SCHOOL INSPECTION

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 99, 26 April 1917, Page 8

SCHOOL INSPECTION

WORK DONE DURING 1916

SOME INTERESTING FIGURES.

The work'done in, and. the condition of, the primary schools in the Wellington district during 1916 is referred to at length by the Inspectors in their annual report to the Education Board.

The total number of schools in active | operation at the end of the yeav was 168, | together with ten side schools, making 178 in all. During the year a new (aided) school was opened at Lowlands, | and the schools at Akitio, Pori, and j Pencarrow were reopened. The Native , School at Okautete was inspected I for the first time. Three schools were j closed, namely, Akatarawa, Mangapari, j and Whakaponi. A side school was ' opened at Worser Bay, and the Rose- i neath Side School was transferred to new buildings at Ilataitai. Particulars as to standard numbers and average ages, etc., are set" out in the following table :— STATE SCHOOLS (169). Number Present at Classes. on Roll. Examination. Standard VII. ... 304 296 VI. ... 1723 1707 „ '■ V. ..„■ 2090 2051 „ IV. ... -2337 2302 „ 111. ... 2560 2512 „ '-11. ... 2638 2578 I. ... 2565 2491 Preparatory 7154 6671 .Totals , 21,371 20,608 REGISTERED PRIVATE SCHOOLS (23). Number Present at Classes. on Roll. Examination Standard VII. ... 84 80 Standard VI. ... 190 188 Standard V 216 212 Standard IV 307 297 Standard 111 261 257 Standard 11: 223 220 Standard I. ....;. 286 279 Preparatory 782 754* . Totals 2349 2287 *Some of these pupils are under five years of age. ■ SPECIAL SCHOOLS (2). Number Present' at Classes. on Roll. Examination. Standard VII. ... — — ' Standard VI 0 j 9 Standard V." 20 ' '20 Standard IV 28 27 Standard 111 40 40 Standard II 45 45 Standard 1 26 26 ...... 70 . 67 Totals 238 234 The total number of schools inspected was thus 202, with 23,958 pupils in attendance. In ■ addition to these, St. Patrick's and Scots College- were inspected. COMPARATIVE ROLLS. Another interesting table is given, in the report, showing the state of roll numbers for a period of five years : —. Roll. Increase. 1911 ■. 18,809 — 1912 18,379 290 1 1913 18,865 486 1914 19,691 826 1915 20,534 845 1916 21,371 837 STANDARDS OF EFFICIENCY. On summarising the inspection arid examination reports the inspectors gauge the efficiency of the schools as follows :— Satisfactory to Very Good 145- ' Fair • 17 Inferior 7 | With two exceptions tho schools which ■ are' classed as less than satisfactory are in Grades O, 1., or 11. The two exceptions arc in Grade 111. In the majority of the weaker schools their condition is largely due to frequent changes of teachers.