11.5 Educational Qualifications
Of the remand inmates for whom information was available, 52 percent had left school prior to Year 11 (Form 5). Five percent of remand inmates are recorded as not having attended secondary school at all.
Table 11-10 Highest educational level attended by remand inmates
|
Highest educational level attended |
Female |
Male |
Total |
|||
|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
|
|
< Year 9 |
5 |
6.8% |
51 |
4.8% |
56 |
4.9% |
|
Year 9 (Form 3) |
12 |
16.4% |
184 |
17.2% |
196 |
17.1% |
|
Year 10 (Form 4) |
16 |
21.9% |
196 |
18.3% |
212 |
18.5% |
|
Year 11 (Form 5) |
22 |
30.1% |
257 |
24.0% |
279 |
24.4% |
|
Year 12 (Form 6) |
5 |
6.8% |
79 |
7.4% |
84 |
7.3% |
|
Year 13 (Form 7) |
1 |
1.4% |
30 |
2.8% |
31 |
2.7% |
|
Tertiary |
1 |
1.4% |
8 |
0.7% |
9 |
0.8% |
|
Not educated in New Zealand |
3 |
4.1% |
8 |
0.7% |
11 |
1.0% |
|
Not recorded |
8 |
11.0% |
259 |
24.2% |
267 |
23.3% |
|
Total |
73 |
100.0% |
1072 |
100.0% |
1145 |
100.0% |
Less than 16 percent of remand inmates were recorded as having a qualification.
Table 11-11 Educational qualifications obtained by remand inmates
|
Post-school qualifications/courses |
Female |
Male |
Total |
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|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
|
|
No qualifications |
39 |
53.4% |
535 |
49.9% |
574 |
50.1% |
|
NZ school certificate |
7 |
9.6% |
103 |
9.6% |
110 |
9.6% |
|
NZ Higher school /Uni. Entrance |
1 |
1.4% |
39 |
3.6% |
40 |
3.5% |
|
Other NZ/Overseas school |
4 |
5.5% |
12 |
1.1% |
16 |
1.4% |
|
Vocational |
1 |
1.4% |
8 |
0.7% |
9 |
0.8% |
|
Bachelors/Higher degree |
0 |
0.0% |
2 |
0.2% |
2 |
0.2% |
|
Not recorded |
21 |
28.8% |
373 |
34.8% |
394 |
34.4% |
|
Total |
73 |
100.0% |
1072 |
100.0% |
1145 |
100.0% |