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1924. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION OF NATIVE CHILDREN. [In continuation of E.-3, 1923.]

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

CONTENTS. Pago Page No. I. —Extract from Report of Minister .. .. 1 No. 3. —Detailed Tables :— No. 2.-Report of the Inspector of Native Schools:- Table H , Native Sohooh d Teaohere .. 10 New Sonools, &c. .. .. .. 4 Attendance, &o. .. .. ..4 H2. Attendance at Schools .. ..14 Native Village Schools .. ..4 H3, Higher Education .. ..10 Secondary Native Schools '.'. '.'.-* H4 ' Mil °" CMdren at Publio Bohools '' 17 School Buildings and Grounds . ... 5 H5, Classification of Maori Children at Inspection of Schools .. .. ..5 Public Schools .. .. ..17 General Remarks .. .. ...6 H6. Race of Children .. .. ..18 Secondary Education .. .. ..7 „ ■ . . 0 , , on Scholarships, &c 8 H7 - A « es and Standards .. . . 20 Concluding Remarks .. .. ..9 II 8. Summary of Expenditure .. ..20

No. 1. EXTEACT FROM THE FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION. Education oe Native Children. Number of Schools. The primary education of Maori children living in districts principally settled by Natives is provided by means of Native village schools specially instituted by the Government and under the direct control of the Education Department. All of these schools (numbering 124 at the end of 1923) except one are situated in the North Island. The schools were graded as follows : — Grade I (average attendance 9-20) .. ...... .. .. 16 „ II i (average attendance 21-25) . . . . . . . . ..II ~ II ii (average attendance 26-35) .. . . . . . . 25 „ lIIa i (average attendance 36-50).. .. ..' .. 33 ~ lIIa ii (average attendance 51-80) . . . . . . 28 „ lIIb (average attendance 81-120) .. . . . . . . .. 7 „ IVa (average attendance 121- 160) . . . . . . .. 4 Total .. .. ... ~ .. .. .. 124 In addition to the Government schools there are in operation for the benefit of Maori children nine primary mission schools (the same as in 1922) and eleven boarding-schools, the latter affording a rather more advanced educational programme. These schools have been established by private enterprise, but they are inspected by the Department's officers, and the Government provides a number of free places for Maori children at the boarding-schools. Maori children living in districts more or less settled by Europeans attend the ordinary public schools, 674 of

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