1. The Youth Landscape in the Christchurch region
November 18

2. Education builds social and human capital and creates knowledge
Education builds social and human capital and creates knowledge. It supplies skills to the economy
And provides people with the skills they need to participate in the workforce.
So there are public and individual returns to education
The best returns to education come from educating youth.
The human capital gains from educating older people are lower and of shorter duration
Unemployment is disproportionately borne by the young.
So the costs of getting it wrong for youth are high.
So we have a particular focus on youth. And youth transitions is a key focus for government

3. But the region faces change – in the economy and socially.
Risk of greater levels of disengagement from the education system and from the labour market.
So this presentation looks at the youth landscape in the Christchurch region now
First, a look at what there is ...

4. What the system offer for young people

5. So how are we doing across the education system?
We look at school leaver achievement and destinations and at tertiary education
And what is happening to young people in the labour market

6. 2009 Christchurch school leaver achievement
Between 5,500 and 6,000 leavers each year
About 30% don’t get to level 2 – the minimum for labour market recognition

7. 2009 Christchurch school leaver destinations

8. School leaver achievement and destinations
Big variations between schools
Examples ....
In one school, only half of the 2009 leavers had NCEA 2 or higher
And 15% had no achievement
And of the no achievement leavers, 83% took no further education on leaving school
Meaning very high risk to those people
And one school saw only a third of its level 3 leavers go on to degrees
Against 61% across the city

9. School achievement And big disparities between ethnic groups
In 2009, Maori were five times as likely as Asians to leave school with no qualifications
And Pasifika twice as likely
Asians were twice as likely as Maori to leave with level 2+ and 50% more likely than Pasifika

10. Tertiary performance
In provider-based training, we are similar to the rest of NZ
But industry training completion rates are high – whereas most metropolitan areas have low completion rates

11. In the labour market

12. In Christchurch ...
The year olds tended to stay in education in 2011
But among the year olds:
a large number left the region – many for overseas
a high proportion of NEETs – while the NEET rate fell nationally
To achieve our goal, we need to capitalise on the opportunities provided by new initiatives, while getting better performance from established services
Youth Guarantee and vocational pathways
Trades Academies
Youth service