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Source: Ministry of Education
The dots on Figure 1 show the level of these indicators in 2006 for New Zealand as a whole. All but the tertiary education enrolment rate imply significant disparities for Māori relative to non-Māori.
In 2006, 85,733 Māori students participated in tertiary education. The majority of Māori students were studying at institutes of technology/polytechnics, wānanga, and private training establishments. In 2006, 14,283 Māori students were studying in bachelor level qualifications, and 2,956 Māori students were studying in post-graduate level qualifications. Between 2003 and 2006 the number of Māori students enrolled in colleges of education dropped approximately 70 percent.
High rates of enrolment in tertiary education for Māori partly reflect the more youthful Māori population. However age-standardised participation rates show that Māori participation in tertiary education is highest of all ethnic groups even taking age into account. Closer inspection reveals that Māori participation in tertiary education is heavily skewed towards enrolments in NCEA level 1-4 (sub-degree) qualifications (see Figure 2). Māori enrolment in bachelors and post-graduate qualifications has remained relatively static between 1999 and 2006.
Figure 3 indicates that there are significant gender differences in Māori tertiary enrolment, with Māori men significantly less likely to enrol in both sub-degree and degree and higher qualifications.
Over all tertiary levels, Māori have lower 5-year qualification completion rates than non-Māori, although there are considerable differences depending on the level of study. For example, the 5-year completion rates for bachelors degrees (post-graduate qualifications) are 36% (53%) for Māori compared with 50% (65%) overall. By contrast, Māori have higher 5-year completion rates for sub-degree programmes compared with non-Māori (46% compared with 57%).
Figure 5 shows a snapshot of participation in industry and work-based training by sector in 2006, which demonstrates the different patterns of Māori participation compared with the pattern for all industry trainees.
Source: Industry Training Federation
On the ALL proficiency measurement scale from one to five, with level three or above described as the skill level needed for people to fully participate in a knowledge-based economy, approximately 60 percent of Māori adults measured at document literacy levels one and two, and approximately 75 percent measured at numeracy levels one and two
