Whanganui District

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 (2017-2019)
Group No VP Award VP Award Percentage with VP Award
2017 2018 2019 2017 2018 2019 2017 2018 2019
Female 150 197 254 147 125 73 49.5 38.8 22.3
Male 235 242 265 97 86 33 29.2 26.2 11.1
Māori 148 183 189 65 68 27 30.5 27.1 12.5
Pacific 19 22 29 11 5 2 36.7 18.5 6.5
Asian 10 11 18 16 12 5 61.5 52.2 21.7
MELAA x x x x x x x x x
Other x x x x x x x x x
European/Pākehā 265 290 376 187 157 81 41.4 35.1 17.7
Territorial Total 385 439 519 244 211 106 38.8 32.5 17.0
New Zealand Total 40,897 42,716 50,055 21,758 18,581 11,651 34.7 30.3 18.9

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 (2019)
Group Construction and Infrastructure Creative Industries Manufacturing and Technology Primary Industries Service Industries Social and Community Services Total Leavers
Female 3 29 2 3 40 1 327
Male 4 11 7 2 11 0 298
Māori 1 8 1 4 12 1 216
Pacific 0 1 0 0 1 0 31
Asian 2 4 0 0 1 0 23
MELAA x x x x x x x
Other x x x x x x x
European/Pākehā 5 30 9 2 39 1 457
Territorial Total 7 40 9 5 51 1 625

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.