Pasifika-medium Education as at 1 July 2009

Pasifika-medium education is where a Pasifika language is the medium of instruction for more than three hours per week.

Pasifika-medium Education Rolls

A total of 34 schools offered Pasifika-medium education in 2009: 23 primary schools, nine secondary schools and two composite schools.  This was two fewer than in July 2008.

There were 1,465 students involved in Pasifika-medium education.  This is a decrease of 176 students (10 per cent) since July 2008.

Pasifika-medium as a Secondary Subject

There were 3,064 enrolments in a Pacific language at secondary level.  This is an increase of 255 (9.1 per cent) since July 2008.  Samoan was the most studied Pacific language with 70.5 per cent of all enrolments in a Pacific language.

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Pasifika-medium Education as at 1 July 2009   Pasifika-medium Education as at 1 July 2009  [MS Excel 57.5KB]        Statistics relating to Pasifika-medium education (contains all tables in the csv documents listed below).
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Table 1: Pasifika-medium Education as at 1 July 2009   Pasifika-medium Education as at 1 July 2009 Table 1  [CSV 385 Bytes]        Statistics relating to Pasifika-medium education by Level and Language.
Table 2: Pasifika-medium Education as at 1 July 2009   Pasifika-medium Education as at 1 July 2009 Table 2  [CSV 1.3KB]        Statistics relating to Pasifika-medium education by Level, Language and Year of Schooling.
Table 3: Pasifika-medium Education as at 1 July 2009   Pasifika-medium Education as at 1 July 2009 Table 3 [CSV 2.7KB]        Statistics relating to Schools offering Pasifika-medium education by Level and Language.
Table 4: Pasifika-medium Education as at 1 July 2009   Pasifika-medium Education as at 1 July 2009 Table 4 [CSV 477 Bytes]        Statistics relating to Schools offering Pasifika-medium education by Level and Language.
Table 5: Pasifika-medium Education as at 1 July 2010   Pasifika-medium Education as at 1 July 2003-2009 Table 5 [CSV 1.7KB]        Statistics relating to Students involved in Pasifika-medium education by Level and Language