Universities Minister Dr Shane Reti will travel to Port Moresby for a three day conference this week to attend the Conference of Pacific Education Ministers alongside representatives from Pacific nations and Australia, to collaborate on shared education priorities.
The theme of the conference, Transforming Edukesen for a Better Pacific, reflects the need for the region to adapt and embrace innovative approaches in response to global educational changes.
“The Pacific is critically important to New Zealand given our shared social, language, cultural, and historical links,” says Dr Reti.
“This conference is an opportunity to reaffirm New Zealand’s commitment as a Pacific nation to working together in addressing shared education challenges.
New Zealand will invest $1.5 million over three years in the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report.
“This investment will support education leaders, Ministers, officials, teachers, and communities to better understand global challenges in education and use this information to bolster local education policy and planning, including in New Zealand,” Dr Reti says.
While in Papua New Guinea, Dr Reti will meet with education counterparts and experts from across the region to further strengthen relationships and collaborate on shared educational goals.
He will also provide a statement on the recent Second Pacific Education Development Partners Coordination Meeting hosted in Wellington.
Dr Reti leaves tomorrow and returns on Thursday. .
