Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 7, 2018 17:11:13 GMT 12
QUESTIONS WHY KAPA HAKA DOESN'T GAIN UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE
Fresh off the He Pouwhenua, He Puapua secondary schools national kapa haka competition stage, former Māori Medium students and Māori Performing Arts (MPA) leaders are asking why the hours of sacrifice don't count when seeking entrance to university.
“Not everyone wants to be a doctor, not everyone wants to be a lawyer, they just want to do haka and that's just Te Ao Māori, that's what they've grown up with,” said one former student.
“When we were at school we took performing arts as a subject, we got credits in Māori Performing Arts, but those credits weren't cross-credited to gain University Entrance,” said another.
Kapa haka leaders are joining the call for MPA to be recognised as a core curriculum subject.....
www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/questions-why-kapa-haka-doesnt-gain-university-entrance
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MĀORI MUSIC STANDARDS
Māori Qualifications Services is pleased to advise that three (3) new New Māori Music unit standards were approved for listing on the Directory of Assessment Standards in June 2018.....
www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications-standards/standards/reviews-and-developments/development-maori-music-standards/
Fresh off the He Pouwhenua, He Puapua secondary schools national kapa haka competition stage, former Māori Medium students and Māori Performing Arts (MPA) leaders are asking why the hours of sacrifice don't count when seeking entrance to university.
“Not everyone wants to be a doctor, not everyone wants to be a lawyer, they just want to do haka and that's just Te Ao Māori, that's what they've grown up with,” said one former student.
“When we were at school we took performing arts as a subject, we got credits in Māori Performing Arts, but those credits weren't cross-credited to gain University Entrance,” said another.
Kapa haka leaders are joining the call for MPA to be recognised as a core curriculum subject.....
www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/questions-why-kapa-haka-doesnt-gain-university-entrance
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MĀORI MUSIC STANDARDS
Māori Qualifications Services is pleased to advise that three (3) new New Māori Music unit standards were approved for listing on the Directory of Assessment Standards in June 2018.....
www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications-standards/standards/reviews-and-developments/development-maori-music-standards/