EDUCATION REPORT. Wellington, August 7. ATTENDANCE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 393, 14 August 1889, Page 6

EDUCATION REPORT. Wellington, August 7. ATTENDANCE.

Thi, annual ie|/o:t of (he Educ.viou Deparlm.unL shows thai- tho average attendanco of public school pupils during the, year 1888 was 90,108 as against 85,637 for the previous year, fn tlie decennial period from 1878 to 1888, the strict average had risen from 45,521 to 90,108. There had been i\ very marked Jinjuovement in regularity of attendance on the part of the pupils in ISB7. E\e»v pupil on an average attended 77 times out ol every hundred times that the f.<iuul ««s open. Jn 1888 the average was- 79*3, uut\ the impro\enaenl had been genei.il 'luoughmit the colony. No district prestuttd tin exception. The average was even higher than that of 1887, although the calculation for that year was made on the basis of the working, and not on that ot the strict aver&^_ ' SEX AND AUE. - ' • As ~ the distribution of the pupils according to hex and age, ib steems that the old proportion of 51 8 boys to 48"2 girls persists with "the constancy of a Taw o nature. A continued tendency was shown to a decrease in the proportion of children' vmder seven and under ten years ot age, - and of course an equal increase in the proportion in the children above 10 years. The principal increase is in the proportion of children above 10 years. i'ASSES. I The proportion of children who have not. yet passed Standard J. continues very higjiv - though it is declining. For 1888 the pro^ ' portion was 42-43 per cent., nearly-equal td" the proportion of all the children under nine jcara, which is> Che a\erage age of children when they pass Standard 1. Considering the large number of children under seven - years it is somewhat surprising that the acre ,' of passing the First Standard should be so *' high, but the probabilities are that the average age is kept up by the increase of h considerable number of older children who "" have had no instruction in school learning-."' Tho statistics of inspection indicate piogjess a? compared with last year, ', 47-15 instead of 44*9 per cent; of the number on the rolls having .passed at the examination. 19-5, inptead of 2.0*8 per cent., of those who ought to have passed failed to do so. The percentage of passes '. in all standards is slightly higher than before. SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS. . The number of schools has increased from 1,093 to 1,128, but this increase ife nofc ■ quite in proportion to the increase in the number of scholars. The number of teachers, excluding i teachers of sewing, has declined from 2,863 '„ to 2,839. i Apart from the demands for new schdols, there is in some cases urgent need for enlargement of the old established schools. ; The following are enumerated as being deficient in floor space ; — Auckland, Pon* ; ponby. Newton East, Mount Eden \ Kauaeransa Boys', Mita ; .'- Wellington, Hastwell ; Masterton, Mastertou, Infants, Clareville, Park Yale, Waiealceke, Wair hengi, Pirinoa, Petone, and Vogeltown. -, The amount expended by Boards during s the year in maintaining scholarships was I £6,086. The revenue from education rei serves amounted to X29,14'2.

NATIVE SCHOOLS. The number of scholars on the rolls oi native a chools last year was 2,512, wifch an average attendance of 2,070.

DEAF MUTES. Theie were 39 pupils in Stunner Institution for Ueaf Mutes at the end of the year, maintained at a cost of £3,210, towards which parents contributed £329. Nino blind pupils are wholly or partially maintained by the Government at Sydney and Melbourne institutions.

INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. The number of children admitted to Industrial schools during the year was 190, a smaller number than usual. The number of inmates dischaiged was 159, the number at the end of the year being: 1,55-1 ; of whom 299 were ab service under license, 188 were licensed to reside with friends, 18 absent without leave, and 13 disposed of in asylums, etc.

HIGH SCHOOLS. There is again a falling off in the aggregate number of pupils attending 1 high schools. At following high schools, however, attendance has improved : — Thames High School, Wellington College, Nelson College, Christchurch Boys' and Girls' High Schools, Waitaki Girls"' High School, and Otago Boys' and Girls' High Schools. The affiliated colleges of New Zealand University were attended by 583 students, of whom 298 were matriculated.

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