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Table M 3. —Average Salaries (including House Allowances, Value or Residences, and all other Allowances) of Adult Teachers in Native Schools as at 31st December. 1935. 1936. 1. Teachers in all schools— £ £ (a) Men and women .. .. .. .. . , 289 296 (b) Men .. .. .. .. .. .. 341 358 (c) Women .. .. .. .. .. .. 234 237 2. Head teachers — (a) Men .. .. .. . . . . . . 368 379 (b) Women .. .. .. .. .. .. 334 357 3. Sole teachers — (а) Men .. .. .. .. .. .. 220 256 (б) Women .. .. .. .. .. .. 237 233 4. Assistants — (a) Men .. . . . . . . .. . . 179 214 (b) Women .. .. . . .. .. . . 203 208 13. PUPILS LEAVING PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS. In 1936 21,819 pupils (11,364 boys and 10,455 girls) left public primary schools. Of these, 17,600 (81 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 1936 13,466 pupils (7,184 boys and 6,282 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 pupils 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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Year Total Number Number who j Percentage who leaving. passed Form II. | passed Form II. 1932 .. .. .. .J 21,466 16,930 79 1933 .. .. .. .. 21,935 17,434 79 1934 .. .. .. .. 22,665 17,980 79 1935 .. .. .. .. 22,108 17,708 80 1936 .. .. .. 21,819 17,600 81

Total Number Number of these Percentage coming y ear. commencing coming from Public from Public Post-primary Course. Primary Schools. Primary Schools. 1932 11,579 11,019 95 1933 .. .. .. .. 12,214 11,637 95 1934 .. .. .. ■ .. 12,686 12,143 96 1935 .. .. 13,177 12,632 96 1936 .. .. .. 13,466 12,849 95