7.1 Highest Educational Level Attended
Just over 5 percent of sentenced inmates are recorded as not having attended secondary school at all. In total 45 percent of sentenced inmates had left school before reaching Year 11 (Form 5).
Table 7-1 Highest educational level attended by sentenced inmates
|
Highest educational level attended |
Female |
Male |
Total |
|||
|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
|
|
< Year 9 (Primary school) |
17 |
6.5% |
256 |
5.3% |
273 |
5.4% |
|
Year 9 (Form 3) |
33 |
12.6% |
874 |
18.1% |
907 |
17.8% |
|
Year 10 (Form 4) |
62 |
23.7% |
1067 |
22.1% |
1129 |
22.2% |
|
Year 11 (Form 5) |
88 |
33.6% |
1338 |
27.7% |
1426 |
28.0% |
|
Year 12 (Form 6) |
38 |
14.5% |
381 |
7.9% |
419 |
8.2% |
|
Year 13 (Form 7) |
7 |
2.7% |
123 |
2.5% |
130 |
2.6% |
|
Tertiary |
5 |
1.9% |
68 |
1.4% |
73 |
1.4% |
|
Not educated in New Zealand |
5 |
1.9% |
61 |
1.3% |
66 |
1.3% |
|
Not recorded |
7 |
2.7% |
665 |
13.8% |
672 |
13.2% |
|
Total |
262 |
100.0% |
4833 |
100.0% |
5095 |
100.0% |