8 Feb 2012

Massey launches immersion teaching degree

9:57 pm on 8 February 2012

Massey University is addressing a critical shortage of expert te reo Maori teachers with a new four-year Maori immersion teaching degree

Associate Professor Huia Tomlins Jahnke, head of the university's School of Maori Education, says the new course aims to supply 200 Maori immersion graduates to the teaching profession by 2020.