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International students remain a key feature of New Zealand's education system.

Public expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of GDP is high, and public expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of total public spending remains one of the highest in the OECD.

Public investment in tertiary education is high, but more of it goes to students as loans and grants than as direct funding to institutions than it does in other countries.

However, 13% had a qualification in science, mathematics or computing above the OECD average of 11%.

Around 14% of tertiary qualified adults in New Zealand had a qualification in engineering, manufacturing or construction, compared with an average of 18% across OECD countries.

New Zealand has a high rate of adult participation in non-formal education, with adult New Zealanders spending an average of 71 hours in organised non-formal education per year. Participation in vocational programmes, especially at level 4 is also high, as are levels of part-time study.

New Zealand has above average levels of participation at core tertiary ages (18 to 20) and relatively very high tertiary participation at older ages (30 and over).

This has been influenced by New Zealand's higher levels of qualified immigrants.

While today's adults are significantly more educated than their parents across all OECD countries, New Zealand's educational upward mobility has been faster than the average change seen in the OECD.

However, the share of tertiary qualified adults with low numeracy skills was higher than the OECD average. New Zealand has a comparatively high proportion of tertiary qualified adults with high levels of literacy, numeracy and problem solving skills.

Literacy, and problem solving in technology-rich environments skill levels were higher than OECD averages across all education levels, while numeracy skills were closer to the OECD average.

The proportion with a level 4 qualification or higher (at 48%) is in the top six.

The proportion of New Zealand adults with a degree or above (at 30%) is about the OECD average.

Tertiary and international education and the post-study outcomes of education

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Compared with their OECD counterparts, New Zealand principals in schools teaching Years 7 to 10 students engage well over a range of good practice and decision-making indicators, involving professional development, leadership, collaboration, use of information, and school development.

The average class size for teachers who teach Years 7 to 10 students is around 25 students per class, compared with the OECD average of 23 students.

The proportion of teachers younger than 30 is about the same as the OECD average.

New Zealand school teachers are older on average and the proportion of teachers over 50 years old has been increasing.

The gap between the salaries of teachers and other similarly-educated workers is smaller in New Zealand than it is in many other OECD countries.

Teacher statutory salaries start lower, but increase faster than the OECD average and reach a maximum which is lower than the average maximum in other OECD countries.

New Zealand spends less per student than the OECD average, but, relative to national wealth, public expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP is high, and as a percentage of total public expenditure remains one of the highest in the OECD.

Upper-secondary attainment continues to increase at younger ages but over the whole population remains below the OECD average.

The number of young New Zealanders (15 to 19 years old) not in employment, education or training (NEET) is now back to around pre-recession levels however, it remains a little higher than the OECD average for this age group.

Compared with other countries, young New Zealanders are more likely to leave school sooner, and work, or go on to further education, or enter further education when they're older.

Employment rates for youth increased, and youth employment relative to other OECD countries remains high.

New Zealand remains in the bottom half of OECD countries, a little below the OECD average.

Enrolment rates for 15 to 19 year-olds have grown in recent years, but flattened in 2014.

New Zealand continues to perform well in early childhood indicators вЂ“ participation and expenditure are in the top third of OECD countries and child-teacher ratios are amongst the lowest in the OECD.

New Zealand's Education System at a Glance Early Childhood Education (ECE) and Schooling

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