Māori-medium Education as at 1 July 2004
Summary
This report is part of the School Roll Summary Report: 2004. It provides a snapshot of Māori-medium education as at 1 July 2004. Māori-medium education programmes involve students being taught either all or some curriculum subjects in the Māori language, either in immersion or bilingual programmes.
Māori-medium Education
Māori-medium education (MME) programmes involve students being taught either all or some curriculum subjects in the Māori language, either in immersion or bilingual programmes.
Students
There were 29,579 students involved in Māori-medium education at 1 July 2004. This is a 1.7% increase since July 2003. The following table shows the number of students involved in immersion or bilingual programmes at 1 July 2004.
| % of Curriculum Instruction Undertaken in Māori | All Students | Māori Students | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % of Total School Population | % Change since 2003 | Number | % of Māori School Population | % Change since 2003 | |
| Level 1: 81-100% | 12,580 | 1.6% | 3.0% | 12,469 | 7.8% | 2.8% |
| Level 2: 51-80% | 5,360 | 0.7% | 15.1% | 5,164 | 3.2% | 14.9% |
| Level 3: 31-50% | 5,345 | 0.7% | -11.3% | 5,006 | 3.1% | -9.7% |
| Level 4(a) 12-30% | 6,294 | 0.8% | 1.7% | 4,488 | 2.8% | -0.3% |
| Total | 29,579 | 3.9% | 1.7% | 27,127 | 16.9% | 1.7% |
| Note: Students are counted at their highest level of Māori-medium learning. | ||||||
Number of Māori involved in Māori-medium Education
The number of Māori students in Māori-medium education has increased by 1.7% since July 2003. The 27,127 Māori students in Māori-medium education in July 2004 represents 16.9% of all Māori students. This percentage has remained virtually unchanged over the past three years.
Numbers of Māori students in the 81% and above immersion level (Level 1) have increased by 337, while those in the 51 to 80% immersion level (level 2) have increased by 667. Decreases of 540 and 15 students occurred in the 31 to 50% (level 3) and 12 to 30% immersion (level 4a) levels respectively.
Kura Kaupapa Māori
Kura Kaupapa Māori are state schools in which Māori language, culture and values predominate and in which the principal language of instruction is Māori.
In the year to 1 July 2004, the number of students attending Kura Kaupapa Māori increased by 202 to 5,995. Over the same period, the number of Kura Kaupapa Māori increased by one to 62.
There were 5,976 Māori attending Kura Kaupapa Māori, which represents 3.7% of all Māori students. This percentage is unchanged from 2003.
Te Reo Māori as a separate subject
In addition to Māori-medium education, where Māori is the medium of instruction for some or all of the time, there are also 23,620 students learning Te Reo Māori as a separate subject for three or more hours per week. Of these, 15,160 are Māori, which represents 9.4% of all Māori students.
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