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Subject Enrolments as at 1 July 2009

This report is part of the School Roll Summary Report: July 2009. It provides a snapshot of language learning (other than English or Te Reo Māori) by students in New Zealand primary schools and subjects being studied by secondary school students as at 1 July 2009.

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Available from top right hand inset box. This data was prepared by Indicators and Reporting in the Ministry of Education.  If you have any queries about the data, please contact the information officer: information.officer@minedu.govt.nz or phone: 64-4-463-8065.

Subject Enrolments as at 1 July 2009

Language learning at primary level

  1. There has been a decrease in the number of Year 1-8 students learning one or more languages, other than English or Te Reo Māori, for 30 hours or more per year.
  2. There were 14,811 enrolments, the majority at Year 7-8 (10,979 enrolments). This is a decrease of 4,458 enrolments (23.1 per cent) since July 2008.
  3. There were 150 schools offering languages for 30 hours or more per year.  This is a decrease of 35 schools since July 2008.
  4. There were seven schools offering Pacific languages for 30 hours or more per year.  This is an increase of three schools since July 2008.

Secondary School subjects

  1. Information was collected on the numbers of students studying subjects for more than 20 hours per year, at any time during the whole academic year, and the academic level at which the subject is being studied.

Languages

  1. Females make up 52.0 cent of enrolments across all language subjects.
  2. Females outnumber males in most languages, with exceptions being Korean (51.3 per cent Males), Niuean (60.0 per cent Males), and Latin (56.1 per cent Males).
  3. Females also outnumber males in Te Reo Māori, with 54.3 per cent of enrolments and Remedial English with 57.1 per cent of enrolments.
  4. Males outnumber females in Communication Skills (66.8 per cent), English as a Second Language (51.8 per cent), and Pacific Language studies (67.9 per cent) of enrolments.

Mathematics

  1. Males make up 51.6 per cent of enrolments across all maths subjects.
  2. Males outnumber females in all Mathematics subject areas; Accounting (52.8 per cent), General Maths (51.2 per cent) and dominating in Calculus (61.0 per cent) and Remedial Maths (58.5 per cent) of enrolments.

Science

  1. Males make up 50.7 per cent of enrolments across all science subjects.
  2. Males dominate in Physics (65.0 per cent).
  3. Females outnumber males in Chemistry (51.4 per cent) and dominate in Biology (62.8 per cent).

Technology

  1. Males make up 55.8 per cent of enrolments across all Technology subjects.
  2. The Technology subjects with the most enrolments are Graphics, Food Technology and Technology. Females dominate in Food Technology with 57.7 per cent of enrolments. Where Graphics and Technology are both dominated by males, with 64.7 per cent and 60.0 per cent of enrolments respectively.

Visual and Performing Arts

  1. Females make up 56.1 per cent of enrolments across all Visual and Performing Arts subjects.

Social Sciences

  1. Females make up 51.8 per cent of enrolments across all Social Sciences subjects.
  2. Males outnumber females in Economics with 56.4 per cent of enrolments.
  3. Females outnumber males in all other Social Science subjects.

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Related Pages on Education Counts

Other reports can be found on the Subject Enrolment statistics index page.

The July School Roll Return data collection page provides links to data, publications and indicators based on that collection.


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