Bay of Plenty 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 (2018-2020)
Group No VP Award VP Award Percentage with VP Award
2018 2019 2020 2018 2019 2020 2018 2019 2020
Female 1,233 1,486 1,454 650 412 418 34.5 21.7 22.3
Male 1,687 1,639 1,702 463 319 282 21.5 16.3 14.2
Māori 1,322 1,371 1,313 379 264 257 22.3 16.1 16.4
Pacific 152 154 177 37 29 30 19.6 15.8 14.5
Asian 156 187 251 58 38 37 27.1 16.9 12.8
MELAA 20 15 36 9 3 8 31.0 16.7 18.2
Other 61 85 88 29 16 12 32.2 15.8 12.0
European/Pākehā 1,650 1,872 1,895 755 489 472 31.4 20.7 19.9
Region Total 2,920 3,125 3,156 1,113 731 700 27.6 19.0 18.2
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, at any level (2020)
Group Construction and Infrastructure Creative Industries Manufacturing and Technology Primary Industries Service Industries Social and Community Services Total Leavers
Female 3 185 4 14 237 12 1,872
Male 47 95 61 5 110 0 1,984
Māori 14 109 13 8 152 3 1,570
Pacific 4 9 0 0 18 0 207
Asian 0 9 6 0 24 0 288
MELAA 0 5 0 1 3 0 44
Other 0 7 1 0 4 0 100
European/Pākehā 40 181 52 10 216 11 2,367
Region Total 50 280 65 19 347 12 3,856

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.