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(See also E.-C, Tables X.4, L 4 and L 5). The. staffing of the secondary schools was as follows : — , 1910. . , 1911. , , 1912. , M. P. Total. M. F. Total. M. F. Total. Regular staff ... 140 107 247 148 111 259 163 118 281 Part-time teachers ... 48 31 79 48 33 81 46 38 84 The average number of pupils per teacher (excluding part-time teachers) was 20-9 in 1910, 21-1 in 1911, and 20-8 in 1912. The head teacher of a school at which district high school classes are held generally takes some part in the secondary instruction, and receives from the Government the sum of £30 in addition to his salary as head teacher of the primary school. In 1911 there were 87 special assistants —40 men and 47 women. In 1912 there were 38 men and 49 women. Leaving out of consideration the head teachers of district high:'schools, the average number of pupils per teacher was 21-7 in 1911 and 21-4 in f912. Salaries of Secondary Teachers. (See also E.-U, Tables K3, K4, LI, and L 2.) The total amount paid as salaries to the regular staffs of secondary schools as at the rates paid in December last was £65,845, as against £61,082 for year. Full particulars will be found in Table K4 (E.-6). The following summary shows the average salary paid to principals and assistants : — Average Salaries in Secondary Schools. , 1911. , 1912. , M. F. All. M. F. All. £ £ £ £ £ £ Principals ... 493 401 464 495 404 466 Assistants ... 243 155 204 241 158 205 Whole staff ... 280 177 236 275 178 234 Note.—The salaries of part-time teachers are not taken into consideration in the above summary. In the secondary departments of district high schools salaries are uniform, in accordance with the schedule to the Act. The average salaries actually paid to assistants, exclusive of the sums paid to head teachers by way of extra salary, were, in December, 1911 and 1912, as follows :— 1911. 1912. £ b. d. £ s. d. Male assistants ... ... ... ... 196 13 7 193 13 0 Female assistants ... ... ... ... 164 13 11 168 16 8 All secondary assistants ... ... ... 179 8 6 179 13 5 (The scale of salaries is the t-ame for men and women.) The total amount paid in salaries to teachers in secondary departments of district high schools, including the special payments to head teachers, was £17,380, as against £17,431 for 1911. The professional qualifications of the secondary-school teachers of the Dominion are as follows : — Status of Secondary Teachers (Regular Staff only) December, 1912. District Secondary High Schools Schools. (Secoi dary Principals,— Departments). Graduates ... ... ... ... ... 31 23 Holding certificates or other qualifications (excluding graduates) ... ... ... ... ... 1 37 Assistants, — Graduates ... ... ... ... ... 199 52 Certificated (excluding graduates) ... ... ... | 20 32 Uncertificated ... ... ... ... ... 30 3 Totals ... ... ... ... 281 147