Digital knowledge and skills

Digital technologies are constantly changing the way we live, work and play. All New Zealanders will need new skills to participate fully in this digital world. As well as digital literacy and technical ICT skills, our education system needs to engender creativity in all students.

ICT practitioners are essential to our digital future. They are highly mobile and are in short supply globally. We need to promote, develop, attract and retain ICT professionals, such as network architects, application developers and security specialists, to perform high-value and creative digital work. We also need technicians to develop and maintain our ICT systems. Without enough skilled ICT practitioners, our digital development will be seriously compromised.

Rapid change means we must regularly re-evaluate our skill needs. The ICT industry, wider business community, education sector and government must work together to ensure our skills are up-to-date and lead the world.