Our spending by 'Ministry of Education' for 2017

. This appropriation is limited to providing roll-based operations funding to schools, teacher and management salaries, support costs and supplementary funding programmes to enable the delivery of the National Curriculum to all students for Years 0 to 8.

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. This appropriation is limited to providing roll-based operations funding to schools, teacher and management salaries, support costs and supplementary funding programmes to enable the delivery of the National Curriculum to all students for Years 9 to 13.

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. This category is limited to funding for teaching and learning services for enrolled students in approved courses at tertiary education organisations to achieve recognised tertiary qualifications.

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. Subsidising early childhood education services for children under six years of age from licensed and chartered early childhood education services (including centres and chartered home-based care networks) and from licence-exempt and certificated centres. Also included are several targeted funds.

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. This appropriation is limited to support and advice for schools on property issues; managing and supporting the purchase and construction of new property; and upgrades to existing property and disposal of surplus property; managing teacher and caretaker housing; and other services provided by the Ministry of Education in its stewardship of the land, buildings and other facilities that comprise the State school sector property portfolio.

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. This appropriation is limited to the purchase or development of assets by and for the use of the Ministry of Education, as authorised by section 24(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989.

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. This category is limited to providing additional resources to enable students with additional learning needs to participate in education.

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. This category is limited to the purchasing and arranging of training linked to the New Zealand Qualifications Framework and the purchase of both on-job and off-job training places, including delivery of fully or partially funded training places and other industry-training related projects.

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. This appropriation is limited to funding research and research-based teaching on the basis of measured research quality in tertiary education organisations and supporting Wananga research capability.

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. This category is limited to expenditure on policies and services focused on targeted student groups or individuals’ participation in education.

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. This appropriation is limited to transporting eligible students to and from State and state integrated schools and associated facilities.

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. This appropriation is limited to expenditure on policies, regulations and services focused on the governance, management and operation of education providers.

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. This category is limited to building the capability of teachers, kaiako and leaders, through the delivery of learning and development opportunities.

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. This category is limited to funding for adult and community education and literacy, numeracy and English language provision.

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. This appropriation is limited to delivery of programmes of learning at the secondary-tertiary interface.

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. This category is limited to expenditure on policies and services focused on supporting the capability of teachers, kaiako and leaders to improve outcomes for students.

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. This appropriation is limited to providing funding to proprietors of integrated schools for capital upgrade, including modernisation, of their existing school property and facilities as well as expansion of the network of integrated schools.

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. This category is limited to funding educational programmes for teachers, kaiako and leaders, students with their families, and the community that expand learning opportunities.

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. This appropriation is limited to the purchase of cooperative and collaborative tertiary research in areas of research strength in the tertiary education sector through the contestable Centres of Research Excellence Fund.

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. This appropriation is limited to giving effect to the Tertiary Education Strategy by investing in tertiary education, monitoring and maintaining the Government's ownership interest in tertiary education institutions, and advice and support to Ministers.

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. This appropriation is limited to services (other than policy advice) provided by the Ministry of Education in its role as steward of the education system (other than tertiary education). It includes services to support Ministers in discharging their portfolio responsibilities (other than policy decision-making).

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. This appropriation is limited to providing funding to schools for new furniture and equipment when capital works have been approved or to fund the replacement of furniture and equipment.

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. This appropriation is limited to delivery of services in respect of international education, including promotion, information, research and professional development, both in New Zealand and overseas, for the purpose of delivering an excellent student experience, achieving sustainable growth and developing global citizens.

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. This appropriation is limited to supporting schools’ purchase of a core package of managed network services from the provider of the managed network service.

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. This appropriation is limited to the New Zealand Qualifications Authority overseeing assessment for national secondary school qualifications, including the National Certificate of Educational Achievement and Scholarship examinations, and the moderation of internal and external school assessments.

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. This appropriation is limited to improving access to tertiary education and training.

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. This appropriation is limited to the provision of information and advisory services related to education policies and programmes that are the responsibility of Careers New Zealand or the New Zealand Qualifications Authority, support by those two agencies to Ministers to discharge their portfolio responsibilities (other than policy decision-making), and services and support provided by other education sector bodies to raise student achievement and improve governance and capacity of providers.

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. This appropriation is limited to funding activities that improve the relevance to industry of tertiary education provision.

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. This appropriation is limited to the provision of advice (including second opinion advice and contributions to policy advice led by other agencies) to support decision-making by Ministers on education-related matters.

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. Provision for the costs of study awards, sabbaticals and fellowships for teachers, including replacement of the teacher while on study leave. Awards include those linked to teachers’ collective agreements and approved prestigious awards.

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. This appropriation is limited to the rebuild of the Science and Engineering Facilities at the University of Canterbury.

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. This appropriation is limited to providing scholarships and other awards in the tertiary sector to students, researchers and teachers, within New Zealand and internationally.

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. This appropriation is limited to expenditure on support focused on increasing informed engagement by families and communities in their children’s educational outcomes.

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. This appropriation is limited to assisting early childhood education services and other bodies corporate in the provision of child places for early childhood education. Priority will be given to providers in communities that have low levels of participation in early childhood education, to increase the number of child places and therefore availability of early childhood education. The criteria and selection process for each type of assistance are published by the Ministry of Education.

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. This category is limited to providing services to support increased attendance for non-attending students.

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. This appropriation is limited to an annual allowance to subsidise boarding fees, travel costs and additional tutoring, counselling and related costs for students who face significant challenges accessing appropriate education that will assist them to achieve NCEA level 2 or equivalent.

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. This appropriation is limited to delivery of specific programmes and providing advice and support that enhances the role of parents/caregivers in the development of their children.

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. This category is limited to the production and dissemination of research and data analysis, monitoring and reporting on tertiary education at a system-wide level, and the provision of services (other than policy advice) to support the work of other agencies and Ministers in discharging their responsibilities for tertiary education and international education related matters.

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. This appropriation is limited to the New Zealand Qualifications Authority overseeing the setting of standards and New Zealand qualifications. It also includes standard-setting and qualifications development responsibility, recognition and review of qualifications, records management processes to support the New Zealand Qualifications Framework, and participation in the promotion of the New Zealand qualifications system to key education and immigration partner countries.

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. This category is limited to the provision of advice (including second opinion advice and contributions to policy advice led by other agencies) to support decision-making by Ministers on Tertiary Education and international education related matters.

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. This appropriation is limited to the provision by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority of quality assurance services to support the New Zealand qualifications system that include ongoing development and management of quality assurance processes, monitoring and managing providers at risk and the ongoing refinement and maintenance of the quality assurance framework.

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. School support and schooling improvement projects to improve the capability of schools and school clusters and their responsiveness to the needs of their communities. These include iwi-strengthening education projects.

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. This appropriation is limited to awards granted to provide assistance to scholars, researchers and teachers to undertake placements abroad and to participate in reciprocal education exchange arrangements with partner countries in selected areas of priority study, teaching and research.

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. This appropriation is limited to allowances for parents/caregivers of children in full-time correspondence programmes for primary and secondary education and parents/caregivers of children receiving their primary and secondary education at home (where a certificate of exemption from enrolment has been approved under section 21 of the Education Act 1989).

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. Assistance to students from low-income families to attend private secondary schools.

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. This appropriation is limited to a capital injection into Tai Poutini Polytechnic to support its cash flow.

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. This category is limited to providing military-focused programmes for disengaged or disengaging senior students in secondary schools.

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. Purchase of research about teaching and learning in our educational institutions and independent research on education issues, policies and practices.

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. This appropriation is limited to supporting teacher-led innovation and classroom-based research of innovative teaching practices.

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. Annual membership contribution to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation's international administration, and a programme of activities of the National Commission, including participation in regional and international activities.

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. This appropriation is limited to supporting universities to attract entrepreneurial academics to drive collaboration between universities and established and emerging businesses.

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. Payment to the New Zealand Qualifications Authority for student examination fees remitted in cases of hardship.

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. This appropriation is limited to the provision of services by the Ministry of Education to government departments and other agencies where those services are not within the scope of another departmental output expense appropriation in Vote Education.

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. Scholarships and allowances for students undertaking teacher training education, and loan support payments to teachers.

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. This appropriation is limited to the delivery of services to help achieve the outcomes of the Te Tai Tokerau, Northland Place-Based Initiative and the operational support of that initiative.

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. This appropriation is limited to providing an annual scholarship for high-potential priority secondary students, who demonstrate leadership potential, to attend one of the selected Maori boarding schools.

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. This appropriation is limited to capital costs of implementing approved school support and schooling improvement projects (other than costs related to school property assets).

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. This appropriation is limited to scholarships available to international students wishing to study in New Zealand.

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. This appropriation is limited to development of online assessment tools for adult and youth literacy and numeracy.

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. This appropriation is limited to payments to New Zealand Apprentices and other participants in workplace-based training, including Maori and Pasifika Trades Trainees, towards their tools and other training related costs.

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. Provides a subsidy on interest payments for borrowing by private and State integrated schools for approved property-related projects. Administration costs are also included.

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. Scholarships for attendance at United World Colleges.

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