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The main area of provision of Pasifika for Pasifika education services is through Pasifika PTEs. There is limited provision within TEIs, and nearly all of it is directed towards student support services.

Student numbers steadily increasing at Pasifika private training establishments

In 2004, there were 23 PTEs that self-identified as Pasifika providers and provided data returns to the Ministry of Education¹. As at 31 July 2003, there were 3,746 domestic students enrolled with these providers, of which 1,105 were Pasifika. The total enrolments in Pasifika PTEs have been gradually increasing over the last six years. In 2004, just under one in four Pasifika students (24 percent) enrolled in a PTE was enrolled with a Pasifika PTE.

Pasifika formal domestic students in PTEs by type of provider 1998–2004

NZQA audit cycle figures show an overall improvement in confidence in the management and development of Pasifika PTEs. The proportion on two- and three-year audit cycles increased to 45 percent by December 2004, compared with 27 percent in 2003.

¹ There was a total of 27 registered PTEs that self-identified to NZQA as Pasifika providers. This analysis only covers those that had formal students enrolled as at 31 July 2003. (↑)

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