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Comparative Table of Certificates held by Persons employed in Public Instruction as at the 30th June.

The largest increases in the number of certificated teachers are in the D and C classes, the increases being 86 and 58 respectively. With respect to teachers employed by Education Boards the percentage possessing A, B, C, or D certificates has increased from 56 in 1908 to 66 in 1914. Training of Teachers. (See also E.-2, Appendix D, Tables P 1 to P 6.) During the last quarter of 1914 there were 430 students in attendance at the four training colleges, as compared with 439 for the previous year. The number of students under Division A was 378, of whom 375 had completed their course as pupil-teachers or probationers before entrance to the training college, and the remaining 3 were University graduates. There were 44 Division B students who had passed the Matriculation or some higher University examination, but were without previous teaching experience ; and, lastly, there were 8 students under Division C admitted under the special provisions for uncertificated teachers of small schools. There is a decrease of 20 in the number of Division A students over that of the previous year, and an increase of 11 in the other two divisions mentioned. The number of male and female students receiving training in the four training colleges during the last quarter, 1913 and 1914, is indicated in the following table:— , -1913. , , 1914. , Men. Womon. Total. Men. Women. Total. Auckland ... ... ... 41 67 108 36 70 106 Wellington ... ... ... 20 85 105 27 80 107 Christcfmrch ... ... ... 28 80 108 28 74 102 Dunedin ... ... ... 36 82 118 32 83 .115 Totals ... ... 125 314 439 123 307 430 Of the total number of students 123 were men and 307 were women. The following table indicates the number of women students to every 100 men for each of the past four years : — Number of Women Students to every 100 Men. For the year 1911 .. .. .. .. .. .. 197 1912 .. .. .. .. .. ..252 1913 .. .. .. .. .. ..251 1914 .. .. .. .. .. ..250 The ordinary course of training is for two years, so that when the trainingcolleges have their full complement of students (125 in each case) the number of students annually completing their training and passing into the schools will be about 250. There is also provision for a one-year course which under certain conditions may be taken by University students or matriculated students who have completed a two-years course at an agricultural college or a school of home science

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Number of Teachers holding Ci irtilicates. Class. 1913. 1914. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. 1912. 1915. A B C I) E 94 232 415 1,479 595 99 266 544 1,442 555 105 116 119 300 352 392 648 761 939 1,420 .1,486 1,488 522 480 441 1.19 422 1,108 1,513 402 116 453 1,280 1,539 371 147 471 1 ,366 1,598 .•',57 Total, A B, C, andl) .. 2,220 2,351 2,473 2,715 2,938 2,473 2,715 2,938 3,162 3,388 3,582 ,, A, B, C, D, and E 2,815 2,906 2,995 3,195 3,379 3,564 3,759 3,939 *