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MonitoringReport2004 Completion Retention and Progression ← Participation in Tertiary Education | Home Page | Research Within the Tertiary Education Sector → Number of students completing qualifications still increasingThe overall number of students completing a qualification has grown at a similar rate to that of the overall number of enrolments. From 2000, completions have increased by 39 percent, compared with 36 percent for enrolments. In 2003, 95,339 domestic students completed a qualification, a 6 percent increase on 90,210 in 2002.  Index of qualification completions and formal domestic students 2000–2003 (2000=100) Forty-six percent of completing students completed a level 1 to 3 certificate and 13 percent completed a level 4 certificate. The level at which there was the largest increase in completions from 2002 to 2003 was level 4 certificates (a 129 percent increase). Around 40 percent of students starting a qualification in 1999 completed it by 2002New baseline indicator Forty percent of students who began a qualification in 1999 (in public providers) had completed the qualification five years later, that is by the end of 2003. A further 7 percent were still engaged in study. New Zealand qualification completion rates appear to be similar to those in Australia and Britain, using OECD-defined indicators as a means of comparison 1.  Completion and retention rates for formal domestic students in public providers by year started 1998–2003 Over the last six years, retention rates have remained fairly stable. Completion rates were stable from 1998 to 2001. There was a notable increase in completion rates after two years for students starting qualifications in 2002 and completion rates after one year for students starting qualifications in 2003. Progression from certificate level to higher levelsNew baseline indicator This indicator looks at the effectiveness of certificate-level qualifications in providing pathways to higher-level education. It looks at people who have completed a certificate in a particular year and move on to higher-level study in the following year. The rates of progression to higher levels of study after completing a certificate-level qualification rose steadily from 1997 to reach 21 percent in 2000, but have since dropped off to 20 percent of those completing in 2002. However, underlying this trend has been a significant increase in the total numbers of students who moved into higher-level study after completing a certificate-level qualification.  Progression of domestic students completing a level 1–4 certificate at a public provider between 1997 and 2002 to higher-level qualifications in the following year 1 Ministry of Education, Retention, Completion and Progression in Tertiary Education, 2003, p 18. (↑) ← Participation in Tertiary Education | Home Page | Research Within the Tertiary Education Sector → Page last modified on 26 November 2006, at 06:29 PM |
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