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Table D.—ROLL NUMBERS at Educational Institutions (exclusive of University Colleges and Kindergarten Schools)

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Total Total , Number Number Children. Adolescents. Adults. Type of School. i on the Roll on the ; on the Roll on 1st July, 1st July, Under 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 21 Years 1943. 1944. 10 Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. and over. _ Public primary schools .. .. 186,003 186,135 110,245 21,169 19,349 17,704 12,295 4,650 665 49 ; 9 .. .. . . Special classes for backward 784 915 172 113 147 165 154 90 35 6 33 children Native village schools (primary) .. 10,914 11,317 6,013 1,191 1,189 1,078 1,055 603 166 21 1 .. .. ! Native mission and boarding 638 648 343 67 69 64 52 37 15 1 | schools (private primary)* Public primary schools, Chatham 126 127 49 15 17 13 18 12 3 | . . .... Islands Secondary schools, lower depart- 181 184 45 18 39 28 32 17 5 ...... ments Private primary schools* .. 27,674 28,388 15,265 3,092 3,194 3,319 2,335 946 193 38 6 Intermediate schools and depart- 8,810 8,749 2 114 1,671 3,039 2,540 1.168 193 21 1 ments Secondary departments of district 5,923 6,966 .. .. 4 122 1,321 2,337 1,831 946 330 : 67 7 1 high schools] | Secondary Schools .. .. 15,690 18,094 .. .. 8 369 3,287 5,113 4,534 3,092 1,357 298 36 Combined schools .. .. 3,122 3,509 .. .. .. 70 632 1,020 894 566 269 55 3 Technical high and day schools .. 10,055 11,814 .. .. .. 172 2,072 4,390 3,362 1,331 358! 85 18 8 18 Part-time students at day and 12,798 14,243 .. .. 35 23 71 254 1,017 2,196 2,302 ! 1,608 943 591 5,203 night classes Native secondary schools* — Primary .. .. .. 28 3 .. .. .. .. 1 2 Post-primary .. .. 375 490 .. .. 2 27 77 143 122 79 31 6 1 2 Endowed and registered private 6,809 7,631 .. .. 5 197 1,302 2,057 1,901 1,428 618 116 4 3 secondary schools* Correspondence school — Primary .. .. .. 1,874 1,924 1,033 j 167 167 159 153 97 48 28 7 12 12 9 32 Secondary .. .. .. 641 738 .. .. 1 29 174 235 122 92 57 17 7 4 Training-colleges .. .. 1,775 1,678 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 216 589 490 222 161 Schools for mentally backward, &c. 190 183 23 12 19 20 29 37 22 7 6 3 1 4 School for the deaf .. .. 126 176 101 11 16 15 11 10 ~6 6 New Zealand Institute for the Blind 34 36 9 2 4 6 1 2 6 5 1 Grand totals .. .. 294,570 303,948 133,300 25,971 25,934 26,594 27,562 23.154 15,161 9,955 5,650 2,881 1,527 842 5,417 [■ > Estimated population (inclusive of 1,653,746 136,700t 106,300 27.900 27,800 28 100 28,400 28.400 27.800 27,100 26,3001 Maoris) at 1st July, 1944 , v mission schools are registered private primary schools, and some Native secondary schools are registered private secondary schools, but in this table these schools are considered, respectively, missions schools - ative post-primaiy schools. f Estimated population five years of age but under ten years of age. J Estimated population twenty-one years of age and under twentv-two years of age. !! Includes 109 pupils in 1944 attending Native District High Schools. J J * .j s rr