September 22, 2022 7:00am by David Farrar

The male education crisis get worse

The percentage of domestic university students who are men has reached an all-time low of 39%, and it is worrying universities.

This will not be new to readers of Kiwiblog. I blogged in 2018 that men are:

11% less likely to get NCEA Level 1
7% less likely to get NCEA Level 2
14% less likely to get NCEA Level 3
25% more likely to leave school with no qualifications
Twice as likely to be a high (special) needs student
27% less likely to get UE
Three times more likely to be stood down, suspended
5 times more likely to be excluded or expelled
42% less likely to be in tertiary education
36% less likely to obtain a diploma
37% less likely to obtain a bachelors degree
25% less likely to get Honours
37% less likely to get Masters
26% less likely to get a PhD

If women were 42% less likely to be in tertiary education, we would have stories every week demanding the Government take action to reduce the inequality. But when it is boys failing at school and not gaining UE, there seems to be no urgency towards turning this around.

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