How Does BEST Stack Up?
Tertiary performance and accountability
TEC publication of tertiary achievement
The Tertiary Education Commission is making student achievement information for Government funded tertiary providers available to the public for the first time.
The purpose of making this information accessible to the public is to help students make informed decisions about where they want to study, and to make tertiary providers more accountable for the Government’s $3bn plus annual spend in the tertiary sector.
For more information on the TEC and its decision to publish performance information visit www.tec.govt.nz.
BEST's performance
Over 1800 students, 1300 (73%) of whom are Pacific peoples, are enrolled at BEST in vocational and higher vocational education. We are very proud of their achievements, which are reflected in our performance results.
BEST’s performance for all students at a glance:
BEST Graduates secure skilled employment and build a sound career track
BEST is particularly focused on student achievement in level four and five qualifications because these courses are aligned with the demands of the Auckland job market. In fact over 80 per cent of our 1871 Equivalent Fulltime Students are studying at levels four, five and six.
For example many of our students study Business Administration at levels four and five and this leads to entry level supervisor and management roles across a diverse range of business fields.
We know this because we work with Auckland employers to ensure that our courses are meeting their requirements for skilled employees.
A Proud Fact
Graduate Destination Results
A Proud Fact
With 73 per cent of our students being of Pacific Islands descent, BEST proudly teaches the highest proportion of Pacific people among the tertiary providers in New Zealand.
The Government’s Tertiary Education Strategy states that getting Pacific peoples studying at level four and above is a priority for all tertiary providers, and BEST is already meeting this challenge. Currently we dominate the tertiary sector in relation to the number of Pacific students studying at levels four and five. In 2009, 1200 out of a student body of just under 1900 were studying at these levels, with over 80 per cent of our graduates going on to secure skilled employment or to higher study.
BEST is particularly answering the call of the Auckland job market by working with Auckland employers to ensure that BEST’s training is meeting the needs of the market place.
Sector comparison for Pacific students
BEST is proud to be the number one provider of education to Pacific people in New Zealand, and Tertiary Education Commission data confirms our ability to outperform other providers when it comes to delivering educational results for Pacific students.
PTE Sub-sector comparison of Educational Performance
The Private Training Establishment (PTE) sector is hugely diverse in terms of the size of individual PTEs and the level of training they provide.
BEST is the largest PTE by over 1000 Equivalent Fulltime Students (EFTS), and additionally over 30 per cent of the total number of Pacific students in the PTE sector are enrolled at BEST. With 73 per cent of our student body being of Pacific descent, proportionally we teach the highest number of Pacific students in New Zealand.
Because of the diversity of the 199 PTEs in this subsector, any meaningful comparison between them all is difficult to construe.
A more useful comparison is possible by looking at the performance of the 20 largest PTEs who represent 45% of the total PTE EFT.
The table below is a fair representation of the educational performance of the PTE sector.
BEST External Evaluation and Review report (NZQA)
The NZQA are responsible for quality assurance in the Tertiary Education Sector.
The NZQA External Evaluation and Review (EER) findings in 2010 for BEST Pacific Institute of Education are Highly Confident for BEST’s educational performance and its self assessment capability.
This is the highest rating awarded by NZQA, and has earned BEST the maximum four yearly review period.
As one EER panel member commented “BEST is as good as it gets”.
Read the 2010 NZQA EER report for BEST here
