New Zealand is a major contributor to COL’s budget and is represented on COL’s Board of Governors. The country provides support and expertise to COL’s initiatives in the Pacific region, as well as contributing to Pan-Commonwealth activities.
| School-age Population by Education Level1 | ||
| 432,403 | 327,484 | |
| Secondary | Tertiary | |
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| Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Secondary Education for the school year ending 20181 |
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| 118% | 111% | |
| Female | Male | |
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| Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Tertiary Education for the school year ending 20181 |
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| 99% | 68% | |
| Female | Male | |
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| Percentage of female teachers in 1 | ||
| 63.3% | 49.8% | |
| Secondary (2017) | Tertiary (2017) | |
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| 1. UNESCO Institute for Statistics Data Centre, retrieved in June 2021 | ||
Partnerships are fundamental to COL’s work. Strategic partnerships allow COL to broaden its reach and engage at global, regional and national levels, while implementation partners support COL’s work in communities and institutions across Commonwealth Member States. Partners include multilateral organisations, regional bodies, national governments, government agencies, foundations, civil society organisations, public and private (not-for-profit) institutions and the private sector. COL partnerships assist in improving and extending teaching and learning services to people in the developing Commonwealth.
COL partners in New Zealand include:
Dr Caroline Seelig
Chief Executive
Open Polytechnic
(COL Honorary Fellow and former Honorary COL Adviser)
Ms Eva Laurenson
Policy Officer, Multilateral
Partnerships, Humanitarian, and Multilateral Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade
Ms Shona E. Butterfield, CNZM, COL Honorary Fellow and former member of COL Board of Governors
Dr Robin Day, former COL Chair (Otago Polytechnic)
Dr Mark Nichols, Honorary COL Adviser
Mr William L. Renwick, member of COL’s Founding Board of Governors
Dr Linda Sissons, CNZM, former COL Board of Governors Chair and COL Honorary Fellow
The Right Honourable Sir Lockwood Smith, KNZM, former member of COL Board of Governors
Ms Jenny Williams, former Honorary COL Adviser
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