NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12903, 14 February 1906, Page 7

NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS.

SC::,:K INTERESTING COjI-" ; . %- ■ '"■_ PARISONS. : ./,- ; An -iiUeiesthig statement .giving; a'-com-i parison-.. tr the .number »f pupi:s who j qualified for junior national scholarships j or Education Board junior scholarships in j the various-ediicatioEal districts of the-; colony-Las'-"been placed before the Auck-'i land Education' Board by Inspector Purdie. ! The subjoined- table, shows, the-exact posi- : tions of ihe various districts, giving the number of pupils in each, .the-number of; pupils >rho qualified, and the average nuniber for every one -who qualified: p* j: c ;=: 3 wsi « .-' ' P< f* & - ■•■*■ <•" 3 • <u Name 01 "S p,c gs District. <« 2 3 ° o -^ .S n - «,& 3 fc § ->'£. S5 <? Auckland 30,207 160 , 188 Hawkes Bay ... 8,7.65 34.7 257 Taranaki ,'4,834 16 3C2 Wellington -•••• 15,831 47 006 Westland 1,036 3 345 Marlborough './. 1,94-i 5 333 Otago 19,372 49 395, »rey 1,667 4 416' Southland ....... 9,605 23- 4171 Nelson 5,522 ~13 424 j S. Canterbury ... 5,114 "/ 8 639! N. Canterbury . 10,378 22 880 Wanganui 12,201 11 1,109 Note.—These are entitled to (a) a national scholarship, (b) .an Education Board scholarship, or (c) free places-in a secondary school. Taking 1000 pupils as a basis, the number of pupils who qualified were roughly : Auckland, 5.3; Hawkes Bay, 3.8; Taranaki, 0.3; Wellington, 2.9; Westland, 2.8; Marlborough, 2.5; Otago, 2.5; Grey, 2.4; Southland, 2.4; kelson, 2.3; South Canterbury, 1.4; North Canterbury, 1.1: and Wanganui,- 9. "In the case of the latter districts," says Inspector Purdie, "the . variance is so great as to lead to the conclusion that board scholarships are probably not determined by national scholarship results. Taking the oo'lony as a whole the number of qualified pupils per thousand is almost 3. Taking Auckland alone the number is almost 5^ —nearly double • the average. Of 395 candidates qualified for nation;?'! scholarships 160 belonged to Auckland. It is interesting to note that of those qualified 268- belonged to the North Island. 127 to the South; that 71)838 pupils attend fcae primary schools in the North Island, as against 63,637 in the South. The latest attendance returns available are those of December, 1904. Calculations involving attendance have, therefore, been based thereon. The following shows the number of pupils in each district who aVthe-' national scholarship examination qualified for free places in secondary schools, but did hot succeed in reaching the scholarship standard : Auckland 39, Wellington, 21, . Hawkes Bay 11," Otago 11, Southland 11, 6, Nelson 5, North Canterbury -4. Marlborough 4, Wanganui 2.