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Table F2.— Age and Classification of Pupils attending Registered Private Secondary and Endowed Schools as at 1st July, 1937.
7. REGULARITY OF ATTENDANCE. The opening date for public schools was fixed as the Ist of March this year as a precaution against the possible outbreak of further cases of infantile paralysis. As from that date, however, regularity of attendance in public and intermediate schools was maintained at a consistently high rate throughout the Dominion, particularly in the South Island. In the Nelson, Otago, Wellington, and Southland Education Districts a creditably high rate of average attendance was recorded, it being slightly over 93 per cent, in each district when expressed as a percentage of the average weekly roll. 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, 1937.
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Form III. Form IV. Form V. Form VI. Totals. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. __ I J I i I 10 years and under 11 .. .. 1 .. .. .. . . . . . . .. 1 11 " „ 12 .. 4 6 4 6 12 „ 13 .. 80 127 3 1 83 128 13 „ 14 .. 328 430 72 83 4 6 .. 404 519 14 „ 15 .. 324 288 285 303 51 68 1 660 660 15 „ 16 153 130 269 268 220 283 21 24 663 705 16 „ 17 .. 34 17 126 84 273 315 75 67 508 483 17 „ 18 6 2 30 11 119 111 69 74 224 198 18 „ 19 .. 3 9 36 35 24 25 72 60 19 „ 20 .. 2 5 3 4 10 4 20 „ 21 3 3 1 6 1 21 and over .. .... . . 2 2 15 1 19 1 Totals .. .. 934 1,001 796 750 713 818 210 197 2,653 2,766 Median ages, in years and 14 2 13 10 15 2 15 0 16 4 16 2 17 2 17 I months
Sole Teachers. Head Teaohers. Teachers Total Adult Teachers. Grade of School.* ; 1 — : ; M. F. M. F. M. If. M. F. Total. I i i I ! (Irade 0 (1-8) .. 39 88 39 88 127 1 (9-20) 419 269 1 .. 3 420 272 692 II (21-35) .. 250 152 36 18 4 53 290 223 513 „ III A (36-50) .. 5 2 182 87 2 270 189 359 548 „ HIb (51-80) 223 41 6 297 229 338 567 „ IIIc (81-120) 126 10 15 272 141 282 423 „ IV (121-240) 131 3 123 403 254 406 660 V (241-360) 76 1 133 374 209 375 584 „ VI (361-480) 64 .. 179 438 243 438 681 „ VII (over 480) 97 .. 398 936 495 936 1,431 All grades — 1937 .. 713 511 936 160 860 3,046 2,509 3,717 6,226 1936 .. .. 736 577 919 153 761 2,967 2,416 3,697 6,113 Difference .. .. -23 -66 +17 +7 +99 +79 +93 +20 +113 * 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.