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SECONDARY AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

SOME PARTICULARS RELATING TO POST-PRIMARY EDUCATION FOR THE YEARS 1940 AND 1939 (1st JULY).

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SECONDARY AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. SOME PARTICULARS RELATING TO POST-PRIMARY EDUCATION FOR THE YEARS 1940 AND 1939 (1ST JULY). 1940. j 1939.. Secondary j Combined Technical j I Secondary j Combined : Technical | D -?r£j, ct Schools. Schools. Schools, j schools Schools - i Schools. Schools. ; g^,, 0 | 8 ]. Number of schools 39 7 21 96 39 7 20 95 2. Number of full-time pupils on roll — Boys .. -. 7,989 1,726 5,645 2,769 8,132 1,749 5,671 2,819 Girls.. .. .. 7,709 1,400 4,543 3,356 7,842 1,377 4,611 3,364 Totals .. .. 15,698 3,126 10,188 6,125 15,974 3,126 10,282 6,183 3. Number of free full-time pupils on roll— Boys.. .. .. 8,302 1,726 5,632 2,766 8,104 1,748 5,667 2,814 Girls.. .. .. 7,347 1,400 4,512 3,356 7,822 1,377 4,607 3,362 Totals .. ... 15,649 3,126 10,144 6,122 15,926 3,125 10,274 6,176 4. Number of evening or parttime pupils on roll — Boys.. .. .. 637 754 7,873 552 668 891 9,290 429 Girls .. .. .. 358 444 3,205 402 394 498 3,412 415 Totals*.. .. 995 1,198 11,078 954 1,062 1,389 12,702 844 5. Number of free evening or part time pupils on roll — Boys.. .. .. 474 509 6,129 141 432 492 6,637 93 Girls .. .. .. 258 277 2,406 133 291 291 2,537 116 Totalsf .. .. 732 786 8,535 274 723 783 9,174 209 6. Number of full-time assistants — Men .. .. .. 335 I 76 286 158 326 75 273 163 Women .. .. 284 50 164 117 293 52 158 110 Totals .. .. 619 126 450 275 619 127 | 431 273 • In addition, there were 147 males (147 in 1939) and 1,22(1 females (1,084 in 1939) enrolled at country centres under the control of various Education Boards and 352 males (303 in 1939) and 201 females (98 in 1939) enrolled as part-time pupils with t he Department's Correspondence School. t In addition, there were 94 males (93 in 1939) and 58 females (37 in 1939) enrolled at country centres under the control of various Education Boards and 274 males (153 in 1939) and 109 females (29 in 1939) enrolled with the Department's Correspondence School.