be of an equivalent level. Group Three reflects qualifications registered on the NZQF at levels 7-8 and those agreed to be of an equivalent level, including all New Zealand degrees, all graduate and post-graduate certificates and diplomas, and the Ministry of Education verified He Tohu Matauranga.

3.7.6 The parties may from time to time agree to recognise additional qualifications during the term of this agreement. The revised list of qualifications will be held by the Secretary for Education and NZEI Te Riu Roa. The complete list can be downloaded from the document below, and is also on the NZEI Te Riu Roa website .

You’ll receive the area school high priority principals allowance if you work at a school on the list below.

You can read about the allowance in clause 3.6 of your collective agreement.

Eligible schools

Your board must apply to the Ministry of Education if they think you qualify for disregarded sick leave.

Your sick leave won’t be deducted from your entitlement if one of the following circumstances applies to you.

• Your sickness is directly caused by your working conditions or circumstances.
• You were injured while carrying out your duties, the injury was not your fault, and you have not received any ACC payments for the injury.
• Your sick leave was due to a war injury or war service.
• You caught an epidemic disease or you had to be in isolation because of having contact with someone with a particular disease (as required by Ministry of Health regulations). In the case of hepatitis, the period of disregarded sick leave will be decided by your doctor.
• You have tuberculosis.

The maximum amount of disregarded sick leave (total of all periods) is 2 years. If you have tuberculosis and need to be treated in a specialised health facility you may be entitled to an additional 6 months of disregarded sick leave.

Disregarded sick leave is covered in clause 5.1.3 of your collective agreement, which gives you the same provisions as in clause 5.1.7 of the Area School Teachers’ Collective Agreement.

You will receive an isolation allowance if your employment at a school means you have to live permanently in an area the Ministry has defined as isolated. This means you live in a place with a population of less than 300, and you are more than a certain distance from a population centre of more than 1,500 people.

Schedule A of your collective agreement states that you are entitled to the same isolation allowance as area school teachers. Full details are in clause 3.23 of the Area School Teachers’ Collective Agreement.

There are 6 categories for the allowance and the amount paid is different for each. The categories are based on distance from a population centre with more than 1,500 people:

• Category 1 : 60 to 100 kilometres
• Category 2 : 101 to 150 kilometres
• Category 3 : 151 to 200 kilometres
• Category 4 : 200 kilometres and over
• Category 5 : Offshore islands
• Category 6 : Schools listed in appendix 1 of the Primary Teachers’ Collective Agreement

Isolation category 1: 60 to 100 kilometres

Isolation category 2: 101 to 150 kilometres

Isolation category 3: 151 to 200 kilometres

Isolation category 4: 200 kilometres and over

No eligible schools.

Isolation category 5: Offshore islands

Chatham Island schools are excluded as they have specific provisions in place.

Isolation category 6: PTCA, appendix one

Part 7 and Schedule D of the Area School Principals’ Collective Agreement set out the medical retirement rules and processes.

Below is a summary of the information in the collective agreement. Please read the clauses in your agreement and get independent advice, such as from a union representative or employment lawyer, if you have questions. It’s important that you discuss the options with your employer if you are thinking about taking medical retirement.

You can apply for medical retirement if:

• you are a current, permanent principal at an area school, and
• you are covered by the terms and conditions of the relevant collective agreement, and
• you have a terminal or a serious illness that prevents you from doing your job now and for the foreseeable future.

Make sure you apply for medical retirement while you are still an employee. Medical retirement can't be granted after you resign or retire.

You must apply to your board of trustees using the medical retirement application form , available at the bottom of this page. Make sure you include a written statement from a medical specialist that sets out why you will not be able to return to work. This statement must describe the nature of your illness and how it affects your ability to work. If you are unable to get a specialist's opinion, you can provide a general practitioner’s opinion, but your GP will need to explain why it is not possible for you to get a specialist's opinion.

If your board considers the medical evidence supports your application, they will complete the rest of the form and send it, along with the medical information, to the Ministry of Education.

If the Ministry agrees to your medical retirement, you’ll be medically retired from the date of the letter they send your employer. Your school will inform the Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand that you’re leaving the teaching profession and won’t return because of health reasons.

Your employer will talk to you about the options you can choose for your medical retirement payment. See schedule D, 1.7 of your collective agreement.

If you’re granted medical retirement, you’re the only person who can get a payment. For example, if you die before getting the payment, it can’t be paid to your estate. In these cases, there may be grounds for a compassionate grant.

You can’t get medical retirement if you’re receiving ACC payments for your condition. You can’t get medical retirement for stress alone, although you may get it if you have a terminal or serious illness that stress has contributed to.

Your board of trustees can apply for your medical retirement if they feel it’s necessary. This is called an employer initiated process and it's covered in schedule D, 1.4 of your collective agreement.

The basic criteria is that you must be moving to an area that comes under a different district or city council than where you’re currently living. Schedule C of your collective agreement states that you are entitled to the same transfer and removal payments as area school teachers. Please carefully check part 7 of the Area School Teachers’ Collective Agreement to see if you qualify.

The transfer and removal payments are in 2 parts:

• a lump sum payment to cover things like travel, phone connection, in-transit accommodation and meals, and school uniform changes for your children
• reimbursement of accommodation and property expenses not covered by the lump sum, such as rent, mortgage penalties, and real estate and legal fees for the sale or purchase of a property. 

How to apply

• Use the Transfer and removal - Lump Sum Eligibility and Assessment Form (TR1) to apply for the lump sum.
• Use the Transfer and Removal - Accommodation/Property Expenses Form (TR2) to apply for reimbursement of other expenses.

Removal company

New Zealand Van Lines Ltd (NZVL) is the Ministry’s contracted provider for household removals within New Zealand.

When the Ministry has approved your application for transfer and removal payments, a representative from NZVL will contact you to arrange a pre-pack inspection, and packing, removal and delivery of your household goods. The Ministry pays NZVL directly.

If you need to contact NZVL , you can find a list of their offices on their website. Contact the office nearest to where you are transferring from and please state that you are being moved at Ministry of Education expense.

Step 1: Set up a team

Set up an assistive technology team with one person who will take responsibility for coordinating the team. This person will make sure the team completes all tasks related to assessing a student’s learning needs and applying for assistive technology.

This team is also responsible for any ongoing administration, management and use of the technology.

The student and members of the student’s family or whānau must be part of this team. In some cases, you may have already set up a team as part of the education planning process.

Step 2: Complete an assessment

Download the assessment and application form .

We use the internationally recognised SETT (student, environment, tasks, tools) framework to assist teams to assess and analyse. Contact your local district technology coordinator for more information or assistance with this.

Download the SETT factsheet for more information

Begin the assessment

Gather the information and fill out the form as you go:

Step A – complete sections 1 to 6

1. Brainstorm with the team, the student and their family/ whānau and gather information the reflects the shared team understanding about the student and the learning environment
2. Clarify the purpose of the assistive technology application (the specific learning goals)
3. Obtain baseline data to show what the student can and cannot do now (related to the specific learning goals)
4. Collect a representative piece of work showing what the student is achieving now (pre trial sample)

Step B – complete sections 7 to 8

1. Decide on the technology for trial - discuss options with your school, local specialists and the District Technology Coordinator if required (don’t limit yourself to what you already know)
2. Trial the assistive technology and record outcomes – most trials take one to two weeks. In complex cases this can take longer as you trial different equipment options
3. Collect a representative piece of work showing what the student is achieving at or near the end of the trial (post trial sample)
4. Attach analysed pre and post trial work samples to the application when relevant.
5. At the end of the trial you will know if you need to apply or not. Either you won’t go any further with your application because the trial results show that it is not the right equipment for the student or go to Step C and finish completing the assessment application form.

Step C – complete section 9

1. Get a quote from 2 different suppliers for exactly the same items.
2. Select the most cost effective quote and attach it to the completed application. Write the details into section 9, completing all boxes exactly as set out.

Extra information to help with assessments or applications

Government agency protocol information

• Visit the Ministry of Health's website for the  Education and Health Therapy and Assistive Technology/Equipment Protocols . 
  This protocol clarifies the respective funding roles and responsibilities for assistive technology.
• Visit the ACC's website for the  protocol between the Ministry of Education and ACC , clarifying the respective funding roles and responsibilities for assistive technology.

Applying for joint funding

• Download the joint funding information sheet to decide whether to apply for joint funding (between the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health). 
• Download the joint funding form to apply for joint funding .

Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) information sheet

• Download the Auditory Processing Disorder information sheet for information on how to support students with APD.

Step 3: Submit the application

The last step in the process is to submit your completed assessment and application form to the local Ministry district technology coordinator .

Applications can be made at any time, but are only considered at the monthly moderation meetings.

About 2 weeks after your application has been considered at the moderation meeting we’ll write to your school, letting you know the outcome of your application and with an additional copy for the student's parent

Getting the assistive technology 

We will either arrange for you to get the assistive technology directly from us or will fund you to buy it.
If the level of funding differs from the application quote the you'll need to apply for additional funding using a variation form. Download the variation form .

Ask for a review if you're not happy with the outcome

You can ask to have an assistive technology application outcome reviewed when:

1. there is a concern procedures have not been followed
2. there is a dispute about the moderation decision.

Start the process by first talking to your district technology coordinator.

If you want to go further, you can make a written request for a review to the National Coordinator for Assistive Technology. You will receive a written response within 10 days.

You can either post your request or email it:

National Assistive Technology Coordinator, Ministry of Education, PO Box 1666, Thorndon, Wellington. 

email:  specialeducation@education.govt.nz