Otago 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 (2023-2025)
Group No VP Award VP Award Percentage with VP Award
2023 2024 2025 2023 2024 2025 2023 2024 2025
Female 931 995 1,043 274 326 352 22.7 24.7 25.2
Male 1,135 1,187 1,333 154 175 256 11.9 12.8 16.1
Māori 344 360 360 41 69 93 10.6 16.1 20.5
Pacific 118 127 148 12 21 14 9.2 14.2 8.6
Asian 162 195 264 25 38 51 13.4 16.3 16.2
MELAA 49 64 88 10 10 5 16.9 13.5 5.4
Other 21 28 24 4 5 5 16.0 15.2 17.2
European/Pākehā 1,655 1,748 1,824 380 430 536 18.7 19.7 22.7
Regional Total 2,066 2,182 2,376 428 501 608 17.2 18.7 20.4
New Zealand Total 56,658 58,326 60,791 7,273 7,944 9,995 11.4 12.0 14.1

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 (2025)
Group Construction and Infrastructure Creative Industries Manufacturing and Technology Primary Industries Service Industries Social and Community Services Total Leavers
Female 10 109 4 4 227 11 1,395
Male 40 68 33 8 126 1 1,589
Māori 6 28 6 2 54 2 453
Pacific 3 4 1 0 7 0 162
Asian 4 14 2 0 35 1 315
MELAA 0 2 0 0 3 0 93
Other 0 2 0 0 3 0 29
European/Pākehā 40 161 32 12 305 11 2,360
Regional Total 50 177 37 12 353 12 2,984

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.