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APPENDIX. Examination Results for Roman Catholic Schools.

OTAGO. Sib, — Education Office, Dunedin, Ist March, 1899. We have the honour to submit the following general report for the year 1898. All the schools were examined, and all but a few were also inspected. In addition to the public schools, nine Catholic schools were examined and three inspected. In July and December we examined 171 scholarship competitors, fifty-three pupil-teachers, and 122 pupil-teacher candidates. The first of the following tables contains a summary of the results of the examination of the public schools of the district, so far as standard passes are concerned. It is a summary of our annual report to the department on each school examined ; but it is not presented as our judgment on the efficiency of the schools, or even on the condition of the pass-subjects. It shows how many pupils had qualified for promotion in the standards, and how many passed Standard IV., the compulsory standard, and Standard VI., the standard qualifying for employment in several branches of the public service. Comparison of this table with those of 1896 and 1897 will show that the number of pupils in Standard VI. and the class above Standard VI. has considerably increased, that the number of pupils in the preparatory class has seriously decreased, and that the mean of the average ages of the pupils who passed the standards has decreased. The average ages of the pupils in Standards I. and 11., for the passes of whom head-toachers are responsible, have not altered for the last two years ; but the mean of the average ages of the pupils from Standard 111. to Standard VI., for the passes of whom Inspectors are responsible, has, since 1897, decreased by nearly three months.

Table A.

Table B.—Showing Efficiency-marks in Subjects. Pass-subjects.

Classes. Presented. Examined in Standards. Passed. Average Age of those that passed. Yrs. mos. ibove Standard VI. itandard VI. V. „ IV. „ HI. II. I. 'reparatory 8 33 56 89 108 99 88 240 31 53 84 102 94 84 30 43 78 78 90 83 14 4 13 7 12 6 11 4 10 8 8 11 Totals 721 448 402 11 11* * Mean of average age.

Classes. Presented. Examined in Standards. Passed. Average Age of those that passed. Yrs. mos. Lbove Standard VI. Standard VI. V. IV. „ III. II. I. J reparatory 665 1,601 2,198 2,778 2,773 2,639 2,422 6,340 1,559 2,126 2,657 2,689 2,580 2,381 1,420 1,700 2,117 2,235 2,480 2,363 13 6 12 9 11 11 10 9 9 9 8 8 Totals 21,416 13,992 12,315 11 3* * Mean of average age.

Reading. Spelling. Writing. Drawing. Arithmetic I Composition. Geography. Satisfactory. Good. Satisfactory. Satisfactory. Satisfactory. Fair. Satisfactory. Class and Additional Subjects. Grammar. History. lefsonstnd Al f t ZtL Beoitation. Singing. Needlework. Oon $£ hen - Science. ■ Fair. Fair. Fair. Weak. Satisfactory. Good. Fair. Very good. Satisfactory. Fair. Fair. Weak. Satisfactory. Good. Fair.