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School Qualifications: Vocational Pathway Awards

A formal school qualification is a measure of the extent to which young adults have completed a basic prerequisite for higher education and training, and many entry-level jobs.

School leavers are identified from the Ministry of Education's ENROL system, while highest school qualification is obtained from schools and the New Zealand Qualifications Authority. Data presented here is for school leavers with NCEA Level 1 and above, level 2 and above and level 3 and above (including a UE Award).

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Table 1: School leavers with at least one Vocational Pathway Award by gender and ethnic group, at any level (2018-2020)
Group No VP Award VP Award Percentage with VP Award
2018 2019 2020 2018 2019 2020 2018 2019 2020
Female 47 72 86 42 21 18 47.2 22.6 17.3
Male 78 134 136 60 26 21 43.5 16.3 13.4
Māori 11 26 19 3 2 3 21.4 7.1 13.6
Pacific 9 7 8 3 1 1 25.0 12.5 11.1
Asian 16 32 39 16 11 5 50.0 25.6 11.4
MELAA x x 7 x x 0 x x 0.0
Other x x 0 x x 0 x x na
European/Pākehā 96 146 163 83 36 33 46.4 19.8 16.8
CoL Total 125 206 222 102 47 39 44.9 18.6 14.9
New Zealand Total 42,496 48,493 49,955 18,541 11,510 10,374 30.4 19.2 17.2

Notes:

  1. ‘x’ = data has been suppressed where there are between 0 and 5 students in the denominator for a specific group, for example Asian students. Where one gender has been suppressed the corresponding gender has also been suppressed. 'na' = not applicable.
  2. Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.
  3. International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.
Table 2: School leavers with a Vocational Pathway Award by gender and ethnic group, at any level (2020)
Group Construction and Infrastructure Manufacturing and Technology Primary Industries Service Industries Social and Community Services Creative Industries Total Leavers
Female 1 0 0 5 0 13 104
Male 9 8 0 3 0 7 157
Māori 0 0 0 1 0 2 22
Pacific 0 0 0 1 0 0 9
Asian 2 0 0 1 0 3 44
MELAA 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
European/Pākehā 9 8 0 6 0 16 196
CoL Total 10 8 0 8 0 20 261

Notes:

  1. ‘x’ = data has been suppressed where there are between 0 and 5 students in the denominator for a specific group, for example Asian students. Where one gender has been suppressed the corresponding gender has also been suppressed. 'na' = not applicable.
  2. Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.
  3. International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.

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