THE NEW

ZEALANDIAN
EDUCATION SYSTEM
 FACT OF THE
MATTER
In terms of the
Human
Development
Index (HDI) of
New Zealand,
which is the
index used by
the United
Nations to
measure the
progress of a
country, was
0.917 points in
2017, leaving it
DEMOGRAPHIC in 16th place in
the table of 189

STATISTICS countries
published.

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CONSULTANTS
DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS
• Location: Pacific nation, located SW of
Australia
• Area: 267,701 sq km (103,483 sq miles)
• Population: 4,844,000 (Census, 2013)
• Capital: Wellington (North Island)
• Largest City: Auckland (South Island)
• Government: Queen Elizabeth II
• Prime Minister: Jacinda Ardern
• Money: 1 New Zealand Dollar=100 NZ Cents<
$1USD
• GNI per capita: $38,970 USD
• Main Exports: Wool, Food/Dairy, Wood/Paper
Products
• Official Languages: English, Maori , NZ Sign
Language
• Religion: Christianity
• Life Expectancy: 80.2 years (men), 84 years
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CONSULTANTS
 FACT OF THE
MATTER
New Zealand
has a very
diverse
population with
more than 15%
of country’s
population born
outside NZ.

EDUCATIONAL
STATISTICS
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CONSULTANTS
EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS
• Literacy
• Definition: Age 15 and over can read and
write
• Total population: 99%
• Male: 99%
• Female: 99% (2003)
• School Life Expectancy
• Total: 16.2 years
• Male: 15.6 years
• Female: 16.7 years (2002)
• Educational Expenditure
• 7.26% of GDP (2008)
• Country comparison to the world: 5th

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CONSULTANTS
 FACT OF THE
MATTER
New Zealand is
the World’s
Second Most
Peaceful
Country (Global
Peace Index
2018) just after
Iceland.

EDUCATIONAL
HISTORY
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CONSULTANTS
 EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
• 1877- Education Act makes primary
education free. Education becomes
compulsory from ages 7-14.
• 1914- Education Act makes secondary
school free to all who pass a proficiency
examination.
• 1944- The Thomas Report addresses the
egalitarian education system and called for
equalization in education for technical high
schools.
• 1980’s-1990’s- Widespread educational
reform calls for a curriculum review, but ends
in administration-based reforms.
• Department of Education is replaced with a
Ministry of Education
• 1988- Picot Report and Tomorrow Schools
• 2010- National Standards for compulsory
literacy and numeracy

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CONSULTANTS
 FACT OF THE
MATTER
All 8 state
owned
universities of
New Zealand
are in top 3% at
a global level.

THE NEW
ZEALANDIAN
EDUCATION
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CONSULTANTS
 FACT OF THE
MATTER
New Zealand
allows Work
Permit of
20hrs/week
during study
and 12 months
post study.

INTERNATIONAL
BENCHMARKING
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CONSULTANTS
INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKING
• Strengths
• 99% Literacy rate
• 77% aged 25-64 completed secondary or
tertiary qualifications (well above the
OECD average of 67%)
• Proportion of adults with a bachelors
degree or higher rose from 8% to 20%
between 1991 and 2005.
• 15 year old students perform well above
the OECD mean in reading, math and
scientific literacy.
• Weaknesses
• Average achievement is high, but New
Zealand should target and increase
achievement in the lower achieving
range, which is primarily comprised of
Maori and Pacifika students.

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CONSULTANTS
 FACT OF THE
MATTER
There are
352,700 working
mothers in New
Zealand,
representing
28.5% of all
working women.

CURRENT
INITIATIVES
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CONSULTANTS
 CURRENT INITIATIVES
• Early Childhood Education
• Primary and Secondary
• Tertiary
• Ka Hikitia
• Pasifika Education Plan

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CONSULTANTS
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
• Government Reform Standards
• Curriculum development-Te Whariki
• Regulation: Minimum standards and
Teacher Quality
• Funding, support and initiatives
• Funding
• Partial government funding, not
government owned or managed
• Options
• Whanau
• Playcenters, Kohanga Reo, and A’oga
Amata
• Special education and distance learning

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CONSULTANTS
 SCHOOL EDUCATION
• Government Reform Standards
• National Curriculum
• National Standards for compulsory literacy
and numeracy
• Funding
• Free to NZ citizens or permanent residents
ages 5-19 years
• Compulsory from 6-16 years
• Options
• State schools, state integrated schools,
private, boarding schools, Kura Kaupapa
Maori, and Wharekura
• Special Education
• Primarily integrated
• Special schools for hearing or vision
impaired

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CONSULTANTS
 TERTIARY EDUCATION
• Degree Level
• Universities (8)
• Vocational Certificate/Degree Level
• Institutes of Technology
• Polytechnics (20 state owned)
• Private Training Establishments(700-800)
• Industry Training Organizations (40 state
owned)
• Wananga (3)
• Governmental Training Establishments (11)

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CONSULTANTS
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
• Upper Secondary and University based
• Practical teaching environments
• Industry experienced teachers
• Internships, cooperative learning or on-job
training
• Stackable programs, certificates and
degrees
• Flexible program delivery

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CONSULTANTS
 TEACHER EDUCATION
• New Zealand Teachers Council
• Every school teacher must be registered
• ECE teachers-2012 goal
• Tertiary does not require registration

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CONSULTANTS
 FACT OF THE
MATTER
New Zealand
was the first
major nation to
have universal
suffrage. In 1893
it became legal
for all male and
female citizens
of New Zealand
to vote.

NATIONAL
CURRICULUM
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CONSULTANTS
 NATIONAL CURRICULUM

Vision
Young people who will be confident, connected, actively
involved, lifelong learners

Learning Areas
Values Key English, Arts,
Competencies Health/PE, Math,
Excellence Science, Social
Innovation, Inquiry, Thinking, Using Sciences,
Diversity, Equity, Language, Symbols Technology, Official
Community, and Texts, Relating Languages
Ecological to others,
Sustainability, Participating and
Integrity, Respect Contributing Achievement
Objectives

Principles
High Expectation, Treaty of Waitangi, Cultural Diversity, Inclusion, Learning to
Learn, Community Engagement, Coherence, Future Focus
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CONSULTANTS
 CURRICULUM LEARNING AREAS
• Students study, use, and enjoy language and literature
English communicated orally, visually, or in writing

• Student explore, refine, and communicate ideas as they connect

The Arts thinking, imagination, sense, and feelings to create works and
respond to the works of others

Health and Physical • Students learn to about their own well-being, and that of others
Education and society, in health-related and movement contexts

• Students learn to communicate in an additional language,

Learning Languages develop their capacity to learn further languages, and explore
different world views in relation to their own

Mathematics and • Student explore relationships in quantities, space, and data and
learn to express these relationships in ways that help them make
Statistics sense of the world around them.

• Students explore how both the natural and physical world and
science itself work so they can participate as critical, informed,
Science and responsible citizens in a society in which science plays a
significant role

• Students explore how societies work and how they themselves

Social Sciences can participate and take action as critical, informed, and
responsible citizens

• Students learn to be innovative developers of products and

Technology systems and discerning consumers who will make a difference in
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CONSULTANTS
 FACT OF THE
MATTER
New Zealand
allows Work
Permit of
20hrs/week
during study
and 12 months
post study.

EDUCATIONAL
STATISTICS
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 INDICATOR NEW RANK UNITED RANK INDIA RANK
ZEALAND STATES
Average Years of 11.7 3rd 12 1st 5.1 65th
Schooling-Adults
Class Size 16.37 - 14.21 - 40.2 -

Compulsory Education- 12 - 12 - 8 -
Years
Education Spending 7.26% 5th 5.62% 39th 3.17% 44th
%GDP
Education Attainment- 29% 8th 37% 2nd 27% 10th
Tertiary
Primary Teaching Salary $16,678 18th $25,707 5th - -

Literacy-Total Population 99% 22nd 99% 20th 59% 134th

Reading Literacy 529 3rd 504 15th - -

Math Literacy 537 3rd 493 18th - -

Scientific Literacy 528 6th 499 14th - -

Tertiary Enrollment 69.2% 4th 72.6% 1st 10.5% 20th FIRST UP 23

CONSULTANTS
 EFFORTS BY
TUSHAR AGNIHOTRI