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7. REGULARITY OF ATTENDANCE. For the year 1935 the regularity of attendance of pupils in public schools and intermediate schools and departments was commendably high. When expressed as a percentage of the average weekly roll, it was 92*5 per cent., in comparison with 91-3 per cent, in the previous year. Epidemics of a serious character were not prevalent throughout the year, and in every education district attendance was maintained in a creditable manner. 8. STAFFS OF SCHOOLS. The following table shows the number of adult teachers in the public primary schools of the different grades.
Table H1. —Number of Adult Teachers employed in Primary Departments of Public Schools, December, 1935.
The following table indicates the number of women teachers for each 100 men teachers : —
Table H2.—Ratio of Women to Men Teachers in Primary Schools.
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Sole Teachers. Head Teachers. Teachers Total Adult Teachers. Grade of School.* ; M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Total. Grade 0 (1-8) .. 59 102 59 102 161 I (9-20) 450 295 1 1 .. 2 451 298 749 II (21-35) .. 253 202 38 22 3 57 294 281 575 „ IIIa (36-50) .. 10 6 181 81 4 258 195 345 540 „ IIIb (51-80) 213 37 6 272 219 309 528 „ IIIc (81-120) 121 8 10 270 131 278 409 „ IV (121-240) 131 1 123 422 254 423 677 V (241-360) 75 1 142 387 217 388 605 VI (361-480) .. .. .. 65 .. 187 468 252 468 720 „ VII (over 480) " 73 1 297 713 370 714 1,084 All grades— 1935 .. .. 772 605 898 152 772 2,849 2,442 3,606 6,048 1934 .. .. 720 634 920 176 876 3,116 2,516 3,926 6,442 Difierence .. .. +52 -29 -22 —24 -104 -267 -74 -320 -394 * The grade of school given above is the grade in which the school is placed when all attached side schools are included, while part-time schools taught by the same teacher are counted as one school.
1928. 1929. 1930. 1931. 1932. 1933. 1934. 1935. Adult teachers — All schools .. .. ..183 184 178 174 167 157 156 148 Schools with roll 1-20 .. 185 162 157 156 120 103 89 78 Schools with roll over 20 .. 182 188 182 178 177 170 173 166 Probationers .. .. ..303 265 224 177 * * * * Training-college students .. 227 242 282 226 201 163 | 187 * There have been no probationers since 1931. t All Training Colleges were closed during 1934.