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1943 NEW ZEALAND

EDUCATION OF NATIVE CHILDREN [In continuation of E.-3, 1942]

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

CONTENTS PAGE PAGE No. 1. —Report of the Senior Inspector of Native No. 2.—Detailed Tables —continued. Schools .. .. • • 1 Table H 4. Number of Maori Pupils attending Maori Secondary Schools, &c. .. 3 No. 2.—Detailed Tables :— H 6. Classification of Maori Children at Table H 1. Number of Native Schools classified Public Schools .. .. 3 according to Grade, &c. 3 H7. Ages and Standards .. .. 4 No. 1 REPORT OF THE SENIOR INSPECTOR OF NATIVE SCHOOLS g IB 23rd March, 1943. I have the honour to present the following report on Native schools for the year 1942 1. Post-primary Education Considerable difficulty was encountered during the year with the post-primary education of Maori boys, owing to the fact that two of the colleges approved for scholarships were closed for military reasons. At the end of March, St. Stephen's College, Bombay, was taken over as an auxiliary hospital, and of the thirty-seven Government scholars twenty-two were transferred to Te Aute College, eleven to Wesley College, while four boys continued their education at Government post-primary schools. Then early in August the Military authorities took over the buildings at Wesley. It was impossible at such short notice to find alternative accommodation for all these scholars. The influx of pupils from St. Stephen's had almost filled Te Aute, and it was found impossible to send more than three of the twenty-four scholarship-holders to that college. Four boys were allowed to remain at Wesley, three boys were accommodated at Feilding Agricultural High School, and the remainder attended district high schools in their home districts. Steps were at once taken to ensure that suitable education could be provided for those winning scholarships at the end of the year. The High School Boards at Dannevirke, Feilding, and New Plymouth readily agreed to find room for six Maori boys each. With the assistance of these schools, together with the normal vacancies at Te Aute, it was possible to find accommodation for all our scholarship-holders at the end of last year. I should like to express my thanks to the Principals and the Boards of Governors at Feilding, New Plymouth, and Dannevirke for their ready assistance to us in this emergency ; also to the Headmaster and the Board of Trustees of Te Aute' College for the help they rendered by taking in such a large number of extra scholars at very short notice. In the three Native district high schools established by the Department in 1941, there was a decline in the average enrolment of the secondary departments from seventy in 1941 to fifty in 1942. This can be attributed to the demand for male labour on farms. Staffing difficulties were encountered at both Te Araroa and Tikitiki, where the secondary assistants were called up for war service and there was a dearth of applicants for the war vacancies. The boarding problem for assistants in these three localities is very acute, as houses for married assistants are unprocurable. The Department has endeavoured to meet this problem by purchasing a cottage at Ruatoria and by making use of the old residence at Tikitiki for assistants in these districts, but this is insufficient to meet all requirements. Nevertheless, the aim of the Department in establishing these district high schools—that of providing a good cultural and practical education based on home-making and home-management —has been maintained and fostered.

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Much still remains to be done before the position of the Maori in relation to post-primary education can be considered satisfactory. At the present time only about one-third of the pupils passing through Form II are proceeding to some higher form of education, whereas, in the case of pakeha children, about two-thirds proceed to secondary and technical and district high schools. 2. Co-operation of Parents Last year a special effort was made to interest the Maori parents in the schools and to secure their co-operation. Prior to each visit to a school the Head Teacher was asked to call a meeting of parents, which was addressed by the Inspector. The opportunity was taken of explaining to the parents the aims of our Native schools, the methods that were being taken to attain these aims, and some of the successes that had already been achieved. In most cases the parents attended in very gratifying numbers, and some very enthusiastic meetings resulted. An effort was also made to interest the people in adult education, and in a few localities classes have already begun. 3. Primary Education Music continues to be a very prominent feature of Native schools, in quite a number of which a very high standard is attained. The new system of physical education made definite progress in 1942. The influence of young teachers, who have become thoroughly acquainted with the system at training college, has. had a very beneficial effect, and for 194-3 two specialists have been attached to Native schools, one in the east coast area, and one in the Tauranga district. With a better understanding of its principles and methods, teachers are showing a greater enthusiasm for the work. The latest methods of infant-room teaching have been stimulated by the visits of the infant-teaching specialists to our schools. These ladies have not only demonstrated methods, but have also conducted several one-day refresher courses for infant-teachers, and I should like to express my thanks to them for their interest in and the help given to our Native schools. 4. Schools and Staffs In 1942 there were 154 Native schools directly under the control of the Education Department. Five schools—Ngataki, Motukiore, Owairaka Valley, Kennedy's Bay, and Ngapuke—were taken over from the Auckland Education Board. The total enrolment was 11,009 (10,916 in 1941), and the average attendance was 9,091 (9,043 in 1941). The average weekly roll number was 11,539 (10,588 m 1941), and the percentage of regularity was 79. Of the 11,009 children on the roll at the 31st December, 1942, 10,020 were Maori and 989 European. The following table shows the increase in the attendance at Native schools since 1918 : —

There were 13,181 Maori children in attendance at 879 public schools at the end of 1942. Staffing difficulties during last year were very acute, owing to the shortage of teachers, due to the war. With the increase in size of so many schools it is now necessary to provide more assistants, and in quite a number of localities there is the problem of finding suitable boarding accommodation for them. Nevertheless, there were very few occasions indeed when a school was closed for more than a few days owing to tie impossibility of providing a teacher. With so many changes and occasional shortages of staff, additional burdens were thrown on the permanent teachers, but it is to their credit that they have so willingly carried on. I have also to acknowledge the ready response of some of our superannuated and married women teachers in coming to our assistance. At the end of 1942 there were 477 teachers employed in the Native Schools Service, of whom 294 were certificated. The number of junior assistants was 107. These junior assistants are mainly Maori girls who have completed post-primary courses and desire to take up teaching. As a result of our system of Continuation Scholarships we have now an assured supply of girls, and it is difficult for a girl with less than four years' post-primary education to secure one of these positions. The result of this has been that most of our appointees have either reached or approximately reached the School Certificate standard, which is the qualification for entrance to training college. We have also arranged a system of coaching with the Department's Correspondence School for those who have not passed this examination. These girls now have the opportunity of becoming qualified teachers, and the success of these arrangements may be judged from the following comparison of Maori students admitted to training colleges: 1940, 4 ; 1941, 9 ; 1942, 18. Ten Mission schools, controlled and administered by denominational authorities, were registered last year. The total enrolment at these schools was 639 children. 5. Scholarships At the end of 1942, 155 Junior Scholarships, 26 other than Native School Scholarships, 31 Continuation, 9 Nursing, and 9 Agricultural Scholarships were held by pupils attending approved post-primary schools. Seven University Scholarships were current. The Buller and the Senior Te Makarini Scholarships were won by Dan Beihana and N. T. Baihama, respectively. I have, &c., T. A. Fletcher, Senior Inspector of Native Schools.

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h'SSSK! 31 " Average Attendance. . ' . ' — 1918 5,064 4,551 5,281 1928 . •• •• 6,671 5,964 6,770 1938 " .. •• 9,832 8,471 9,787 1942 .. .. •• •• 11,009 9 . 091 11,539

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No. 2 DETAILED TABLES

Table H1 GRADE of Native Schools with Number of Teachers and Average Number of Children per Teacher

Table H4 MAORI PUPILS attending MAORI SECONDARY SCHOOLS at the end of 1942 and 1941

Table H6 CLASSIFICATION and AGES of Maori Scholars attending PUBLIC SCHOOLS at the 1st July, 1942

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Number of Total Average Teachers . Number of Attendan ce, (exclusive of „ , Number of Number of Grade of School. «„v,™i 0 Year ended Probationary , Probationary Junior School 3l8tDecem . As8l8tant / Children per Asgistants ' AsBistants . ber, 1942. and Junior Teacher. Assistants). II .. .. 13 219 13 16-8 .. 5 IIIA .. .. .. 16 359 17 21-1 .. 12 IIIB .. .. .. 60 2,340 112 20-8 .. 30 IVA .. .. .. 38 2,728 103 26-4 .. 35 IYB .. .. 14 1,465 48 30-5 4 13 IVc .. .. .. 8 1,142 38 30-0 4 8 VA .. .. .. 4 684 25 27-0 .. 3 Vb .. .. .. 1 154 6 25-6 .. 1 Totals '.. 154 9,091 362 25-1 8 107

1942. 1941. Government i> . Government , , T , „ Pupils. 1 rlvate Pu P Ua - -a' Pupils. Prlvate lu P |lB - -a School. •§ o 1 | 1 a g o 2 a | | g | | | " w en w cn Queen Victoria (girls), Auckland .. .... 35 35 4 22 26 61 .. 35 35 5 21 26 61 St. Stephen's (boys), Auckland .. 36 36 17 21 38 74 Wesley College (boys), Paerata .. .. .. 4 4 4 4 8 .. 17 17 9 22 31 48 Turakina (girls), Marton .. .. .. .. 26 26 .. 19 19 45 .. 28 28 . . 19 19 47 St. Joseph's (girls), Napier .. .. .. .. 43 43 12 23 35 78 .. 40 40 17 22 39 79 Te Aute College (boys), Napier . . .. .. 55 55 .. 44 44 99 .. 36 36 .. 35 35 71 Hukarere College (girls), Napier .. .. .. 33 33 7 18 25 58 .. 30 30 .. 27 27 57 Te Waipounamu (girls), Christchurch.. 3 20 23 23 2 12 14 14 Totals .. .. .. .. .. 196 196 26 150 176 372 .. 222 222 50 179 229 451

Class P. S. I. S. II. S. III. S. IV. Form I. Form II. Form III. Total. £■3 & a g. -g & 4 £ 4 R •§' £ £ i s,-s o £ S jts 5 .a on o a s .a o .ss o « o .a W0fq0W0«0«0fqcBcqaj ffl g « O _ 5 and under 6 579 521 .. .. . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 57!) 521 6 „ 7 743 729 3 3 1 747 732 7 „ 8 719 617 90 129 5 8 814 754 8 „ 9 423 371 280 314 72 117 5 6 780 808 9 „ 10 194 149 310 242 225 265 70 84 2 2 801 742 10 „ 11 62 56 164 131 248 232 226 224 48 86 2 4 750 733 11 „ 12 26 17 76 72 175 133 230 244 174 165 40 59 3 724 690 12 13 9 9 31 23 96 59 182 184 176 198 133 139 18 21 .. .. 645 633 13 14 4 8 11 6 29 13 87 73 151 156 133 190 68 79 2 5 485 530 14 „ 15 1 3 2 7 4 19 20 42 36 56 57 90 75 7 18 224 213 15 „ 16 3 .. 5 9 14 30 24 8 7 50 50 16 years and over 1 2 1 7 6 6 1 15 9 Totals .. 2,7592,478 968 922 858 831 822 835 593 649 375 464 216 205 23' 316,6146,415 1,689 1?242 839 421 54 13^029 Percentage .. 40-2 14-5 13-0 12-7 9-5 6-5 3-2 0-4 100-0 Median age, in 7 1 7 0 9 4 9 010 610 111 6[11 512 512 413 1 13 214 214 015 514 7 .. years and | months I Note.—For the purpose of this table half-caste children and children intermediate in blood between half-caste and Maori are reckoned as Maori.

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Table H 7 AGES AND STANDARDS of Children on the Native School Rolls at the 1st July, 1942

Note.— For the purpose of this table half-caste children and children intermediate in blood between half-caste and Maori are reckoned as Maori, and children intermediate in blood between half-caste and European as European.

By Authority: E. V. Paul, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1943

Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given ; printing (570 copies), £9.

Price 3d.]

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Class P. Standard I. Standard II. Standard III. Standard IV. (StaSd V.) (Standi VI.) (StoSdVII.) Ra0e Total6, Gran<i T ° talS ' Ages. Europeans. Maoris. Europeans. Maoris. Europeans. Maoris. Europeans. Maoris. Europeans. Maoris. Europeans. Maoris. Europeans. Maoris. Europeans. Maoris. Europeans, j Maoris. ! 1 I i I L Boys. Girls. Total. B. G. | B. G. B. G. B. G. 1 B. G. B. i G. B. G. B. G B. G. | B G. B. I G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. j G. B. G. B. G. B. G. 5 and nnder 6 years 50 41 481 484 50 41 481 484 531 525 1,056 6 „ 7 „ 62 58 551 538 2 4 1 5 64 62 552 543 616 605 1,221 7 „ 8 „ 37 36 573 491 28 18 43 53 1 6 .. 2 66 60 616 546 682 606 1,288 8 „ 9 „ 14 10 407 277 32 22 192 186 14 16 35 41 1 6.. 4 61 54 634 o08 695 o62 1,-57 9 „ 10 „ 5 .. 155 134 11 8 236 213 20 22 132 167 11 18 23 33 3 3 1 1 50 51 547 548 597 599 1,19b 10 „ 11 „ 1 3 61 26 2 3 144 110 9 10 214 212 33 28 123 140 14 13 17 32 3 4 .. 1 62 61 559 521 621 582 1,-03 11 12 .... 18 13 1 1 67 52 5 5 168 120 19 6 192 200 17 20 99 139 11 14 9 27 2 6 .. 1 55 52 553 552 608 604 1,21 1 12 13 6 6 31 5 1 1 85 67 9 4 146 119 17 12 156 169 13 14 60 77 7 16 3 10 47 47 487 453 534 500 1,034 13 14 " 2 1 3 9 5 1 .. 35 13 3 1 88 58 7 9 169 123 10 21 122 113 12 20 57 64 1 36 51 482 378 518 429 947 14 " 15 " 1 2 2 ... 6 6 1 .. 20 21 1 5 36 39 .. 3 79 72 9 3 70 81 1 .. 4 3 12 11 217 225 229 236 465 15 " 16 " 2 1 1 .... 2 1 .. 6 7 .... 18 18 .... 23 31 .... 2 4 2 .. 49 65 51 65 116 " 17 1 2 2 4 5 .. .. 2 12 2 12 14 17 ;; Is ;; :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: i i i < i .. • -> -• 4 18 and over • • • • Totals.. .. 169 148 22541971 79 56 725 633 51 60 675 630 78 63 592 577 60 62 484 511 37 56 288 310 31 45 155 191 1 .. 7 14 506 490 51804837 5,686 5,327 11,013 317 135 Til 141 1,169 122 995 93 598 76 346 1 21 996 10,017 11,013 M10 1,117 691 422 22 11,013 Percentage .. 41-2 13-6 12-9 11-9 10-1 6-3 3-8 0-2 100-0 1 1 Median age, in years 6 76 7 7 26 118 48 69 69 39 69 410 9 10 610 1010 3 11 911 7 11 911 9 12 1012 612 512 913 7 13 513 7 13 014 314 314 6 .. 141115 9 and months i J I j '

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EDUCATION OF NATIVE CHILDREN [In continuation of E.-3, 1942], Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1943 Session I, E-03

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EDUCATION OF NATIVE CHILDREN [In continuation of E.-3, 1942] Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1943 Session I, E-03

EDUCATION OF NATIVE CHILDREN [In continuation of E.-3, 1942] Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1943 Session I, E-03

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