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The above figures do not include teachers in the secondary departments of district high schools, the great majority of whom are fully certificated teachers. Below is printed a summary of Table E3, including all certificated teachers employed by Education Boards, whether engaged in primary work or in the secondary departments of district high schools, arranged according to sex and class of certificate held. It is to be noted that there is now no examination for E certificate.

Holders of Teachers' Certificates in the Service of Education Boards at 31st December, 1909, and at 31st December, 1910.

The following table gives a comparative view of the number of persons holding certificates who were employed in all forms of public instruction on the 30th June of the years named.

Comparative Table of Certificates held by Persons employed in Public Instruction as at the 30th June.

It is satisfactory to note that the total increase in the number of certificated teachers is entirely due to the increase in the number of certificates of the three higher classes, A, B, C. I raining of Teachers. (E.-2.-- Appendix D.) The training colleges in the four chief centres of population were in full working-order during the year, all having approximately their full complement of students. Of the number in attendance about three-fourths had already completed their course as pupil-teachers or probationers before entering the college, the remaining one-fourth being made up mainly of students who had qualified for admission by passing the Matriculation or some other higher University examination, but were without previous teaching experience. Of the former class the number of students is considerably more and of the latter consider-

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1909. 1910. Class of Certificate. M. F. i i Total. M. F. Total. A B C D E Total .. 26 148 354 .. j 555 106 .. 1,189 10 56 188 798 425 1,477 36 204 542 1,353 531 2,666 29 154 405 532 95 1,215 11 62 227 837 393 1,530 40 216 632 1,369 488 2,745

Number of Teachers holding C lortificates. Class. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. j L_ I A B C D E 86 201 197 1,650 721 i 87 94 99 208 232 266 294 415 544 I 1,593 1,479 1.442 042 595 555 105 116 300 352 648 761 1,420 1,486 522 480 v ■ ™» _ _> Total, A, B, C, and D 2,134 2,134 2,182 2,220 2,351 2,182 2,220 2,351 2,473 2,715 2,473 2,715 „ A, B, C, D, and E 2,855 2,824 2,»15 2,906 2,bI5 2,906 2,995 3,195 2,995 3,195 i