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• PEETO's history
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• Location Map
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Co-Directors Patrick O'Connor and Saena Herman Ah Kuoi established PEETO in 1991. Their aim was to respond to the English language, vocational and further study aspirations of Internationals students, migrants, Pasifika people and refugees. In 1993 PEETO became registered and accredited with NZQA (New Zealand Qualifications Authority) and as a private training establishment has developed a reputation for leadership and expertise providing training services and advancing the vocational goals of predominantly NESB (Non-English Speaking Background) people.

PEETO The Multi Cultural Learning Centre is a limited liability company with equal shareholding retained by the two Co-Directors.

PEETO as a parent company has three subsidiaries currently in operation:

• PEETO - Pasifika Education and Employment Training Organisation

• PEETO - Asia Pacific English Language College

• PEETO - Inter Cultural Development Trust (not-for-profit Division)

Some activities of the above-named subsidiaries overlap each other. The Inter Cultural Development Trust is governed by a board of trustees whose membership encompasses years of experience and expertise in working alongside its target groups.

Training services delivered by PEETO are both fee paying (PEETO - Asia Pacific English Language College) as well as Government funded (PEETO - Pasifika Education & Employment Training Organisation) and philanthropic trust, community trusts, local government funded (PEETO Inter Cultural Development Trust).

Students attending PEETO Asia Pacific English Language College courses are either:

• Students from overseas who have come to NZ specifically to study English, often with the goal of sitting IELTS or attending University. These students are not Permanent Residents of NZ. Usually they have a student visa or a working holiday visa. They come for varying lengths of time - a few weeks up to a year or two.

• Permanent residents who are not eligible yet for TOPS full time government funded courses or may be working part-time and cannot attend full time classes.

• Migrants who qualify for the English for Migrants scheme (otherwise known as pre-paid ESOL). These are students who have "prepaid" for English classes when they applied to migrate to New Zealand.

• Others - PEETO management retains a flexible policy of admitting students who may not meet the criteria for the above streams.

A number of the courses currently provided by PEETO Pasifika Education and Employment Training Organisation are funded through the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC), under the Training Opportunities Programme scheme sometimes known as TOPS. Full time ESOL courses and a full time ESOL/Computing course are funded this way. The courses are free for students who are registered at Work and Income New Zealand as At Risk of Long Term Unemployment or are a Quota refugee and registered as a job seeker at Work and Income New Zealand.

The courses are based around Learning Objectives, some of which are language based, and others are skill / knowledge based. NZQA Unit Standards in ESOL, Business Administration and Core Skills are assessed against in these courses. It is a requirement that the student is aiming towards employment, and a personal programme is developed with the tutor to determine goals and learning pathways.

PEETO - Pasifika Education And Employment Training Organisation occasionally offers programmes funded through Work and Income New Zealand.

The course fees payable by Permanent Residents, International Students and English for Migrants are substantially different.

PEETO Inter Cultural Development Trust was established to allow PEETO to continue in its philanthropic activities and to apply for funding for such projects. Trust administered programmes in 2009 include:

• Migrant & Refugee Orientation programmes (Department of Labour)

• Foundation Learning Pool Programmes (Tertiary Education Commission)

• ESOL Assessment & Access Specialist Service (Tertiary Education Commission)

• Migrant & Refugee Employment Advocacy Service (Ministry of Social Development)

• Driver Education for Migrants, International Students and Refugees (Christchurch City Council)

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