19 May 2020
Seann Paurini
[email address]
cc [email address]
[FYI request #12654 email]
Tēnā koe Seann
Thank you for your requests of 30 March, 13 April and 20 April 2020, for TeachNZ scholarship award
data.
We have considered your requests under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). Your original
questions and my responses to them are listed below.
When you read this information, it is important to note:
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The information being released to you is drawn from the total number of applications for TeachNZ
support received by the Ministry, and does not refer to individual applicants unless otherwise
stated.
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Candidates make their own decisions about gender, cultural and ethnic identity and affiliation.
The data being released to you is drawn from the responses provided at the discretion of the
candidates themselves.
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The total number of applications or scholarships across a given time period may be higher than
in the gender breakdowns in this response, as the breakdowns do not capture nil responses or
answers other than male or female.
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Applicants have the option to list their age as unknown. For this reason, any breakdown of
applications by age wil also be lower than the total number of applicants.
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No ECE scholarships were run in 1999; and
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2020 data is drawn from applications for the two completed rounds conducted so far this year,
and not the totality of applications received since 1 January 2020.
How many Teach NZ scholarships have been awarded to male ECE students so far in 2020?
Of those male ECE students who were awarded scholarships in 2020, how many are Māori?
How many Teach NZ scholarships have been awarded to female ECE students so far in 2020?
and
Of those female ECE students who were awarded scholarships in 2020, how many are Maori?
There have been two TeachNZ scholarship rounds in 2020 to date. From these rounds, scholarships
were awarded to five male students, none of whom identified as Māori. In the same time period,
scholarships were awarded to 34 female students, 18 of whom identified as Māori.
Of the male ECE students who were awarded scholarships in 2020, what is the age range? and
Of the female ECE students who were awarded scholarships in 2020, what is the age range?
Please refer to the table below.
Under 20
20 to 30
30 to 40
40 to 50
Over 50
Total
Male
1
0
0
2
2
5
Female
2
13
10
8
1
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As at 2019, there are currently 348 unqualified male ECE teachers and 510 qualified male ECE
teachers.
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How many of those male ECE teachers are Maori?
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How many of those Maori male ECE teachers are qualified and how many are unqualified?
As at June 2019, there were 95 Māori male early childhood educators. 50 were qualified, and 45 were
unqualified.
In 2019, two Maori male ECE student teachers were awarded an ECE TeachNZ scholarship. What
Teach NZ scholarship did each receive? and
In five or six years just one male student 2015-2020 over the age 50 has been awarded an ECE
TeachNZ scholarship. What was that scholarship? What was the student's ethnicity?
Both recipients received the ECE scholarship, which is no longer offered. One recipient received an
undergraduate scholarship. The other student was a man aged over 50 who identified as Māori. He
received a graduate-stream ECE scholarship.
Please note, these numbers are correct only within the context of the provision of TeachNZ scholarships,
and are not a proxy for the demographic makeup of the wider early childhood education sector.
Since 2015, thirteen scholarships have been awarded to Maori male ECE teachers. How many
ECE Teach NZ scholarship applications were received 2015-2020 in total?
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How many applicants were female and how many scholarships were awarded to females?
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How many applicants were male and how many scholarships were awarded to males
In this time period, we received 726 applications. Of the 678 applicants who identified as female, 299
were successful.
38 applicants identified as male, 21 of whom were successful. 17 of the male candidates identified as
Māori, 13 of whom were successful.
In the last 20 years and four months (Jan 1999 to Jan-April 2020)
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How many females have applied for an ECE Teach NZ scholarship?
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How many females have been awarded an ECE Teach NZ scholarship?
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How many Maori males have applied for an ECE Teach NZ scholarship?
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How many Maori males have been awarded an ECE Teach NZ scholarship?
In the rounds completed between January 1999 and April 2020, there were 10,112 applications from
female candidates, of whom 6,787 were successful.
We also received 335 applications from male candidates, of whom 217 were successful. 92 of the male
candidates identified as Māori, 67 of whom were successful.
In the last 20 years and four months (Jan 1999 to Jan-April 2020)
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Of the female ECE students who applied for an ECE Teach NZ scholarship, what is the age
range?
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Of the female ECE students who were awarded an ECE Teach NZ scholarship, what is the
age range?
Please refer to the table below.
Under 20 20 to 30 30 to 40 40 to 50 Over 50
Total
Applications received from female
1,625
3,509
2,678
1,654
502
9,968
candidates
ECE TeachNZ scholarships
1,143
2,253
1,830
1,130
329
6,685
awarded to female candidates
From Jan 1999 to Jan-April 2020
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Of the male ECE students who applied for an ECE Teach NZ scholarship, what is the age
range?
•
Of the male ECE students who were awarded an ECE Teach NZ scholarship, what is the
age range?
Please refer to the table below.
Under 20 20 to 30 30 to 40 40 to 50 Over 50
Total
Applications received from male
17
122
84
78
33
334
candidates
ECE TeachNZ scholarships
9
87
53
47
20
216
awarded to male candidates
From Jan 1999 to Jan-April 2020
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Of the Maori male ECE students who applied for an ECE Teach NZ scholarship, what is the
age range?
•
Of the Maori male ECE students who were awarded an ECE Teach NZ scholarship, what is
the age range?
Please refer to the table below.
Under 20 20 to 30 30 to 40 40 to 50 Over 50
Total
Applications received from male
6
43
19
17
7
92
Māori candidates
ECE TeachNZ scholarships
2
37
12
11
5
67
awarded to male Māori candidates
Thank you again for your requests. Section 28(3) of the Act gives you the right to refer my response to
an Ombudsman for review. You can find more information about this process by emailing
[email address]. Nāku noa, nā
Deborah Kent
Associate Deputy Secretary
Early Learning and Student Acheivement
Document Outline
- The requests and due dates
- 1. This report provides our advice to respond to several requests from Seann Paurini.
- Response text
- Request text
- Requested via
- METIS
- Subject matter
- Appendix Two
- Appendix One
- Personal email
- 1225730
- The names of the TeachNZ external moderation panel
- Appendix Two
- Appendix One
- Personal email
- 1226581
- Measures TeachNZ takes to prevent discrimination against candidates
- Attached response letter
- Appendix Two
- FYI.org.nz
- 1224916, 1225730, 1226247
- Three requests for historic TeachNZ demographic data
- 2. The response in Appendix Two is intended to be sent from Enquiries National, to the personal address Mr Paurini used to lodge the request.
- 3. The remaining requests were lodged via FYI.org.nz, which we recommend you respond to in the attached response letter.
- 4. There is one outstanding request from Mr Paurini, which is for Round 2 TeachNZ data (METIS 1227645 refers), which is due on or before 2 June 2020.
- 6. This response was prepared by Government, Executive and Ministerial Services and Early Learning and Student Achievement.
- 7. The members of the Teach NZ external moderation panel have been advised of the release of their names.
- 9. We have not provided a copy of the response to the Minister’s Office.
- Appendix One
- Requests to be responded to by email
- From: Seann Paurini [mailto:[email address]] Sent: Monday, 16 March 2020 2:45 PM To: Enquiries National <[email address]> Subject: Information Request Teach NZ
- Appendix Three
- Requests to be responded to via FYI.org.nz