This page provides information on the "city of lifelong learning" outcome. It defines the outcome, explains what is being monitored, provides information from the 2007 Baseline report and links to the outcome indicator sheets and various stories of success relating to this outcome.
What is a city of lifelong learning?
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
- We have access to high quality, supportive education services.
- Participation in Early Childhood education increases.
- Fewer school students are suspended or stood down.
- Levels of adult literacy and numeracy increase.
Christchurch people are skilled people
- Qualification rates among school leavers improve.
- More people gain post-school qualifications.
- Training and re-training helps people to develop and retain work relevant skills.
A broad range of learning opportunities are available in Christchurch
- Everyone has access to a local library.
- Refugees and new migrants can access quality English language services.
- We can participate in a wide range of community education programmes.
What we are monitoring?
Headline indicators
- Highest qualification gained
- Foundation education and lifelong learning
- School Leaver Qualifications
Key indicators
- School Stand-downs and Suspensions
- School Exclusion
- Community Education and Lifelong Learning
- Access to Communications
- Tertiary Participation
- Work Skills and Training
2007 Baseline report
Quality Education
- From 2000 to 2005, the number of students being suspended and/or stood down has slowly increased. The number of student stand-downs was just over 6 per cent in 2005.
- The percentage of school leavers with no qualifications generally decreased between 1999 (16 per cent) and 2004 (9 per cent) but slightly increased in 2005 (12 per cent).
- For most qualification types, post-school attainment has increased consistently since 1986 and the number of adults 15 years and older with no qualifications has declined to 21 per cent of the population in 2006.
Broad range of learning opportunities
- Participation in early childhood centres continues to be high, with over 98 per cent of year one students in 2006 having attended an early childhood education centre prior to starting school.
- The number of apprenticeships and people undertaking industry based training has steadily increased since 2002, with 729 modern apprenticeships in progress in 2006.
- The number of residents who visited a council library since 1999 has remained above 70 per cent, and was 76 per cent in 2006.
Tell us your stories of success at: monitor@ccc.govt.nz
