September 19, 2023
Teaching practice helps UCOL retain ākonga Māori
Posted On September 19, 2023
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UCOL Wairarapa ākonga Chevonne Meier with her daughter. Photo credit Te Pūkenga
UCOL-Te Pukenga’s Wairarapa campus says it’s bucking a trend of falling course completion rates for ākonga Māori.
UCOL-Te Pūkenga’s Wairarapa campus says it’s bucking a trend of falling course completion rates for ākonga Māori.
Campus director Carrie McKenzie in 2019 there was an 18 percent gap in completion rates between Māori and non-Māori students.
That’s now down to less than 1 percent, and nine out of 10 ākonga on the Bachelor of Nursing programme are getting through.
She says the improvement to down to focus on creating a more welcoming, inclusive, and culturally aware learning environment, including a relationship-based teaching practice called Te Atakura.