School leavers with higher qualifications

Definition: The proportion of secondary school leavers who left school with a qualification at National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) Level 2 or above.

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Percentage of school leavers with NCEA Level 2 or higher

Region		2005	2006	2007	2008
1	Northland	46.9	52.2	57.9	63.9
2	Auckland	62.1	65.7	69.6	76.0
3	Waikato	52.9	54.0	59.9	64.8
4	Bay of Plenty	49.2	53.2	61.0	65.7
5	Gisborne	42.3	48.1	54.7	58.3
6	Hawke’s Bay	55.9	57.4	64.4	67.4
7	Taranaki	52.7	56.6	58.2	66.4
8	Manawatu-Whanganui	55.0	58.9	65.2	68.7
9	Wellington	62.2	62.7	70.0	76.7
10	Tasman	46.3	51.3	57.3	59.7
11	Nelson	63.8	70.4	67.4	76.1
12	Marlborough	54.4	60.3	64.3	66.4
13	West Coast	35.1	34.8	44.8	50.4
14	Canterbury	58.1	62.5	68.4	69.2
15	Otago	65.4	67.0	70.4	75.0
16	Southland	57.0	58.8	61.4	63.8
New Zealand		57.1	60.2	65.5	70.9

Source: Ministry of Education
Notes: (1) NCEA stands for National Certificate of Educational Achievement
(2) Further regional information by sex and ethnic group is available on the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website: http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/indicators/education_and_learning_outcomes/qualifications/1781.

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