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The following are some of the figures in connection with the roll and attendance of schools in which secondary education is given : — (a.) Secondary Schools (Lower Departments excluded). Roll number at end of 1920.. .. .. .. .. ..9,196 Roll number, Ist March, 1920 .. .. .. .. .. 10,080 Average attendance for the year 1920 .. .. .. .. 9,130 Number of new entrants, 1920 .. .. .. .. .. 4,183 ('"Number of first-year pupils .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,500"| J Number of second-year pupils .. .. .. .. .. 2,780 ! | Number of third-year pupils.. .. .. .. .. .. 1,609 j of fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-year pupils .. .. .. 1,307 J f Number of pupils at end of year under thirteen years of age .. .. 70" [ Number of pupils at end of year between thirteen and fourteen years of age 596 < Number of pupils at end of year between fourteen and fifteen years of age 2,250 }■ | Number of pupils at end of year between fifteen and sixteen years of age .. 2,814 j [_ Number of pupils at end of year over sixteen years of age .. .. 3,466j (&•.) Secondary Departments of District High Schools. Number on roll at end of 1920 .. .. .. .. .. 2,157 Mean of average weekly roll —Boys, 1,218 ; girls, 1,325 : total .. .. 2,543 Average attendance .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,286 Number of new entrants from public primary schools .. .. .. 1,528 f Number of first-year pupils .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,1431 ■< Number of second-year pupils .. .. .. .. .. 601 > Number of third-year pupils.. .. .. .. .. .. 413J (c.) Technical High Schools. Number on roll at end of 1920—Boys, 1,485 ; girls, 1,281 : total .. 2,766 f Number under thirteen years of age .. .. .. .. .. 951 J Number between thirteen and fourteen years of age .. .. .. 548 I I Number between fourteen and fifteen years of age .. .. .. 963 f i_Number over fifteen years of age .. .. .. .. .. 1,160J (d.) Registered Private Secondary Schools. Number on roll at end of 1920—Boys, 664 ; girls, 775 : total .. .. 1,439 Average attendance, 1920 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,374 under thirteen years of age .. .. .. .. .. 36"| J Number between thirteen and fourteen years of age .. .. .. 102 I | Number between fourteen and fifteen years of age .. .. .. 300 f over fifteen years of age .. .. .. .. .. I,OOIJ Number of teachers —Male, female, 31: total .. .. .. 68 (e.) Secondary Schools for Maoris. Number on roll at end of 1920 .. .. .. .. .. 474 Average attendance, 1920 .. .. .. .. .. .. 415 The total number of children, therefore, receiving secondary education in 1920 was 16,418. Of 1.0,026 children who left the primary schools having passed S6 in 1919, 1,528 entered the secondary departments of district high schools, 4,183 secondary schools, and 1,503 technical high schools : hence a total of 7,214 children, or 71 per cent, of the children mentioned, entered upon a course of secondary education. The number represents 47 per cent, of the total number of pupils leaving the public schools in 1919, of whom a third had not passed S6. In addition to the children enumerated 2,189 proceeded from the primary schools to evening technical classes; of these, 1,614 had passed S6, and 575 had not done so. The average length of stay of boys at secondary schools (group (a) abo\ ) is two years and nine months, and of girls two years and seven months. The following figures show the percentage of children leaving the secondary schools at the stages indicated : — Boys. Girls. (a.) Percentage leaving at end of first year or during second year .. 22 28 (b.) „ second „ third „ .. 28 26 (c.) „ third „ fourth „ ..18 18 (i.) „ fourth „ fifth „ ..19 20 (e.) „ fifth „ sixth „ .. 9 6 (/.) Percentage remaining at end of sixth year .. .. .. 4 2