Contracting support to grow international education in schools

The support for schools was signalled in the International Education Going for Growth Plan and announced by Education Minister Erica Stanford at the SIEBA hui in mid-May. 

ENZ will run a tender to find an organisation to help schools establish processes to enrol international students and meet their regulatory obligations. We will also hold and manage the contract and report progress to the Minister on a quarterly basis. 

The initiative will help schools lift capability at every stage of the international student journey, providing practical tools to attract and care for international students, and enabling sustainable growth across the system. 

An independent organisation will deliver this work, recognising that sector expertise and established networks are key to building school capability and capacity.  

All schools can access the support, including those that do not currently enrol international fee-paying students. The intent is to lift capability across the schooling sector, not just in schools with established international recruitment programmes. 

ENZ will finalise the scope and requirements of the tender before applications open in late June. The tender will be published on the Government Electronic Tender Service (GETS).