COOK ISLANDS SCHOOLS DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOOLS The Cook Islands consists of 15 islands. Rarotonga is the main island in terms of population and economic activity. The Southern Group, which excludes Rarotonga in this digest, consists of 7 islands, 2 of which (Manuae and Takutea) are not permanently populated. The least populated region is the Northern Group. The group consists of 7 islands with only Suwarrow lacking permanent population. Schools are established on all 12 permanently populated islands. All of the 33 schools in the Cook Islands are co- educational. There are 14 schools on Rarotonga, 11 in the Southern Group and 8 in the Northern Group. The total number of schools in 2002 decreased by 1 due to the closing of Amuri School. MAP OF COOK ISLANDS SCHOOLS Rakahanga High School Omoka High School Tetautua Primary Pukapuka High School Tauhunu High School Tukao Primary Nassau Primary Aitutaki SDA Primary* Lucky Primary Araura College Araura Primary Vaitau Primary Arorangi Primary Avarua Primary Avatea Primary Blackrock Preschool* Mitiaro High School Imanuela Akatemia* Nikao Primary Nukutere College* Enuamanu School Papaaroa College* Rutaki Primary Mauke School St Joseph’s Primary* St Mary’s Primary* Takitumu Primary Te-Uki-Ou School* Ivirua Primary Tereora College Mangaia School Titikaveka College Tamarua Primary *Church or Private Schools 2 STATUS OF SCHOOLS The Government has established schools on all twelve permanently inhabited islands. "Private " is used to denote a non-government school neither owned nor operated by a religious organisation. The two private schools, Blackrock Preschool and Te-Uki-Ou Primary, are located on Rarotonga. There are also four Church schools on Rarotonga. Two are administered by the Catholic Church (St Joseph's and Nukutere), one by the Seventh Day Adventist Church (Papaaroa) and one by the Assembly Of God Church (Imanuela Akatemia). The Catholic Church also administers a primary school (St Mary's) on Mauke and the SDA Church administers a primary school (Aitutaki SDA) on Aitutaki. STATUS OF SCHOOLS BY REGION Status Rarotonga Southern Grp Northern Grp Total Government 8 9 8 25 Church 4 2 0 6 Private 2 0 0 2 Total 14 11 8 33 TEACHERS AND STUDENTS BY SCHOOL STATUS Teachers Students Status Schools P-T Ratio Male Female Total Male Female Total Church 6 9 28 37 317 279 596 16 Government 25 66 178 244 1752 1488 3240 13 Private 2 1 14 15 85 88 173 12 Total 33 76 220 296 2154 1855 4009 14 STUDENT : SCHOOL RATIOS BY ISLAND Island Schools Students Student/Sch Aitutaki 4 560 140 Atiu 1 195 195 Mangaia 3 245 82 Manihiki 2 154 77 Mauke 2 118 59 Mitiaro 1 87 87 Nassau 1 28 28 Palmerston 1 23 23 Penrhyn 2 118 59 Pukapuka 1 207 207 Rakahanga 1 38 38 Rarotonga 14 2326 166 Total 33 4099 124 3 LEVELS OF SCHOOL PRE-SCHOOL students are children aged from 3 years 6 months up to 4 years 11 months inclusive who are voluntarily enrolled for pre-school instruction. PRIMARY students are children who are enrolled for instruction at Grade 1 - 6 level. Attendance is compulsory from the age of 5. The expected age range is from 5 to 10 years if a child spends one year in each grade. SECONDARY students are children and young adults who are enrolled for instruction at Form 1 - 7 level. Attendance is compulsory until the end of the year in which a student turns 15 years of age. LEVELS RANGE SCHOOLS NAME OF SCHOOLS Preschool only PreS 1 Blackrock PreS - G2 1 Tamarua Preschool & Primary Takitumu, Rutaki, St Joseph's, Araura Primary, Vaitau only PreS - G6 7 Aitutaki SDA, Ivirua PreS - F1 1 Nassau PreS - F2 5 Avarua, Nikao, Te-Uki-Ou, Arorangi, St Mary's Preschool, Primary & PreS - F4 4 Lucky School, Tauhunu, Rakahanga, Tetautua Secondary PreS - Snr Lvl 1 4 Mitiaro, Pukapuka, Omoka, Tukao PreS - Snr Lvl 1 2 Imanuela Akatemia, Mauke School PreS - Snr Lvl 2 2 Mangaia School, Enuamanu School Primary & Secondary G1 - F2 1 Avatea only G1 - F4 1 Papaaroa College F1 - Snr Lvl 1 2 Titikaveka College, Nukutere College Secondary only F1 - Snr Lvl 2 1 Araura College F3 - F7 1 Tereora College Schools with : Rarotonga Sth Group Nth Group Total Pre-school pupils 9 10 8 27 Primary pupils 10 10 8 28 Secondary pupils 10 6 8 24 4 STUDENT ENROLMENTS COMPARISON OF 2003 ENROLMENTS WITH 1996 AND 2002 1996/2003 1996/2003 2002/2003 2002/2003 DISTRICT 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Change % Change Change % Change Aitutaki 855 763 726 710 651 642 595 560 -295 -35% -35 -5.9% Atiu 316 283 251 216 200 196 186 195 -121 -38% 9 4.8% Mangaia 378 357 341 308 275 266 257 245 -133 -35% -12 -4.7% Manihiki 171 178 41 124 121 129 147 154 -17 -10% 7 4.8% Mauke 249 233 239 215 202 189 177 118 -131 -53% -59 -33.3% Mitiaro 100 95 80 80 75 68 75 87 -13 -13% 12 16.0% Nassau 29 30 42 38 37 38 26 28 -1 -3% 2 7.7% Palmerston 10 3 0 12 0 9 17 23 13 130% 6 35.3% Penrhyn 195 171 166 141 138 124 124 118 -77 -39% -6 -4.8% Pukapuka 268 254 251 258 264 249 219 207 -61 -23% -12 -5.5% Rakahanga 58 67 63 46 31 38 40 38 -20 -34% -2 -5.0% Rarotonga 2931 2801 2750 2619 2554 2709 2805 2326 -605 -21% -479 -17.1% Total 5560 5235 4950 4767 4548 4657 4668 4612 -948 -17% -56 -1.2% 1996/2003 1996/2003 2002/2003 2002/2003 REGION 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Change % Change Change % Change Northern Group 731 703 563 619 591 587 573 568 -163 -22% -5 -0.9% Rarotonga 2931 2801 2750 2619 2554 2709 2805 2783 -148 -5% -22 -0.8% Southern Group 1898 1731 1637 1529 1403 1361 1290 1261 -637 -34% -29 -2.2% 1996/2003 1996/2003 2002/2003 2002/2003 SCHOOL STATUS 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Change % Change Change % Change Government 4763 4480 4219 4054 3861 3970 3970 3843 -920 -19% -127 -3.2% Non-government 797 755 731 713 687 687 687 769 -28 -4% 82 11.9% 5 1990-2002 ENROLMENTS BY LEVEL Year Pre-School Primary Secondary Total 1990 480 2,442 2,082 5,004 1991 467 2,526 2,093 5,086 1992 575 2,564 2,143 5,282 1993 530 2,708 2,208 5,446 1994 527 2,750 2,094 5,371 1995 529 2,884 2,095 5,508 Data for 1995 to 2002 is derived from the948 1996 530 2,956 2,074 5,560 EMIS. Data from 1990 to 1994 is derived17 1997 447 2,882 1,906 5,235 from the March Monthly School Returns. 1998 460 2,711 1,779 4,950 73 702 173 Since 1996 there has been a 14% decrease 1999 422 2,594 1,751 4,767 14 24 8 in preschool rolls, a 24% decrease in primary 2000 465 2,379 1,704 4,548 rolls and a 8% decrease in secondary rolls. 2001 451 2,402 1,804 4,657 The overall decrease since 1996 is 17%. 2002 399 2,388 1,881 4,668 2003 457 2,254 1,901 4,612 Average 481 2,603 1,965 5,050 Enrolments 1990 - 2003 6,000 5,500 5,000 4,500 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 - 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Total Pre-School Primary Secondary 6 ENROLMENTS BY LEVEL AND GENDER Students Pre-school Primary Secondary Total ISLAND SCHOOL PreS Prim Sec Total Male Female Male Female Male Female Female %Female Aitutaki SDA 12 46 0 58 6 6 24 22 0 0 28 48.3 Araura College 0 0 243 243 0 0 0 0 123 120 120 49.4 Aitutaki Araura Primary 12 168 0 180 3 9 86 82 0 0 91 50.6 Vaitau Primary 15 64 0 79 9 6 31 33 0 0 39 49.4 Atiu Enuamanu School 22 90 83 195 9 13 46 44 34 49 106 54.4 Ivirua Primary 6 28 0 34 3 3 14 14 0 0 17 50.0 Mangaia Mangaia School 10 82 106 198 7 3 37 45 50 56 104 53 Tamarua Primary 3 10 0 13 2 1 4 6 0 0 7 54 Tauhunu High School 17 39 26 82 9 8 19 20 17 9 37 45 Manihiki Tukao Primary 12 34 26 72 7 5 20 14 11 15 34 47 Mauke School 18 28 69 115 5 13 13 15 40 29 57 50 Mauke St Mary's Primary 6 33 20 59 3 3 23 10 14 6 19 32 Mitiaro Mitiaro High School 21 42 24 87 12 9 25 17 18 6 32 37 Nassau Nassau Primary 0 23 5 28 0 0 13 10 3 2 12 43 Palmerston Lucky School 9 12 2 23 5 4 6 6 1 1 11 48 Omoka High School 14 42 36 92 8 6 19 23 18 18 47 51 Penryhn Tetautua Primary 5 11 10 26 1 4 9 2 7 3 9 35 Pukapuka Pukapuka High School 26 104 77 207 16 10 66 38 39 38 86 42 Rakahanga Rakahanga High school 6 22 10 38 4 2 11 11 5 5 18 47 Arorangi Primary School 19 124 33 176 6 13 66 58 17 16 87 49 Avarua Primary 69 332 95 496 33 36 168 164 43 52 252 51 Avatea Primary 0 311 94 405 0 0 165 146 54 40 186 46 Blackrock Pre-school 37 0 0 37 18 19 0 0 0 0 19 51 Imanuela Akatemia School 0 42 17 59 0 0 22 20 7 10 30 51 Nikao Primary 24 89 29 142 16 8 47 42 20 9 59 42 Nukutere College 0 0 159 159 0 0 0 0 85 74 74 47 Rarotonga Papaaroa College 0 50 25 75 0 0 28 22 13 12 34 45 Rutaki Primary 14 29 0 43 8 6 21 8 0 0 14 33 St Joseph's Primary 17 169 0 186 8 9 84 85 0 0 94 51 Takitumu Primary 34 145 0 179 18 16 80 65 0 0 81 45 Tereora College 0 0 527 527 0 0 0 0 268 259 259 49 Te-Uki-Ou School 29 85 22 136 13 16 44 41 10 12 69 51 Titikaveka College 0 0 163 163 0 0 0 0 84 79 79 48 Total 457 2254 1901 4612 229 228 1191 1063 981 920 2211 48 Students Pre-school Primary Secondary Total ISLAND PreS Prim Sec Total Female %Female Female %Female Female %Female Female %Female Aitutaki 39 278 243 560 21 54 137 49 120 49 278 50 Atiu 22 90 83 195 13 59 44 49 49 59 106 54 Mangaia 19 120 106 245 7 37 65 54 56 53 128 52 Manihiki 29 73 52 154 13 45 34 47 24 46 71 46 Mauke 24 61 89 174 16 67 25 41 35 39 76 44 Mitiaro 21 42 24 87 9 43 17 40 6 25 32 37 Nassau 0 23 5 28 0 0 10 43 2 40 12 43 Palmerston 9 12 2 23 4 0 6 50 1 50 11 48 Penryhn 19 53 46 118 10 53 25 47 21 46 56 47 Pukapuka 26 104 77 207 10 38 38 37 38 49 86 42 Rakahanga 6 22 10 38 2 33 11 50 5 50 18 47 Rarotonga 243 1376 1164 2783 123 51 651 47 563 48 1337 48 Total 457 2254 1901 4612 228 50 1063 47 920 48 2211 48 Students Pre-school Primary Secondary Total REGION PreS Prim Sec Total Female %Female Female %Female Female %Female Female %Female Northern Group 89 287 192 568 39 44 124 43