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PRIMARY EDUCATION.

4. TABLES RELATING TO PRIMARY EDUCATION AND REPORTS (EXTRACTS) OF EDUCATION BOARDS. Table A1. —Number of Public Primary Schools classified according to Grade, and Junior High Schools and Departments, December, 1932.

Table A2. —Attendance at Public Primary Schools and in Forms I and II of Junior High Schools and Departments in 1932.

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I i> . S Orade of School *5 -a '3 w ° 5 ■§ Sog § « § -S f> d ■£ I 55 s Average Attendance. £j § o & o .3 « ° J __ 8 I i I I I i I I |j_ 0 (1-8) .. ..38 9 30 18 20 27 28 24 10 204 1 (9-20) .. ..231 42 66 68 70 41 101 79 54 I 752 II (21-35) .. ..140 38 28 24 41 24 85 45 46 471 [A (36-50) .. .. 104 30 I 25 13 24 12 46 29 26 309 III<( B (51-80) .. 93 21 25 24 18 10 36 22 18 267 LC (81-120) .. ..42 9 13 11 14 6 22 9 8 134 [A (121-160) .. ..16 8 5 8 9 5 7 8 5 71 IV-j B (161-200) .. ..6 3 5 9 4 3 5 2 3 40 LC (201-240) .. ..7 1 5 1 4 .. 11 3 3 35 (A (241-280) .. ..7 2 1 1 8 1 3 2 1 26 V<; B (281-320) .. 10 4 1 5 ... 3 3 2 28 1,0 (321-360) .. ..7 1 2 3 4.. 2 4 23 f A (361-400) .. ..8.. 1 4 2 2 4 1 22 VI<i B (401-440) .. ..7 2 2 4 5 1 3 2 '3 29 LC (441-480) .. .. 3 2 .. 4 2 11 [A (481-520) .. ..10 1 2 2 1 4 3 23 B (521-560) .. ..6 1 1 .. 5 5 1 19 C (561-600) .. ..8 1 1 .. 2 1 3 4 'l 21 D (601-640) .. 3 1 1 5 1 12 E (641-680) .. .. 2 2 .. 3 'i 8 VII <| F (681-720) .. .. 2 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 '{ , G (721-760) .. .. 1 1 .. 2 .. .. 4 H (761-800) .. 1 .... 1 I (801-840) ........ 1 ..... 1 2 j (841-880) .. " ;; Junior high schools and de- 7 .. .. .. 2 .. I 2 11 partments Totals for 1932 ,. 758 170 218 193 248 133 379 247 182 2,528 Totals for 1931 .. 755 174 217 197 251 132 381 243 184 2,534 Difference .. +3 —4 +1 —4 —3 +1 —2 +4 —2 —6 Note. —Fifteen half-time schools and forty-two main schools with side schools attached are counted separately, and are included in the separate grades determined by the separate average attendance of each school.

(Excluding Secondary Departments of District High Schools, but including pupils in special classes and Standard VII.) Average Attendance for Boll Numbers Mean of Average Weekly Boll Whole Year (Mean of of Three Terms, 1932. Average Attendance of Three Average Terms). Attendance as Pupils Pupils Percentage at at of Average SlstDe- 31st De- Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total Weekly cemher, cember, Roll, 1932. 1931. 1932. Auckland Education District 65,997 62,915 33,582 30,416 63,998 30,392 27,393 57,785 90-29 Taranaki ,, 12,129 11,524 6,044 5,630 11,674 5,629 5,207 10.836 92-82 Wanganui „ 16,753 15,782 8,444 7,514 15,958 7,845 6,928 14 773 92-57 Hawke'sBay ,, 16,191 15,442 8,305 7,274 15,579 7,690 6,711 14'40] 92-44 Wellington ,, 28,419 26,912 14,217 13,071 27,288 13,304 12,203 25'.507 93-47 Nelson " 6,956 6,529 3,424 3,183 6,607 3,225 2,997 6 222 94-17 Canterbury ,, 36,944 34,813 18,280 17,017 35,297 16,923 15,703 32'626 92-43 Otago " 20,551 19,332 10,070 9,445 19,515 9,456 8,852 18 308 93-82 Southland ,, 12,085 11,413 6,031 5,475 11,506 5.634 5,095 10,729 93-25 Junior high schools and depart- 2,417 2,618 1,488 1,168 2,656 1,417 1,097 2*514 94-65 m ents ~ - - ' Totals, 1932 .. .. 207,280 109,885 100,193 210,078 101,515 92,186 193,701 92-20 Totals, 1931 .. 218,442 .. 111,443 101,616 213,059 103,397 93,927 197,324 92-61 Difference .. .. -11,162-1,558 -1,423 -2,981 -1,882 -1,741 -3,623 -0-41~~ Note.—The corresponding figures for the secondary departments of district high schools will be found in Table Gl on page 42 of this paper, and the corresponding figures for Form III of the separate junior high school in Table B 1 on page 28 of this paper.