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Table Y1. —Particulars relating to University Education.

Table Y2.—Numbers of University Students and Courses, etc.

Table Z1. —Standard and Results of Examinations.

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1937. j 1938. ! 1939. 1940. ; ; I I Number of students in actual attendance at 4,462 5,134 5,350 5,069 lectures Number of exempted students .. .. 548 573 629 459 Percentage of students — Men .. .. .. .. 76 76 76 73 Women .. .. .. .. 24 24 24 27 Percentage of students actually attending Universities receiving free education* — Men .. .. .. .. 40 38 35 45 Women .. .. .. .. 58 63 59 63 All students .. .. .. .. 45 44 40 49 Occupations of students expressed as per- , — A , A , — * —— —, A >, centages — m. f. m. f. m. f. m. f. (1) Full-time students .. .. 36 46 34 43 38 51 42 51 (2) Teachers and training-colleges .. 18 38 17 38 17 33 16 30 (3) Government and local bodies 22 4 24 5 21 5 20 5 (4) Other .. .. .. 23 8 23 10 20 6 20 10 (5) Not known .. .. .. 1 " 4 2 4 4 5 2 4 * These students hold scholarships or training-college studentships.

Number of Students enrolled. Courses taken. a a Year. . . © . a ' p S | >s o> f-< . o ■+* 2P 9 d • £ a is © • °.« °.« ,g .2 a • H 3 "t? O o • CD S3 rS ?s ._* -po ® 3 I I 1 6 & | , 1 | . i I 1! 11 I s 1 .■ I I # : '«J § ° o "2 <sl§+2'Eo-£2Sa p<H 55-) a £ £ :§ 'g j« <u a .2 § +2 oa .S o a m £ o ® £ w £ ( a o , 5 * £ £ 5 5 o 1939 .. 1,406 1,397 1,339 1,505 227 105 5,979 353 75 1,950 746 135 65 . . 184 144 34 309 .. 563 * 45 86 587 1940 .. 1,2501,302 1,089 1,556 250 81 5,528360 75 1,971 508122 65 8 163 170 295 30639 41 108 566

1940. 1939. <za • » w ' cop cn to ' ' m > 10 h m gag SB s J ag ss If g Stage in Course 5 a 32 ° S 2 2 +5 S 2 ° 2 2 at, which 'S -a £3 r c3_ t3 -O-h g _ tifl t3 Examination. Examination is normally §|h Jj g gj J % J . , J-eW §gg Jj § § . taken. £gg £ a "§g Slf £& 2"S O S2 Ou.ra © S . ° OS'S i O a. © ;: . O.T3 S&s . 8~S 8-2 £&» . 8«| 8^ -© o t> a ■£ o-p "2°1j •£ o o > o Po+j •£ © 13 'S © a-f'S.s a§s a-es a-s a-gla a-? d S 03-3 3 £ & 3?ffl a is *5 £ « '£. >A y, 'A Sfi . __ - . . _ Public Service Entrance At end of Form IV .. 2,558 1,710 .. 848 1,874 1,233 .. 641 School Ceitificatet .. At end of Form V .. 5,040 2,423 893* 1,724 4,804 2,569 860* 1,375 Certificate for Class C and At end of training- 169 34 103 32 171 31J 99 41 Class B college course Handicraft Teachers' Cer- Taken by teachers .. 9 3 6 12 7 5 tificate Technological Examinations-— Preliminary ,. At end of Form IV or 40 28 .. 12 62 37 .. 25 equivalent Intermediate . . Evening classes, third- 54 34 . . 20 81 42 .. 39 year apprentices Final . . . . Evening classes, fourth- 33 16 .. 17 33 15 .. 1.8 year apprentices Naval Cadetship (Special Form VI •. 4 3 .. 1 I 1 . . Entry) Naval Cadetship (Junior Form II .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. Entry) Aircraft Apprentices .. Form V .. .. . • . • ■ ■ . ■ ■ • London University . . Post-secondary .. . . .. . . .. 3 2 Examinations held on be- As for technological 287§ 183 .. 104 266§ 121 .. 145 half of City and Guilds examinations of London Institute | ; r' • ' ■ ; ■ : • * This represents the number who obtained partial passes. T In 1940, 342 candidates sat for this examination without at the same time sitting for the University Entrance Examination. t Includes 1 in 1939 who passed for Class IS. § These numbers represent the subjects taken. The number of individual candidates was 222 in 1939 and 239 in 1940. Note. —In addition to the certificates issued as the result of successes gained in examinations conducted by the Department, certificates were also issued to 1,437 candidates for Higher Leaving Certificates.