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Table K 2. —Size of Classes in Public Primary Schools of Grade IV and over.

Table K 3.—Change in Average Number of Pupils per Adult Teacher in Public Primary Schools.

xi. CLASSIFICATION OF TEACHERS. The following tables give the status in regard to certificates of teachers in primary schools, intermediate schools and departments, secondary departments of district high schools and Native schools, and the classification of teachers in secondary, technical, and combined schools : —

Table L 1.—Status in regard to Certificates of Teachers in Primary Schools and Forms I and II of Intermediate Schools, and Departments as in December.

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February, 1931. February, 1936. February, 1937. Number of Children. "ssr* ! ■sr* Under 31 . .. 221 7-0 296 10-3 j 346 11-4 31-40 .. 717 24-0 802 28-0 927 30-4 41-50 .. •• 1,164 39-0 1,173 40-9 1,259 41-4 51_60 .. .. .. 787 27-0 550 19-2 487 16-0 61 and over .. .. 83 3-0 45 1-6 25 0-8 Total .. .. 2,972 100-0 2,866 100-0 3,044 100-0

Average Attendance I Number of Number of Pupils per Yea.. for Year ending j Adult Teachers . Adult Teacher. 31st August. 1933 .. .. .. 183,148 6,072 30-2 1934 .. .. .. 177,422 6,442 27-5 1935 .. .. 174,872 6,048 28-9 1936 181,981 6,113 29-8

1934. 1935. 1936. Number Per- Number. ' f r Number. 1 centage. centage. centage. I. Certificated teachers .. .. 6,559 99-73 6,154 99-3 6,053 96-63 II. Uncertificated teachers— (1) Holding licenses .. .. 1 0-02 1 1 0-02 (2) Unlicensed .. .. 17* 0-25 43 0-7 210 3-35 Total uncertificated .. .. 18 0-27 44 0-7 211 3-37 Totals of I and II .. .. 6,577 100-0 6,198 100-0 6,264 100-0 * Teachers of manual subjects were omitted in 1934.