Integrated schools history project on tight timeline

The official 50th anniversary of the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act (PSCIA) is October 10, 2025.

The project aims to gather the significant history of integration for the special character or philosophical school affiliations.

It will not focus on individual schools but on each of the main religious or philosophical affiliations including Anglican (incorporating Anglican Māori), Catholic (incorporating Catholic Māori), Non-denominational Christian, Hare Krishna, Islamic, Jewish, Māori, Methodist, Montessori, Presbyterian, Seventh Day Adventist, Steiner and special education philosophies.

Once completed, the publication would then be released to media, and APIS is looking to invite the Minister of Education to be part of this release.

Writing in the latest Kōtui: School and Policy Updates, APIS chief executive Dr Kevin Shore said the project is up against a “very testing timeline so APIS has approached particular stakeholders in each of the affiliations who have knowledge of their history to support this project”.

“Some have replied positively to us already; however, we are desperately needing responses from those who are yet to reply. APIS will follow up on this urgently as we need to meet remotely with these key people to go over the parameters of what we require from them,” Dr Shore added.

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