New Zealand Education

New Zealand

By Khasanova

Mukhlisa

• “The Youngest Country”
• A developed nation with a high living standard, low unemployment and a diversified economy.
• One of the world’s top 25 “innovator economies”
• Known for its independent position on nuclear energy, foreign policy, environmental sustainability and conservation

Demographic Context

• Location
• Pacific nation, located SW of Australia
• Area
• 270.534 sq km (104,454 sq miles)
• Population
• 4.3 Million (UN, 2009)
• Capital
• Wellington (North Island)
• Largest City
• Auckland (South Island)
• Government
• Queen Elizabeth II
• Prime Minister: John Key

BBC News –Timeline: New Zealand. (n.d.). Retrieved March 1, 2010, from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asiapacific/1138430.stm

Demographic Context

• Money
• 1 New Zealand Dollar=100 NZ Cents< $1USD
• GNI per capita=$27,940 USD
• Agriculture, Manufacturing, Tourism, Film
• Main Exports
• Wool, Food/Dairy, Wood/Paper Products
• Official Languages
• English, Maori , NZ Sign Language
• Religion
• Christianity
• Life Expectancy
• 78 years (men), 82 years (women)

BBC News –Timeline: New Zealand. (n.d.). Retrieved March 1, 2010, from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asiapacific/1138430.stm

Demographic Context

• Literacy
• Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
• Total population: 99%
• Male: 99%
• Female: 99% (2003 est.)
• School Life Expentancy
• Total: 19 years
• Male: 19 years
• Female: 20 years (2006)
• Educational Expenditure
• 6.2% of GDP (2006)
• Country comparison to the world: 38