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The following table shows the number of adult teachers in each grade of school classified under the headings of sole, head, or assistant teachers : —

Mumber of Adult Teachers employed in Primary Departments of Public Schools, December, 1921.

The number of pupils per teacher in the several grades or groups of schools is shown below, two pupil-teachers being counted as equivalent to one adult teacher, and probationers being disregarded : —

Total Average Average Number Attendance of ° hlld f n P er Teacher. Grades 111-VII (two or more teachers) .. .. 155,899 38 Grades V-VII (six or more teachers) .. .. .. 92,394 44 All schools.. .. .. .. .. .. 180,740 33 There is practically no alteration in the number of pupils per teacher either in all schools taken together or in the various classes of school. The comparatively low figure of thirty-three pupils per teacher in all schools is, of course, due to the large number of sole-teacher .schools with small attendances, and it must be pointed out that the small number of pupils per teacher in these cases scarcely compensates for the difficulties arising from the pupils being spread over all the classes of the primary school. As soon as a supply of trained teachers is available the question of increasing the staffs of the larger schools will be considered, and in the meantime extra assistants are being provided where the necessity of reducing the size of classes is greatest. Although probationers are not included in the staff the fact that they teach four hours a day and possess fair educational qualifications makes them a not entirely negligible quantity in estimating the staff, and if two probationers are reckoned as equivalent to one adult teacher the average number of pupils per teachers in all schools is reduced by two and in the larger schools, where most of

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Grade of School. Sole Ti sachers. Head Teachers. F. M. F. Assl Teat stant jhers. Total .dult Teachers. M. M. F. M. F. Total. rrade 0. (1-8) 1. (9-20) II. (21-35) IIIa. (36-80) IIIb. (81-120) IV. (121-240) V. (241-400) VI. (401-480) VII. (over 480) 13 181 228 29 164 452 304 22 11 397 122 119 88 22 91 10 128 3 3 4 48 115 44 257 14 531 230 285 415 128 796 13 181 239 429 126 167 203 66 348 164 452 328 681. 233 285 420 1.28 797 177 633 567 1,110 359 452 623 194 1,145 5 i All grades 451 942 850 147 471 2,399 1,772 3,488 5,260

Total Averaae l Avera g e Number! Grade ol School. Attondanoe S of Children per Teacher. I I : Grade of School. Total Average Attendance. Average Number of Children per Teacher 0. (1-8) .. 1,169 6 1. (9-20) .. 9,849 14 II. (21-35) .. 13,823 25 IIIa. (36-80) .. 30,123 26 IIIb. (81-120. .. 12,162 32 IVa. (121-160) .. 7,253 IVb. (161-200) .. 6,991). 40 IVc. (201-240) .. 6,976 Va. (241-280) .. 5,575, Vb. (281-320) .. 9,988 Vc. (321-360) .. 8,914 i6 Vd. (361-400) .. 6,130j VIa. (401-440) .. 3,387) . q VIb. (441-480) .. 7,527) VIIa. (481-520) .. VIIb. (521-560) .. VIIc. (561-600) .. VHd. (601-640) .. VIIe. (641-680) .. VIIf. (681-720) .. VHct. (721-760) .. VIIh. (761-800) .. VIIi. (801-840) .. VIIj. (841-880) .. VIIk. (881-920) .. VIIl. (921-960 .. 7,4811 5,480 8,042 8,027 7,894 5,637 3,574 f 1,506 1,449 881 902 44