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Table M 3. —Average Salaries (including House Allowances, Value of Residences, and all other Allowances) or Adult Teachers in Native Schools as at 31st December. 1932. 1933. 1. Teachers in all schools — £ f (a) Men and women ~ .. .. .. .. 234 221 (b) Men .. .. .. .. .. .. 270 249 (c) Women .. .. .. .. .. .. 202 191 2. Head teachers— (a) Men .. .. .. .. .. .. 291 226 (b) Women . . . . . . .. . . .. 282 259 3. Sole teachers — (a) Men .. . . . . .. . . .. 208 190 (6) Women . . . . .. . . . . .. 216 195 4. Assistants — (a) Men . . .. .. . . .. .. 143* 141* (6) Women . . .. .. .. .. .. 166 171 *No male assistant is employed in a Native school unless he is the husband of the headmistress. Consequently he does not receive lodging-allowance. 13. PUPILS LEAVING PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS. In 1933 21,935 pupils (11,337 boys and 10,598 girls) left primary public schools. Of these, 17,434 (79 per cent.) had passed Form 11. In the last five years the numbers leaving have been as follow :—

14. PUPILS COMMENCING POST - PRIMARY COURSE IN STATE SCHOOLS. In 1933 12,214 pupils (6,630 boys and 5,584 girls) commenced post-primary education in State post-primary schools. In the last five years the numbers commencing post-primary education in these schools have been as follow : —■

No return is made giving the number of pupils commencing a post-primary course who in the previous year gained a proficiency certificate as a pupil in a public school. It will be observed, however, that the great majority of pupils who enter post-primary schools do so from public schools. To arrive at some approximate estimate as to the extent to which the gaining of a proficiency certificate influences the question as to whether a post-primary course is to be followed or not, the following figures have been grouped as a basis for comparison. It will be observed that the number of pupils who commence a post-primary course expressed as a percentage of the pupils who pass for a proficiency certificate in a previous year is variable, the factors contributing to this variation no doubt being the availability of suitable avenues of employment for boys, especially on completion of their primary-school course.

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Y ear I Total Number Number who Percentage who leaving. passed Form II. passed Form II. 1929 .. .. .. .. 23,022 17,852 78 1930 .. .. .. .. 21,715 17,264 80 1931 .. .. .. .. 20,268 15,709 78 1932 .. .. .. .. 21,466 16,930 79 1933 . „ 21,935 17,434 79

Total Number Number of these Percentage coming Year. commencing coming from Public from Public Post-primary Course. Primary Schools. Primary Schools. I 1929 12,697 12,223 96 1930 .. .. .. 13,012 12,506 96 1931 .. .. .. .. 12,585 12,055 96 1932 11,579 11,019 95 1933 _ .. „ 12,214 11,637 95

Year of commencing post-primary course .. 1929. 1930. 1931. 1932. 1933. Number of proficiency passes in previous 18,662 17,465 17,372 14,128 16,549 year in public primary schools and intermediate schools and departments Number of pupils who commenced a post- 12,223 12,506 12,055 11,019 11,637 primary course in State schools and who came from public primary schools or intermediate schools and departments Percentage .. . . .. .. 65 72 69 78 70