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Table E6. —AGE AND CLASSIFICATION of Pupils at Intermediate Schools and Departments, 1st July, 1944

Table K2.-SIZE OF CLASSES in Public Primary Schools of Grade IV and over

Table N.—AGES at which Pupils begin Post-primary Course

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Form I. Form II. Form III. Totals. Age. j Boys. Girls, j Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys, j Girls. Under 10 years .. 1 1 . . .. ., , 1 [ 10 and under 11 years .. 43 71 .. .. .. 43 71 11 „ 12" „ .. 744 790 71 66 " 815 856 12 „ 13 „ .. 798 704 739 797 .. 1 1,537 1,502 13 »» 14 „ .. 400 288 969 778 17 88 1,386 1,154 14 „ 15 „ .. 151 72 464 298 61 122 676 492 15 „ 16 ,, 14 4 87 45 20 23 121 72 1 6 » 17 „ 1 1 7 4 7 1 15 6 17 „ 18 „ .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 18 ,, 19 Totals •• 2,152 1,931 2,338 1,988 105 235 4,595 4,154 Median age, in years and 12 4 12 2 13 4 13 2 14 7 14 3 months

February, 1935. February, 1944.* February, 1945.* Number of Children. Number of p f , Number of p „ Number of r) ,, , Classes. PerCent. clag8e8 PerCent. cla8ses , PerCent. Under 31 .. .. 616 20-6 746 22-4 704 20-8 31-40 .. .. .. 1,011 33-8 1,092 32-8 1,152 34-1 41-50 .. .. .. 1,007 33-7 1,141 34-3 1,147 33-9 51-60 .. .. .. 349 11-6 349 10-5 377 11-2 61 and over .. .. 9 0-3 Totals .. .. 2,992 100-0 3,328 100-0 3,380 100-0 * The Teachers' Salaries Regulations 1938 provided new grades for public schools. Since that year schools of (rradc IVb (roll minimum ot 111) have been included. A Grade IV school Tinder the previous regulations had a minimum average attendance of 121. Hence a few more schools with lower rolls have been included since 1938.

Age at which Post-primary Course begun. Total Numbers —-— ' beginning Type of School. U^® r12 12 Years. 13 Years. 14 Years. Years Iears - ana over. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Secondary 15 19 469 658 1,711 1,975 1,023 788 243 132 3-,461 3 572 Combined .. I 3 72 136 326 332 280 150 77 11 759 632 .Technical 0 5 297 301 1,558 1,448 1,330 752 361 145 3,551 2,651 District High .. 7 14 175 300 735 995 580 577 18J 129 1,678 2 015 Correspondence .. 2 1 20 40 100 131 43 61 8 30 173 '263 Totals .. 33 42 1,033 1,435 4,430 4,881 3,256 2,328 870 447 9,622 9,133