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Table E. —Number of Teachers employed in Primary Departments of Public Schools.

The number of pupils per teacher in the several grades or groups of schools is shown below, two pupil-teachers being counted as equivalent to one adult teacher, and probationers not being included on the staff. Average Number of Children per Teacher. Grades 0 and I (1-15 in average attendance, one teacher) .. .. 9-64 Grades II and III (16-35, one teacher) .. .. .. .. 21-97 Grades IV-X (over 35, two or more teachers) .. .. .. .. n 38-86 Grades VII-X (over 200, six or more teachers) .. .. 47-60 All schools .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 32-48 Grades II-X (over 15) .. .. .. .. .. .. 35-23 A comparison with the staffing of schools in countries considered to be advanced in educational progress bears out the opinion, expressed in the report for last year, that there is considerable room for improvement in the staffing of the larger schools of the Dominion. Average Number of Children per Adult Teacher (counting Two Pupil-teachers as One Adult). London (County Council schools) .. .. .. .. ... 40-0 England (Board of Education schools) .. .. .. .. .. 33-2 Wales (Board of Education schools) .. .. .. .. .. 29-4 Scotland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 37-7 New York State .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 26-3 Switzerland .. .. . . .. .. .. 42-7 „ (Canton of Geneva) . . .. .. .. .. 25"0 United States .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 25-0 New Zealand (in schools, 201-700) .. .. .'. .. .. 47-6 The following figures show the ratio of males to females, adult teachers and pupil teachers being considered separately. For purposes of comparison the figures for the previous years are also given :— 1910. 1911. 1912. Male, female. Male. Female. Male. Female. Ratio of adult male to adult female teachers, schools with one to fifteen scholars .. .. .. ..100:325 100:362 100:356 Ratio of adult male to adult female teachers, schools with more than fifteen scholars .. .. .. .. 100 : 141 100 : 142 100 : 151* Ratio of adult male to adult female teachers, all schools .. .. .. 100: loo 100:157 100:164* Ratio of male pupil-teachers to female pupil-teachers ' .. .. .. 100 : 302 100 : 295 100 : 293 Ratio of male to female teachers, all schools 100:170 100:172 100:177*

* The increase is due to the appointment of additional assistant teachers in lieu of pupil-teachers (Grades V and VIa). Very few of tho assistants so appointed were males.

I Men. 1911. Women. 2.351 528 i Total. 3,844 707* Men. 1,555 162 i ! 1912. Women. 2,550 476 Total. 4,105 638t idult teachers 'upil-teachers 1,493 2.351 3,844 1,555 179 528 707* 162 2,550 476 Total .. I 1,672 2,879 4,551 j 1,717 3,026 4,743 lead teachers Sole teachers lasistants .. Number of Adult Teachers (included above). 728 85 813 733 452 814 1,266 482 313 1,452 1,765 340 ■ 107 811 1,632 840 1,293 1,972 Total 1,493 2,351 3,844 1,555 1,493 2,351 3,844 1,555 2,550 2,550 4,105 *Exol tExo: lusive of 41 male and 178 female probationers, lusive of 36 male and 186 female probationers.