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1889. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: TEACHERS' AND CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS. [In Continuation of E.-1a, 1888.]

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

The Inspector-General of Schools to the Hon. the Minister of Education. Sib, — Education Department, Wellington, 3rd August, 1889. I have the honour to report that, in accordance with regulations, the annual examination for teachers' certificates, and the examinations required by the Civil Service Act, were held in the month of January last. The fees received from teachers amounted to £439 Bs., and those received from Civil Service candidates to £166 19s. The whole cost of the examinations was £647 11s. 6d., a sum which exceeds the fees by £41 4s. 6d. The candidates for the Senior Civil Service examination were 28 in number, and 9 of these passed. There were 129 candidates for the Junior Civil Service examination, and. 71 passed. There were also three candidates at the senior examination for shorthand only, and all three passed. The number of candidates entered for the teachers' certificate examination was 742, of whom one was a pupil-teacher examined only in drawing. Of the rest, 448 were candidates for a full examination (162 for Class D and 286 for Class E), and 293 were candidates who had previously obtained "partial pass." Of the 448 candidates for a full examination, 72 passed (45 for Class D and 27 for Class E), 9 who aimed at Class D passed for Class E, 198 obtained " partial pass" (59 for Class D and 139 for Class E), 130 failed, and 39 were absent. Of the 293 candidates for " completion," 143 were successful (3 for Class C, 56 for D, and 84 for E), 130 failed, and 20 were absent. The statistics of this paragraph are presented in detail in Tables I. and 11.

Table I.—Candidates for Completion of Former Examination.

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53 Candidates. T3 0 P-l 3 ■6 3 o •5 3 pq W o o 3 S5 C5 !S 3 3 « a o o d o I ! . . . . 3 95 For Class C— Passed For Glass D— Passed Failed Absent For Class E— Passed Failed Absent 3 56 29 10 2 16 8 1 .. ! 4 1 ! 2 1 1 •• ! 'a i il ' I .. .. I .. I . . I . . i J 8 .. ! .. 3:12 10 2 7 1 3 .. 11 .. 11 ! 2 ! l .. 22 6 4 2 1 1 .95 84 37 36 5 2 14 17 J 2 6 ! 7 ! 1 ioi 2 ! 8 6 I 11 1 J 4 10 I 143 130 20 2 i ~ 43 j 5 I 65 i 18 Total .. 1105 9 26 7 <± 6 12 •JU3