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the University qualifications on which they were admitted to the training college. Table P5 shows the certificate status as revised after the examinations of January, 1914, but including those to whom trained teachers' certificates were granted at the close of their training course without further examination. The analysis is of special interest at the present time, in view of the abandonment of general certificate examination tests for training-college students after their admission, and the substitution therefor of evidence otherwise furnished of the satisfactory completion of a training-college course as prescribed by the regulations. Eleven students at admission held Class C certificates, and 151 Class D. By the end of the year two students held a Class A certificate, fifteen a Class B, 157 a Class C, and 177 a Class D. The number of male and female students receiving training in the four training colleges during the last quarter, 1912 and 1913, is indicated in the following table : — , 1912. , , 1913. , Men. Women. Total. Men. Women. Total. Auckland ... ... ... 29 72 101 41 67 108 Wellington ... ... ... 25 69 94 20 85 105 Christchurch ... ... ... 21 76 97 28 80 108 Dunedin ... .. ... 38 68 106 36 82 118 Totals ... ... 113 285 398 125 314 439 The following is a summary of Table P5 : — Number of Students in Attendance during 1913 who qualified by Attainments for a Certificate of First-year students— Class A. Class B. Class C. Class D. Division A ... ... ... 2 6 38 120 Division B ... ... .j. ... ... ... 11 Second-year students— Division A ... ... 9 113 46 Division B ... ... ... 6 The amounts paid to Education Boards in 1912 and 1913 for the training of teachers were as follows:— I. Training colleges— 1912. 1913. Salaries of staffs (half charged to public-school £ £ £ £ salaries) ... ... ... ... 6,752 6,975 Students'allowances ... ... ... 18,872 21,640 University fees of students ... ... 2,786 3,370 Special instruction—Clause 6 (2) of Eegulations ... ... ' ... ... 2,206 1,398 Buildings—Sites and equipment ... ... 471 2,897 31,087 36,280 11. Other training— Grants for special instruction in handwork, including agriculture, of teachers other than training-college students ... ... 3,865 3,460 Eailway fares of teachers and instructors ... 2,501 6,289 6,366 9,749 Totals ... ... ... £37,453 £46,029 Uncertificatep Teachers. A special grant of £4,000 was made last year for the training of teachers. The purposes for which the grant was applied were : — (1.) Central classes for the personal tuition of uncertifloated teachers (exclusive of pupil-teachers and probationers) in subjects of the D certificate. (2.) Tuition and training of uncertificated teachers (exclusive of pupilteachers and probationers) by means of correspondence classes under the control of Education Boards, in cases in which it is found highly inconvenient to bring teachers to classes. Under this heading, however, no correspondence classes in science subjects can be recognized unless the Board makes adequate provision for practical work. In the distribution of the grant the amounts allotted to the various Education Boards varied from £150 in the two smallest districts to £725 in the largest.

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