Should tertiary education funding be linked to student performance?

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Opinion

Tertiary education providers will lose some funding if their students suffer high failure and drop out rates and students who fail won't keep getting student loans, new Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce says.

In his first speech in the role Mr Joyce told a business audience in Wellington this morning that he had three short-term goals - to tackle course completion rates; ensure qualifications were meaningful and ensure student support money was not wasted.

Mr Joyce said between 5 and 10 per cent of government funding for tertiary providers would be linked to student performance and dropout rates.

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