Current Statistics in education and in industry
Tertiary Education Sector
- New Zealand Universities
- 2007: overall enrolments in IT minus 10%
- University of Auckland
- 2007 Computer Science Department: new enrolments +20% (250)
- University of Waikato, Hamilton
- 2006 (Computer Science Department): about 25% female students
- 2007 (School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science): total number of students down by 5% (less than expected), mainly lost international students in the second year; domestic students +12%;
- 2007: new enrolments +41% (more than demographic trend); University total 2007 domestic students +3%
- Victoria University, Wellington, Computer Science Department
- 1988: 30% of first year computing students are women, only 6% of graduating year are women (cf mathematics 32% in first year and 38% in third year)
- 2007: new enrollments +20% (240 students)
- Auckland University of Technology (former Polytech)
- 2007 Computer Science: new enrolments +12% (225)
- Wintec, Hamilton (Polytech)
- 2007 Information Technology: new enrolments +24%
- Unitec New Zealand, Auckland (Polytech)
- 2007 Computing and IT: new enrolments minus 8%
General NZ Data (from 2001 census)
| Country | Pop (millions) | Schooling | Sch Lvg Age | %Women at Uni | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 | 6/2/5 | 16 | 61% | 80% L2+ |
- percentage of women in workforce:
- 42 % of the total IT workforce
- within IT:
- 82% of data entry positions
- 72% of desk top publishing roles
- 11% of systems technicians
- 16% of applications engineers
- selected education levels (aged 15 and over, 52% women in all)
- No Qualification 27% (was 38% in 1996), women: 50%
- Fifth Form Qualification 16% (was 13% in 1996), women: 55%
- Sixth Form Qualification 11% (was 10% in 1996), women: 55%
- Higher School Qualification 6% (was 5% in 1996), women: 50%
- Other NZ Secondary School Qualification 0.1% (was 0% in 1996), women:52%
- Overseas Secondary School Qualification 7% (was 3% in 1996), women: 55%
- Basic Vocational Qualification 4% (was 4% in 1996), women: 56%
- Skilled Vocational Qualification 5% (was 7% in 1996), women: 27%
- Intermediate Vocational Qualification 2% (was 2% in 1996), women: 39%
- Advanced Vocational Qualification 8% (was 8% in 1996), women: 65%
- Bachelor Degree 8% (was 6% in 1996), women: 51%
- Higher Degree 4% (was 3% in 1996), women: 46%
Sources
- Data about literacy in New Zealand is available from The New Zealand Literacy Portal, a site maintained and supported by Workbase: the New Zealand Centre for Workforce Literacy Development. A useful report (with international data for comparison) is available from the Tertiary Education Commission.
- The latest statistics relating to participation in tertiary education in New Zealand are available on the Education Counts website of New Zealand's Ministry of Education
- Statistics on the percentage of women in IT occupations at various skill levels are available from the Ministry of Economic Development.
