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1946 NEW ZEALAND

EDUCATION OF NATIVE CHILDREN [In continuation of E.-3, 1945]

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency

CONTENTS PAGE No. I.—Report of the Senior Inspector of Native Schools .. .. .. .. 1 No. 2.—Detailed Tables : Table Hl. Number of Native Schools classified according to Grade, &c. .. .. 8 Table H 4. Number of Maori Pupils attending Maori Secondary Schools, &c. .. .. 8 Table H 5. Number of Maori Children attending Public Schools .. . . . . 9 Table H 6. ■ Classification of Maori Children at Public Schools .. .. .. 9 Table H 7. Ages and Standards of Children at Native Primary Schools .. .. 10 Table HB. Certificates held by Teachers in Native Primary Schools .. .. 11 No. 1 REPORT OF THE SENIOR INSPECTOR OF NATIVE SCHOOLS Sir, — 25th June, 1946. I have the honour to present the following report on Native schools for the year 1945 : 1. Schools and Staff In 1945 the Education Department had under its control 157 Native schools, an increase of 1 over the number for 1944. The Otangaroa School, in North Auckland, was taken over from the Auckland Education Board, to be administered as a Native school. The total enrolment at the end of the year was 12,190 (11,793 in 1944) and the average attendance was 10,173 (9,825 in 1944). The average weekly enrolment number was 11,800 (11,303 in 1944) and the percentage of regularity was 86. Of the 12,190 children on the roll at the end of the year, 11,209 were Maori and 981 European. It may be of interest to note the development of Native schools during the past sixty years. These schools were first brought under the direct control of the Education Department in 1881, and the following table gives an indication of their growth : Year. Number of Schools. Total Enrolment. 1886 .. .. ..69 2,343 1896 .. .. ..74 2,874 1906 .. .. ..100 4,174 1916 .. .. ..118 5,190 1926 .. .. ..130 6,591 1936 .. .. ..140 9,175 1939 .. .. ..145 10,403 1942 .. .. ..154 11,009 1945 .. ..' ..157 12,190