Annual Report 2010 - Christchurch City Council

Community Outcomes
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Your Council
Annual Report
Christchurch Otautahi
2010
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Community Outcomes (continued)
8. Knowledge
A city of lifelong learning
Community Outcome
Our learning opportunities help us to participate in the community
and the economy. Quality education is available for people of all
ages.
We will know we are succeeding when:
• everybody receives a good basic education
• Christchurch people are skilled people
• a broad range of learning opportunities is available in
Christchurch
Progress is measured using these headline indicators:
• highest qualification gained
• numbers of children who have attended early childhood
education
• school leavers with no qualifications
• literacy and numeracy performance
How are we doing as a community?
Between 2001 and 2007, the number of first day school children
who had attended pre-school increased from 96.6 per cent to 98.5
per cent.
In 2007, 46 per cent of school leavers were qualified to attend
university, compared with 37 per cent in 2005. In some areas
(‘no formal attainment’; NCEA Level 1; and NCEA Level 2)
Christchurch’s overall student results are worse than the rest of
New Zealand. In particular, the needs of Māori students need to be
better catered for.
At a tertiary level, a coordinated approach to education provision
would better serve the region’s needs. This has the potential to turn
Christchurch into an education hub, utilising the range of high
class learning institutions and environments. In June 2007, there
were 714 modern apprenticeships in progress in Christchurch. The
number of modern apprenticeships has increased from 248 to 900
(263 per cent) between 2002 and 2008.
In 2008, 76 per cent of Christchurch residents attended a public
library. Since 1999, the number of residents who visited a library
at least once per year has consistently been around 74 per cent.
Libraries endeavour to constantly keep pace with customer needs
and information/entertainment preferences.