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Mission Schools. Grade I Schools (for Boys and Girls). —Village schools taught by the village pastor, who is supplied by the mission concerned. Girls' Schools (Resident). —Girls attend these schools to prepare for a higher standard of village life than is attained by the average village girl. Samoan life is benefited by the marriage of these girls with members of their villages. Child-welfare, Christian education, and handwork are among the principal subjects of the curriculum. Boys' Schools (Resident). —Pupils here are trained as pastors, teachers, or for artisan work in the missions. Girls' Schools (Day).—Found in the more closely populated districts. The most important subjects are religion, music, typewriting, and sewing. Marist Brothers' Boys' School (Day). —This is a very old-established school, situated in Apia. It is an undenominational primary school which educates boys to the New Zealand leaving-certificate standard, and also gives them elementary commercial training. The following table gives a comprehensive survey of all purely mission schools, with details of the teaching staffs and numbers of pupils : —

Denominational Schools.

General. —The majority of the teachers in the mission schools are Samoans, but a number of Europeans belonging to the various missions are also engaged in the work, especially in the resident schools. The school age varies from three to four years (in the Grade I schools) to thirty years (in the colleges). During the year the age-restriction on attendance at Administration schools was removed. Grade II Schools. It has been the happy co-operation between the Administration and the missions that has made it possible for these schools to be established in the chief villages. The school buildings (Native, fale) are supplied by the respective missions, while the teachers are paid, trained, and supplied by the Administration. The Methodist Mission has successfully undertaken the training of its own teachers, who come to an Administration training school for further training before going out to their schools. All teachers are Samoan, and instruction is given in that language, only a limited amount of English, being taught. All these schools are under the direction and close supervision of the Superintendent of Schools, helped by Native Inspectors. At the conclusion of each school year the teachers are brought to Apia for a refresher course. There are 78 of these schools, with a total roll number of 8,451. The Samoan teaching staff numbers 132, of whom 55 have passed the New Zealand Proficiency Examination.

Boys' | Girls' Mi ■ ' Pastor Boys' G-irls' Student Mixed ; Special I Special Pastor European Native p ., missions. Schools. Colleges. Colleges. Colleges. Colleges. I Day j Day Teachers. Teachers. Teachers. u P lls * I Schools. I Schools. London Missionary Society 172 .. .. .. .. .. .. 172 .. .. 11,122 1 1 4 90 1 1 4 200 1 .. .. .. .. 1 4 96 172 1 I 1 172 3 12 11,508 lioman Catholic .. 85 • ■ .. .. .. .. .. 85 .. .. 1,859 2 .. .. . . .. .. .. 1 5 155 11 12 16 782 1 .. .. 6 1 581 .... .. ... 5 .. 8 5 350 85 2 11 .. .. 1 5 85 27 27 3,727 Methodist .. .. 38 .. .. .. .. .. .. 38 .. .. 1,300 5 .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 9 142 1 1 4 61 38 5 1 38 3 13 1,503 Seventh Day Adventist.. 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. 53 1 1 1 20 2 1 2 1 1 73 Latter Day Saints .. 20 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 24 411 2 .. .. .. 4 6 96 20 .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. 6 30 507 Totals .. 317 9 13 1 2 1 5 297 40 83 17,318