EDUCATION COSTS
REDUCTION IN EXPENDITURE
SECONDARY PUPILS INCREASE Interesting statistics showing a reduction in the cost of secondary education in 1928 compared with 192 ■' compiled from the education!, reports, of those y r ears were presented to the Gisborne High School Board of Governors yesterday by the secretary. The statement showed that for the year ending March, 1927. the t"^' 1 eost of education was £3,910,241, compared with £3,769,969 for the, 12 months of 1928, or a decrease of £l4O- - The cost per head-of mean population, excluding build'ngs,- was in 1927. £2 9s 4d against £2 8k 1928. There was a remarkable decrease in the cost, of secondary education from £466,737 in J9‘*7 to £434,683 in 1928. or £31,054 less, representing a, - drop of 7 per cent. This fact is even bv die fact that the -number or secondary pupils has increased from 13,115 rb December, 1926, to 14,258 at June, 1927, an advance of 1143. or an increase of 11 per cent. Thfc statement was read with interest by members, the chairman, Mr L. T .Burnard, expressing tlio opinion that it disclosed a very; satisfactory state of affairs.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10734, 3 November 1928, Page 6
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189EDUCATION COSTS Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10734, 3 November 1928, Page 6
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