The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand or Open Polytechnic (
Māori
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: Kuratini Tuwhera) is a government-owned
tertiary education
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institution operating as the specialist national provider of
open and distance learning
Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at a school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance. Traditionally, this usually in ...
(ODL). On 1 April 2020, The Open Polytechnic became a subsidiary of
New Zealand Institute of Skills & Technology alongside the 15 other Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs).
History
The Polytechnic began life as the Technical Correspondence School in 1946, providing resettlement training for returned servicemen and women following World War II. In 1963 it became the Technical Correspondence Institute offering mainly theory training in trades subjects.
The institution underwent a major transformation in 1990 when it was renamed The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, going on to become a multi-faceted provider of ODL courses and services.
Located in
Lower Hutt
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It is New Zealand's sixth most ...
near New Zealand's capital city
Wellington
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, The Open Polytechnic provides tertiary education at a national level for 30,000 students each year.
References
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Lower Hutt
Distance education institutions based in New Zealand
Educational institutions established in 1946
2020 disestablishments in New Zealand
1946 establishments in New Zealand