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MonitoringReport2004 Maori Participation At Higher Levels of Study and Across Disciplines ← Te Rautaki Mātauranga Māori -- contribute to the achievement of Māori development aspirations | Home Page | Higher Level Te Reo Maori Provision → Steady increase in participation at diploma and degree levelMāori enrolments and participation rates in bachelors degrees continue to increase steadily. While participation rates are still significantly below those of non-Māori, the difference is reducing. However, Māori five-year completion rates at bachelors level are notably lower than than those of non-Māori. Thirty-six percent of Māori students enrolling in a bachelors degree in 1999 had completed by 2003, compared with 43 percent of all students. At diploma level, Māori enrolments and participation rates levelled off from 2002 to 2003, and continue to exceed those of non-Māori. Māori have similar completion rates to non-Māori at diploma level (around 28 percent over five years from 1999).  Māori formal students at diploma level and above by qualification level 1997–2003 Lower participation and completion rates at masters and doctorate levelsMāori participation rates at masters level continue to be lower than non-Māori, with a decrease in the number of Māori masters students from 2002 to 2003. Māori have significantly lower completion rates at this level than non-Māori — 35 percent over five years from 1999 compared with 52 percent for all students. Māori participation in honours and postgraduate certificates and diplomas continues to increase steadily. Five-year completion rates for Māori students at this level were similar to those of non-Māori, with around half of the students starting in 1999 completing by 2003. Māori students at doctoral level continued to increase from 236 in 2002 to 250 in 2003. The number of Māori doctorate students has more than doubled since 1997. As with masters, doctorate completions over five years are much lower for Māori (16 percent) than for all students (23 percent). Māori participation growing faster in areas of under-representationThe following indicators look at the spread and growth of Māori participation by field of study at diploma level and above, using EFTS consumed and course subjects. Relative growth is the percentage point difference between the growth rate in Māori student EFTS and the growth rate of total EFTS in each subject area 1. It provides an indicator of subject area growth where Māori student growth rates exceed total growth rates (positive number) or lag behind total growth rates (negative number). Relative share is the percentage point difference between the proportion of Māori student EFTS in the subject area and the proportion of Māori EFTS across all subjects2. It provides an indicator of relative over-representation (positive number) or under-representation (negative number).  Relative growth and relative share indicators for Māori formal students by field of study at diploma level and above 2002–2003 The general picture shown by these indicators is that Māori participation is growing faster in subject areas where they have been, or are still, under-represented. The exceptions are sciences, management and commerce, and health. The field with the highest relative growth has been ‘agriculture, environmental and related studies’, which has also had the largest gain in relative share. The field with the lowest relative growth was society and culture, where relative share has also declined, although Māori continue to be relatively over-represented in this area. 1 (Percentage increase in Māori student EFTS in field) — (Percentage increase in total student EFTS in field). (↑) 2 (Percent of Māori in the field) — (Percent of Māori in total). (↑) ← Te Rautaki Mātauranga Māori -- contribute to the achievement of Māori development aspirations | Home Page | Higher Level Te Reo Maori Provision → Page last modified on 26 November 2006, at 06:29 PM |
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