Southland 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 443 424 503 122 104 154 21.6 19.7 23.4
Male 538 618 585 64 70 77 10.6 10.2 11.6
Māori 260 291 310 30 33 49 10.3 10.2 13.6
Pacific 56 44 65 4 7 12 6.7 13.7 15.6
Asian 64 95 111 10 8 20 13.5 7.8 15.3
MELAA 12 x 12 3 x 3 20.0 x 20.0
Other 4 x 8 2 x 1 33.3 x 11.1
European/Pākehā 761 762 792 165 151 194 17.8 16.5 19.7
Regional Total 981 1,042 1,088 186 174 231 15.9 14.3 17.5
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 5 24 0 7 119 13 657
Male 22 17 3 0 35 3 662
Māori 6 7 1 1 33 7 359
Pacific 1 2 0 0 9 0 77
Asian 1 2 0 0 17 0 131
MELAA 0 1 0 0 3 0 15
Other 0 0 0 0 1 0 9
European/Pākehā 26 36 3 7 123 12 986
Regional Total 27 41 3 7 154 16 1,319

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.