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As explained in the Overview, qualifications completion data provides counts of the number of people completing qualifications each year. It does not provide meaningful information on completion rates, as the length of time it takes to complete qualifications may vary.

Rapid increase in qualification completions below degree level

Māori qualification completions increased by 101 percent overall from 2000 to 2002. This was almost entirely the result of a 136 percent increase in completions of qualifications below degree level, which reflects the increased enrolments at this level. Degree and postgraduate completions increased by one and two percent respectively.

Figure 50: Completions of qualifications by Māori students by qualification level, 2000–2002

Qualification completions vary by field of study

The largest proportion of Māori qualification completions are in the society and culture field of study, which is in line with the proportion of enrolments. Interestingly, health qualifications make up a larger proportion of Māori completions than of Māori enrolments, while the pattern is reversed for management and commerce qualifications. This may reflect differing completion rates in these areas or it may reflect changes in participation by qualification level over the last three years.

Figure 51: Completions of qualifications by Māori students by field of study, 2002

Assistance provided to support Māori students

Funding has been provided to TEIs, through the Special Supplementary Grants, to provide support services for Māori students. A review of the Special Supplementary Grants for Māori students was undertaken by the Ministry of Education in 2003. It found that:

• the funding made a significant difference within TEIs for Māori students, despite the limited amount of money involved
• the targeting of a specific pool of money aimed at increasing the success of Māori students in TEIs was seen as one of the major benefits of the funding.

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