THE EDUCATION REPORT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3769, 27 August 1907, Page 3

THE EDUCATION REPORT.

The annual report of the Education Department states that at the end of last year the colony had 1847 schools, with 139,302 children on the rolls. This is an increase of 41 schools and 1693 children on the totals for 1905. The North Island schools have

more children than those of the / South, the average attendances ( being:—North 66,149, South 55> 80 9- . For every 100 boys on the school rolls of the colony, there are 92 girls. The children are distributed over the various standards as follows : —Preparatory 40,898, Standard. I. 16,839, Standard 11. 16,965, Standard HI. 16,947, Standard IV. 16,425, Standard V. 14,751,Standard VI. n,475> Standard VII. 5002, Of the children in Standard VI., 8187, or 82.45 per cent., gained either the proficiency or the competency certificate. This is slightly less than the number in 1905, owing to the stricter test imposted for the proficiency certificate. In December, 1906, there were employed on the primary staff of the public schools 3872 teachers, of whom 3201 were adults and 671 pupil teachers an increase of 64 adults and a decrease of 8 pupil faachers on the figures for 1905, ' At the end of 1906, the secondary schools giving free tuition to duly qualified pupils and receiving grants therefore under the Education Act numbered 23, as against 21 for the previous year.