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1892. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: TEACHERS' AND CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS. [In Continuation of E.-1a, 1891.]

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

The Inspectob-Geneeal of Schools to the Hon. the Minister of Education. Sic, — Education Department, Wellington, 21st March, 1892. I have the honour to report that the annual examination of candidates for teachers' certificates took place in the month of January at the time prescribed by regulation, and that, as usual, the senior and junior examinations for the Civil Service were conducted under the same management and supervision. The fees received amount to £686 45., and the expenses of the examinations (including prizes for drawing and elementary science) to £669 19s. 2d. The number of candidates entered for examination was 950. The candidates for the teachers' examinations were 700: 186 for Class D, 109 "partial pass" candidates to complete the examination for Class D, 232 for Class E, and 173 " partial pass " candidates to complete the examination for Class E. Of these 700 candidates, 169 had already passed for Class E, and were seeking promotion to Class L>, and 2 others held provisional certificates which they desired to exchange for full certificates. Of the remaining number—s29—there were 153 teachers in the service of the Boards of Education ; 190 pupil-teachers ; 80 normal-school students in training ; 52 persons who had ceased to be connected with the public-school system as teachers, pupil-teachers, or normalschool students; and 54 who had not been in any such way connected with the system. Of the whole number of 700 candidates, 454 have improved their status through this examination, 116 having passed for Class D and 203 for Class E, while 65 (including 15 of those who passed for Class E) obtained a " partial pass " for Class D, and 85 obtained a " partial pass " for Class E. I enclose a list of passes and " partial passes," which, owing to the inclusion of some additional results of the recent matriculation examination, differs slightly from the list published in the Gazette of the 25th February. The following table exhibits at one view the facts already stated with respect to the success of the candidates at the examination for teachers' certificates, and some other facts that are not without interest. It shows, for example, that out of 80 normal-school students only five absolutely failed: —

Results of the Examination.

The examination has added 34 names to the list of "failed" candidates, and has removed 60 from the list, reducing the number from 625 to 599. Nine candidates availed themselves of the opportunity afforded to pupil-teachers to take up one branch of drawing in each year of their course, and four of these satisfied the examiner. For the Senior Civil Service 50 candidates entered, 12 of them to complete examination partially passed in a previous year. There were 190 candidates for the Junior Civil Service examination, besides one who entered for shorthand only. The results were published in the Gazette of the 25th February. I enclose copies of the examination papers. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. Wμ. Jas, Habeks. I—E. lα.

Number Status before Examination. of Candidates. \_ _ ! Pass for D. Pass forE. Pass for IS, and Partial Pass for D. Partial Pass for D. Partial Pass for E. Total. Passed before for E ... passed before — Teachers ... Pupil-teachers Normal students Eetired ... ... Outside candidates ... 171 153 190 80 52 54 I 52 11 10 40 2 1 57 86 0 20 15 1 3 10 2 23 6 6 13 14 47 3 10 9 75 89 152 75 34 26 1 I Totals 700 116 187 .87 16 49 83 451 r