1. It is the highest qualification that covers all schools.
2. It is a very good proxy for the levels below.
3. It includes schools who do IB, Cambridge and NCEA.
UE for Leavers Ethnicity 2024
Asian 61%
European 43%
Pasifika 24%
Maori 19%
UE for Leavers by School Governance 2024
Private 83%
State Integrated 61%
State 35%
UE for leavers by School Type 2024
Single Sex Girls 63%
Single Sex Boys 48%
Co-Educational 36%
UE for Leavers Gender 2024
Girls 46%
Boys 35%
For the full data set that covers key stats on every high school email: alwyn.poole@gmail.com
Alwyn Poole, a well-known figure in the New Zealand education system, he founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. This article was published HERE
UE for Leavers Ethnicity 2024
Asian 61%
European 43%
Pasifika 24%
Maori 19%
UE for Leavers by School Governance 2024
Private 83%
State Integrated 61%
State 35%
UE for leavers by School Type 2024
Single Sex Girls 63%
Single Sex Boys 48%
Co-Educational 36%
UE for Leavers Gender 2024
Girls 46%
Boys 35%
For the full data set that covers key stats on every high school email: alwyn.poole@gmail.com
Alwyn Poole, a well-known figure in the New Zealand education system, he founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. This article was published HERE
6 comments:
Our education system is in crisis. We need a revolution which has us concentrate again on intellectual learning not all the progressive ideology at present cluttering up the syllabus, along with ineffective teaching methods, permissive discipline , no work ethic and no morality.
It is a lifetime since I was involved. Presumably UE is confined to a few subjects. Any compulsory? For exams at various levels there has been discussion about the relative ease of different subjects. . Has any rating sytem been devised and applied? Presumably the standard has declined over the years; otherwise would not be concerted complaints from the universities.
Students congrgate in local library in afternoons. The Asians sit solitary and beaver at homework. The maori and polynesians form groups and skylark and banter. The unequal (but equitable) outcomes reflect the different approaches.
I wrote my MAppSc thesis on SFC (Sixth Form Certificate) sciences in 1987 to see how the abolition of UE the previous year had affected what was now the sole terminating qualification in Year 12. The data I collected from 57 schools nationwide suggested that urban single-sex schools were the most traditional in their assessment practices (i.e. mostly based on exams and tests), and the further south they were, the more traditional they were. I did not factor ethnicity in (the pressure was on to do so back then but I resisted). If we assume an association between adherence to traditional assessment practices and UE pass rates, these data fit in quite well with my findings almost 40 years ago. The message seems to remain what it was then: if you want the best outcome at upper secondary level for your sons and daughters (especially your daughters), send them to urban single-sex high schools with proven track records; start looking in Otago and work your way up the map. (Yes, I am being just a tad facetious, but there ie method in my madness.....)
This reinforces my belief , Barend , traditional values and teaching methods are more successful than progressive ones.
But....... not AGGS.... single sex, but now operating as a marae and not serving its local community... ie those living in Herne Bay, Ponsonby, Grey Lynn, Central city. [ie now moneyed and educated] Maori /polynesian girls travel from out-of-zone South Auckland instead.
UE was either accredited, or you had to sit the exam. Those stats would tell a story too.
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