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Status of Teachers in regard to Certificates. The table below gives a summary of the position with regard to the number of primary-school teachers holding teachers' certificates in the last three years :—

Primary Teachers in Public Schools.

The numbers of teachers holding certificates of the various classes in 1922 and 1923 were as follows :-

Training of Teachers. The numbers of students in training in the four training colleges at the end of 1923 was as follows, the figures for the previous year being also given for comparison : —

The number of students who completed their course in 1923 was 635, and their examination status was as under: Class A certificate, 6 ; Class B certificate, 25 ; Class C certificate, 402 ; Class D and partial C, 96 ; Class D, 7 ; Partial pass, 98 ; no examination, 1. The number in attendance this year is 1,270, of whom 391 are men and 879 are women. The new entrants in 1923 numbered 667, of whom 28 per cent, were males, while this year there were 722 new entrants, 34 per cent, of whom were males.

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192 192: 192: Number. Percentage. Number. Percentage. Number. Percentage. I. Certificated teachers 3,924 75 4,231 78 4,556 81 II. Uncertificated teachers — (1.) Holding licenses .. (2.) Unlicensed 139 1,197 3 22 74 1160 1 21 78 1,022 1 18 Total uncerti fi cated 1,336 25 1,23d 22 1,100 19 Totals of I and II 100 5,260 100 5,465 100 5,656

Class of Certificate. M. 1922. F. ""I Total. 1923. F M. Total. i A II C I) E » 43 260 778 429 28 8 113 1,235 1,183 154 51 373 2,013 1,612 182 44 282 812 439 22 5 139 1,467 1.206 140 49 421 2,279 1,645 162 Total 1,538 1,538 2,693 2,693 4,231 1,599 2,957 4,556

1922. 1923. College. Men. Women. Total. Men. Women. Total. Auckland Wellington Christchurch Dunedin 97 79 71 76 254 197 172 205 351 276 243 281 122 66 78 83 247 224 183 199 369 290 261 282 Totals .. 323 828 1,151 349 853 1,202