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7. REGULARITY OF ATTENDANCE. In the majority of the reports submitted by Education Boards reference is made to the continued high standard of regularity of attendance of pupils in primary schools and in intermediate schools and departments. For the year 1933 the average attendance of pupils in these schools for all districts was commendably high, it being 92-9 per cent, of the average weekly roll, as against 92-2 per cent, in 1932. In these circumstances it is only to be expected that good attendance certificates are more frequently won than was the case some years ago. The highest degree of regularity of attendance in any district was in the Nelson Education District, this being the second year in succession that such a result has been recorded. It is worthy of note that in this district the figures show a slight improvement in the already creditable percentage of the previous year—viz., 94-46 per cent., as against 94-17 per cent. 8. STAFFS OF SCHOOLS. The following table shows the number of adult teachers in the public primary schools of the different grades and in Forms I and II of intermediate schools and departments.

Table H1.-Number of Adult Teachers employed in Primary Departments of Public Schools and in Forms I and II of Intermediate Schools and Departments, December, 1933.

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Sole Teachers, j Head Teachers. Teachers! Total Adult Teacller8 - Grade of School.* i i ~~ I M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Total. Grade 0 (1-8) .. 43 149 43 149 192 I (9-20) .. 412 317 2 412 319 731 II (21-35) .. 234 199 21 17 ,. 39 255 255 510 IIIa (36-50) .. 10 5 176 100 4 276 190 381 571 HIb (51-80) 218 44 1 280 219 324 543 " IIIc (81-120) .. •• 113 12 6 243 119 255 374 IY (121-240) .. . • ■ ■ 133 1 108 387 241 388 629 V (241-360) .. •• •• 80 139 380 219 380 599 VI (361-480) .. • • • • 63 .. 169 405 232 405 637 VII (over 480) .. .. ■■ 91 .. 342 853 433 853 1,286 Intermediate schools and . . . . 5f .. 66 59 71 59 130 departments i I All grades— 1933 ..699 670 900 174 835 2,924 2,434 3,768 6,202 1932 .. .. 647 713 916 178 849 3,081 2,412 3,972 6,384 Difference .. ■ ■ +52 -43 -16 -4 -14 -157 +22 -204 -182 * The trade of school given above is the grade in which the school is placed when all attached side schools are included, while part-time schools taught by the same teacher are counted as one school. t These are the Principals of the Kowhai, Napier, and Wanganui Intermediate Schools, and Waihi and West Christchurch District High Schools (to which intermediate departments are attached).