E.—l.

Included in the foregoing figure for adult teachers are 473 probationary assistants who were employed in public schools completing their training as teachers. In addition to adult teachers there were employed in public schools at the end of 1931 452 probationers (males, 163 ; females, 289), compared with 542 at the end of the previous year. The following table indicates the number of women for each 100 men teachers : —•

Table H2.—Ratio of Men to Women Teachers in Primary Schools and Forms I and II of Junior High Schools and Departments.

It is interesting to note that, while since 1918 there has been on the whole a steady drop in the proportion of women teachers to men teachers in all classes of schools, there has since 1927 been an increase in the proportion of women students to men students in the training colleges until the year under review, when it was reassuring to find that the proportion of men students had increased.

Table H3.-Number of Adult Full-time Teachers employed in Departmental Schools other than Primary Departments of Public Schools, December, 1930, and December, 1931.

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1915. 1918. 1922. 1927. 1928. 1929. 1930. 1931. Adult teachers— All schools .. .. 193 253 197 187 183 184 177 172 Schools with roll 1-20 .. 323 523 299 202 185 162 157 156 Schools with roll over 20 .. 176 227 182 185 182 188 181 175 Pupil-teachers .. .. .. 344 425 223 ***** Probationers .. .. 647 688 349 236 303 265 224 177 Training-college students .. 387 488 256 213 227 242 282 226 * The position of "pupil-teacher" has now been abolished.

December, 1930. December, 1931. Principals Principals and Sole Assistant Total Adult and Sole Assistant Total Adult Type of School. and Head Teachers. Teachers. an d Head Teachers. Teachers. Teachers. Teachers. M. M. !•'. M. P. M. P. M. F. M. P. Junior high* .. .. 1 .. 45 32 46 32 2 .. 49 34 51 34 Secondary departments of . . .. 107 95 107 95 .. . . 124 91 124 91 district high schools and Form III, junior high schools Secondary .. 29 15 343 294 372 309 28 14- 340 273 368 287 Combined .. 1 i 12 i 0 13 n Technical .. .. 22 .. 212 133 234 133 22 .. 216 138 238 138 Native (primary) .. .. 94 44 10 71 104 115 I 95 44 10 73 105 117 Correspondence— Primary .. . . 1 2 13 3 13 : 1 1 13 2 13 Post-primary .. 6 1 6 1 I .. .. 6,4 6 4 Special .. .. . . 2 2 7 12 9 14 2 2 7 13 9 15 Total .. .. 149 61 732 651 881 712 j 151 61 765 649 916 710 j * Where the junior high school is attached to a secondary, technical, or district high school only the teachers of Forms I and II are included here.