E.—2.

Table C3.—Children belonging to Public Primary Schools classified according to Classes in Schools or the various Grades.

Table C4.—Average Age of Pupils as at 31st December, 1920.

Table C5. —Proficiency Certificate Examination Results, 1920, in Public Schools.

Table C6. —Number of Children who left the Primary Schools in 1919.

4—E. 2.

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Schools of Grade 0. Schools of Grade I. Schools of Grade II. Schools of Grade IIIA. Schools of Grade IIIB. Schools of Grade IVa. Schools of Grade IVB. Schools of Grade IVO. Schools of Grade V. Schools of Grade VI. Schools of Grade VII. Total Boll Number, December, 1920. Attendance 1-8. Attendance 9-20. Attendance 21.-35. Attendance 36-80. Attendance 81-1.20. Attendance 121-160. Attendance 161-200. Attendance 201-240. Attendance 241-400. Attendance 401-480. Attendance above 480 Class P .. SI S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 366 159 123 107 87 81 53 2 3,936 1,401 1,320 1,180 1,099 945 688 24 5,330 2,262 1,956 1,989 1,704 1,494 965 48 11,278 4,154 3,828 3,942 3,556 2,890 1,928 59 4,977 1,748 1,789 1,681 1,416 1,221 842 48 2,517 947 887 876 797 689 438 34 2,760 1,080 898 944 866 760 531 2 2,252 822 735 703 674 568 457 2 11,738 4,269 4,034 4,026 ' 3,663 3,228 2,452 1 3,806 1,368 1,275 1,272 1,291 1,044 783 19,918 6,924 7,080 7,442 7,261 6,311 4,530 2 68,878 25,134 23,925 24,168 22,414 19,231 13,673 222 Totals 33,411 10,839 197,645 978 10,599 15,748 31,635 ]13,722 7,185 7,841 6,213 59,474

Education Districts. Average Ages if the Pu] lils in each Class. Average Ages for all Classes, 1920. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Hawke's Bay Wellington Nelson Canterbury Otago Southland . . .. P. Yrs. mos. I. Yrs. mos. II. Yrs. mos.. III. Yrs. mos. IV. Yrs. mos. V. Yrs. mos. VI. Yrs. mos. Yrs. mos. 7 3 7 4 7 2 7 2 6 11 6 11 7 0 6 11 6 11 9 4 9 2 9 1 9 3 8 11 8 10 9 0 8 9 8 10 10 5 10 5 10 3 10 3 9 10 9 11 10 1 10 2 9 10 11 0 11 5 11 4 11 4 II 0 10 11 11 2 11 1 11 2 12 5 12 3 12 2 12 4 12 1 12 1 12 2 1.2 2 12 1 13 4 13 3 13 1 13 2 12 11 12 9 13 1 13 0 13 0 14 1 14 0 14 0 14 0 13 8 13 6 13 11 13 10 13 9 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 10 9 9 9 10 9 10 9 9 Average for Dominion, 1920 Bange (difference between highest and lowest) 7 1 0 5 9 1 0 7 10 2 0 7 11 3 0 7 12 3 0 4 13 1 0 7 13 11 0 7 9 10 0 2

Number of S6 Pupils on Itoll. Proficiency Certificates. Jcompetency Certificates. Endorsed Competency Certificates (included in Competency Certificates). Education District. Number. | Percentage. Number. Percentage.! Number. Percentage. I Auckland .. ?aranaki Vanganui lawke's Bay Vellington Jolson Canterbury )tago louthland 3,807 689 1,236 1,073 2,250 550 2,776 1,791 879 2,905 461 772 758 1,501 371 1,816 1,437 597 76-3 66-9 62-5 70-6 66-7 67-4 65-4 80-2 67-9 425 86 205 147 382 97 549 161 124 11-2 12-5 16-6 13-7 17-0 17-6 19-8 9-0 141 64 17 5 48 84 40 46 6 2 1-7 2-5 0-4 4-5 3-7 7-2 1-7 0-3 0-2 . Totals 15,051 10,618 70-5 2,176 14-5 312 I 2-1

1 1 -1 i 1 i=l bO a r» >1 ri m 1 g ■a r= P o rO (-1 o ■s d 60 o i ri 3 O Is ■+5 o EH I'hoso who passed Standard VI :—• Boys Girls 1,479 1,359 274 240 425 395 375 319 771 680 109 93 899 867 583 500 314 284 5,229 4,797 Total .. 2,838 514 820 694 1,451 202 1,766 1,143 598 10,026 Chose who did not pass Standard VI but reached the age of 14 years : — 2,775 2,:!94 Boys Girls .. 815 706 130 91 235 183 203 180 270 279 91 36 488 446 342 323 201 150 Total . . 1,521 221 418 383 549 127 934 665 351 5,169 fotals :— Boys Girls 2,294 2,065 404 331 660 578 578 499 1,041 959 200 129 1,387 1,313 925 883 515 434 8,004 7,191 Grand totals 4,359 735 1,238 1,077 2,000 329 2,700 1,808 949 15,195 t