Canterbury Region

School Qualifications: Vocational Pathway Awards

This provides ways to achieve NCEA Levels 1, 2 and 3 and develop pathways that progress to further study, training and employment. The Vocational Pathways provide a framework for students to show how their learning and achievement is valued in the workplace by aligning learning to the skills needed for industry.

School leavers are identified from the Ministry of Education’s ENROL system, while vocational pathway award is obtained from the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.

Identical information is available for the region's territorial authorities using the drop down menu above. For other territorial authorities first choose the appropriate region from the drop down menu above.

Table 1: School leavers with at least one Vocational Pathway Award, at any level (2022-2024)
Group No VP Award VP Award Percentage with VP Award
2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024
Female 3,051 3,043 3,121 573 518 579 15.8 14.5 15.6
Male 3,536 3,442 3,836 414 398 385 10.5 10.4 9.1
Māori 1,117 1,142 1,207 110 129 117 9.0 10.1 8.8
Pacific 425 366 439 29 39 28 6.4 9.6 6.0
Asian 834 814 1,003 111 77 99 11.7 8.6 9.0
MELAA 130 134 165 15 11 18 10.3 7.6 9.8
Other 28 37 68 2 4 4 6.7 9.8 5.6
European/Pākehā 4,920 4,935 5,233 829 772 817 14.4 13.5 13.5
Regional Total 6,587 6,485 6,957 987 916 964 13.0 12.4 12.2
New Zealand Total 56,636 57,029 59,455 7,587 7,274 7,956 11.8 11.3 11.8

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, at any level (2024)
Group Construction and Infrastructure Creative Industries Manufacturing and Technology Primary Industries Service Industries Social and Community Services Total Leavers
Female 17 208 10 22 309 41 3,700
Male 61 120 30 47 148 2 4,221
Māori 5 36 4 4 68 4 1,324
Pacific 2 5 2 0 18 1 467
Asian 11 37 1 2 53 1 1,102
MELAA 1 7 1 0 9 0 183
Other 1 1 1 0 2 0 72
European/Pākehā 62 286 35 65 371 41 6,050
Regional Total 78 328 40 69 457 43 7,921

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.