Table Q2—LENGTH OF POST-PRIMARY COURSE A—Classification of Pupils Leaving Public Post-primary Schools in 1948

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Note.— The above table is a modification of the previous Table Q 2 in which was shown the numbers of pupils leaving classified only according to the year of the post-primary course in which they were engaged at the time of leaving. As the table now stands, Section A gives the status of pupils at time of leaving, and Section B the actual year of attendance at post-primary schools at time of leaving. The approximate average length of post-primary-school life of pupils leaving, calculated on the basis of years of attendance, was : secondary schools, 3 years 2 months ; combined schools, 3 years ; technical schools, 2 years 4 months ; district high schools, 2 years 3 months ; all schools, 2 years 8 months. Prior to 1947 the basis of calculation was length of post-primary course and pupils leaving in the fourth year or later were regarded as having left in their fourth year.

B—Years of Attendance at Public Post-primary Schools of Pupils Leaving in 1948

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Class. Secondary Schools Combined Schools. Technical High and Day Schools. District High Schools. All Schools. Boys. Girls. Total. Per Cent. Boys. Girls. Total. Per Cent. Boys. Girls. Total. Per Cent. Boys. Girls. Total. Per Cent. Boys. Girls. Total. Per Cent. Form III Form IV Form V Form VI Totals 271 •664 1,051 962 239 925 1,154 681 510 1,589 2,205 1,643 8-6 26-7 37-1 27-6 59 217 216 173 54 188 251 106 113 405 467 279 8-9 32-0 37-0 22-1 676 1,301 911 291 503 1,094 817 200 1,179 2,395 1,728 491 20-4 41-3 29-8 8-5 418 584 377 75 397 687 527 93 815 1,271 904 168 25-8 40-3 28-6 5-3 1,424 2,766 2,555 1,501 1,193 2,894 2,749 1,080 2,617 5,660 5,304 2,581 16-2 35-0 32-8 16-0 2,948 2,999 5,947 100-0 665 599 1,264 100-0 3,179 2,614 5,793 100-0 1,454 1,704 3,158 100-0 8,246 7,916 16,162 100-0

Secondary Schools. Combined Schools. Technical High and Day Schools. District High Schools. All Schools. Year c' Attendance. Boys. Girls. Total. Per Cent. Boys. Girls. Total. Per Cent. Boys. Girls. Total. Per Cent. Boys. Girls. Total. Per Cent. Boys. Girls. Total. Per Cent. First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth and over 272 655 636 721 601 63 240 921 776 635 397 30 512 1,576 1,412 1,356 998 93 8-6 26-5 23-7 22-8 16-8 1-6 54 217 153 134 84 23 54 191 151 119 76 8 108 408 304 253 160 31 8-5 32-3 24-0 20-0 12-7 2-5 658 1,312 790 306 105 8 480 1,123 702 249 60 1,138 2,435 1,492 555 165 8 19-6 42-0 25-8 9 • 6 2-9 0-1 412 582 290 121 48 1 390 686 387 183: 57 1 802 1,268 677 304 105 2 25-4 40-2 21-4 9-6 3-3 0-1 1,396 2,766 1,869 1,282 838 95 1,164 2,921 2,016 1,186 590 39 2,560 5,687 3,885 2,468 1,428 134 15-9 35-2 24-0 15-3 8-8 0*8 Totals 2,948 2,999 5,947 100-0 665 599 1,264 100 '0 3,179 2,614 5,793 100-0 1,454 1,704 3,158 100-0 8,246 7,916 16,162 100-0