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9. NUMBER OF PUPILS AND ADULT TEACHERS IN THE PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS AND DEPARTMENTS IN THE DIFFERENT EDUCATION DISTRICTS. The following table gives the number of children attending public primary schools and intermediate schools and departments in the different education districts and the number of adult teachers in these schools at the end of 1937. The figures are exclusive of the secondary departments of district high schools.

Table J.

io. SIZE OF CLASSES. The following table shows the average number of children per adult teacher in public primary schools.

Table K1.— Average Number of Children per Adult Class-teacher in Public Primary Schools.

N.B. The average attendance shown for each grade of school in the above table does not correspond with that shown in Table C 1, owing to the fact that in Table C 1 part-time and side schools are taken separately, thus altering the grades of various schools for the purpose of that table.

Table K2.—Size of Classes in Public Primary Schools of Grade IV and over.

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Education District. Enrolment. . Departmente. Adult Teachers. Auckland .. .. . • 67,343 733 2,035 Taranaki .. • • • • 1', 213 157 366 Wanganui .. •• •• 15,319 192 485 Hawke'sBay .. .. .. 15,244 i 184 471 Wellington .. •• •• 27,131 230 790 Nelson 6,709 140 251 Canterbury .. •• •• 34,449 358 1,012 Otago .. ■■ •• 18,649 227 592 Southland 11,596 173 377 Totals.. .. .. | 207,653 i 2,394 6,379

Total Average Number Number of Adult Teachers. i e j of Children per Adult for Year j Class-teacher. Grade of School. —.— — —j ended 31st j ! Head August, 1937 j as i i93e - ™ 0 (1-8) .. ■ • 127 .. 127 827 7 7 I (9-20) •• 692 .. 692 9,880 14 14 II (21-35) •• •• 513 .. 513 11,818 24 23 TIIA (36-50) .. • 548 .. 548 11,424 21 21 IIIb (51-80) .. 567 .. 567 15,806 29 28 IIIc (81-120) .. 423 .. 423 12,273 30 29 IV (121-240) .. 660 .. 660 21,273 34 32 V (241-360) .. 584 13 571 21,511 38 38 VI (361-480) 681 39 642 25,140 41 39 VII (481 and over).. 1,431 97 1,334 53,398 41 40 All schools .. 6,226 149 6,077 183,350 31 30

February, 1932. . February, ] 937. February, 1938. Number of Children. 1 „ , T , , j N cS S b : r 8 . 0f ! N SL b se r 8 . 0f «r,° f | Under 31 .. .. 258 ! 8-0 346 11-4 ! 614 18-8 ojio . •• 758 24-0 927 30-4 j 1,136 34-9 41 50 1,197 38-0 1,259 41-4 1,145 | 35-2 Kicn 825 26-5 487 16-0 355 I 10-9 61 and over .. .. 107 3-5 25 0-8 6 j °' 2 X 0ta l 3,145 100-0 3,044 j 100-0 3,256 | 100-0 I I I I I