EDUCATIONAL REPORT.
[dt TEhr.Ga\rn. — rsEss association.] DUNEDIN, 17th May. \Tho annual educational report 6hOWB that in 1906 there wns a dccrcaSs of 328 in the number of pupils, Dur.ediu sihoola contributing 171. Tho average attendance of pupib ior the whole education district iv as lower last year than for any year since 1883. This was largely duo to an epidemic of measles. Attention is drawn to tho large incrcass in ths number of untartincatcd or ualiceLssd teachers, mc6t of v/hom aTe oaiployed single-hand-ed in outlying districts. O£ 164 adult ' teachers, 13.8 per cent, dft not possess the essential certificate of competence. The cpir.iou is emphatically expresss^d that the iirccent ago limit for free pla-cos in Gccoiiuflry schools is mischievous iv its results. Tho inspectors complain tha.d , owing to incioasc of work and changes in methods the schools are inadequately staffed.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 117, 18 May 1907, Page 4
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140EDUCATIONAL REPORT. Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 117, 18 May 1907, Page 4
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