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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 264 330 333 214 149 164 44.8 31.1 33.0
Male 231 289 290 122 52 57 34.6 15.2 16.4
Māori 94 110 105 69 39 45 42.3 26.2 30.0
Pacific 182 233 225 118 79 85 39.3 25.3 27.4
Asian 103 117 123 56 27 31 35.2 18.8 20.1
MELAA 25 25 29 12 8 7 32.4 24.2 19.4
Other 4 17 35 5 9 13 55.6 34.6 27.1
European/Pākehā 178 215 244 160 86 83 47.3 28.6 25.4
CoL Total 495 619 623 336 201 221 40.4 24.5 26.2
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 2 0 8 82 10 78 497
Male 9 10 5 8 1 26 347
Māori 0 1 0 26 3 20 150
Pacific 3 3 0 47 8 33 310
Asian 3 1 2 13 0 14 154
MELAA 2 0 0 2 0 4 36
Other 1 1 1 3 0 7 48
European/Pākehā 3 6 10 16 1 49 327
CoL Total 11 10 13 90 11 104 844

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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