New Zealand to Introduce New School Subjects Aligned With Labor Market Needs

WELLINGTON — New Zealand plans to introduce new subjects into its school curriculum designed to better match labor-market demand, part of a wider international trend of education systems adjusting what students study to close the gap between school and employment. The move follows similar recent steps in England, which is introducing vocational subjects into its own curriculum, and the Philippines, which is restructuring its K-12 tracks along similar lines.