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secondary departments of district high schools. It is safe to say that the number of these latter holding certificates is very much larger now than in the past. The following summary of Table E2 shows the number of certificated and uncertificated teachers in each of the years 1905 to 1910 respectively :—

It will be seen from the above table that the number of teachers employed in primary-school work in December, 1910, was 93 more than in December, 1909. Of the total, 2,663 were certificated, while 1,045, or 28*1 per cent., had either not yet completed the necessary qualification or possessed no recognized examination status whatever. The corresponding percentage for 1909 was 28-2. It was pointed out in several of the reports of Education Boards (reprinted n Appendix A of E.-2) that it is impossible to expect teachers of schools of Grades 0 and I to qualify for teachers' certificates. Whatever soundness there may be in this statement, it is certainly true that only about a quarter of such teachers are certificated. Omitting teachers of schools with average attendance of 15 or less, we get the following comparison : —

Primary Teachers in Public Schools with an Average Attendance of Sixteen and Upwards, 1910.

1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. I. Certificated teachers, — Adults Pupil-teachers 2,460 2,412 13 6 2,422 I 2,451 2,593 14 I - 2 1 2,663 Total .. 2,473 2,418 2,436 j 2,453 2,594 2,663 I. Uncertificated teachers, — (a.) Holding partial qualifications,— (i.) Holders of licenses (ii.) Others partially qualified 270 90 227 134 178 J 142 99 167 68 264 56 259 Total of (a) 360 361 320 266 332 315 (b.) Having no recognized examination status 320 428 i 545 635 689 730 Total number of uncertificated teachers 680 789 865 : 901 1,021 1,045 Total primary teachers 3,153 3,207 3,301 3,354 3,615 3,708 I 1 1 1

1905. 1908. 1909. 1910. I. Certificated .. [I. Uncertificated, — (a.) Partially qualified (b.) Without status 2,460 329 163 — 492 2,411 213 294 507 2,524 272 353 — 625 2,608 262 383 645 Total .. 2,952 2,952 2,918 2,918 3,149 3,149 3,253 3,253 Percentages, — I. Certificated II. (a.) Partially qualified (6.) Without status 83-3 111 5-6 16-7 82-6 7-2 10-2 — 17-4 82-6 7-2 10-2 80-2 8-6 11-2 80-2 8-6 11-2 19-8 80-2 8-0 11-8 19-8 8-0 11-8 80-2 — 17-4 19-8 19-8 Total .. 100 100 100 100 100 10G 100 100