J3.—2.

From the table it will be seen that the teachers employed in primary-school work in the Dominion at the end of 1908 numbered 53 more than in December, 1907. Of the total, 2,453 were fully certificated, while 901, or 26-9 per cent, of the whole, either possessed no recognised examination status or had not yet completed the necessary qualification. The corresponding percentage for 1907 was 26 - 2. A fairer idea of the proportion of certificated and uncertificated teachers could probably be obtained by omitting teachers in schools of Grade 0, only about a quarter of whom are certificated. If we do this for the years 1905 and 1908 we get the following numbers :—

Primary Teachers in Schools of Grade 1 and upwards.

It will be understood that the above figures do not include any of the teachers in secondary schools, secondary departments of district high schools, and technical schools, of whom it is safe to say that the number holding certificates is very much larger than at any previous time. The following summary of Table B3 includes, however, all certificated teachers in the employment of Education Boards, whether engaged in primary work or in the secondary departments of district high schools, arranged according to sex and the class of certificate held.

Holders of Teachers' Certificates in the Service of Education Boards at 31st December, 1908.

The following table gives a comparative view of the number of persons holding certificates who were employed in all forms of public instruction on the 30th June of the years named.

Comparative Table of Certificates held by Persons employed in Public Instruction, as at the 30th June.

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1905. 1908. I. Certificated II. Uncertificated, — (a.) Partially qualified (b.) Without status 329 163 2,460 213 294 2,411 492 507 Total .. 2,952 2,918 Percentages,— I. Certificated II. (a.) Partially qualified (b.) Without stains 111 5-6 83-3 7-2 10-2 82-6 16-7 17-4 Total .. 100 100

A B C D - 1 Class of Certificate. . . . . > i • ■ i . M. F. 27 7 114 ! 42 289 : 105 631 ; 773 129 417 ! Total. 34 156 394 1,404 546 Total certificate-holders (December, 1908) 1,190 1,344 I 2,534

Number of Certificate i-liolders in ei aoh Year. Class, i I 1909. 1908. 1907. 1906. 1905. 1904. 99 •266 544 1,442 555 94 232 415 1,479 595 87 208 294 1,593 642 86 201 197 1,650 721 83 75, 198 190 172 151 1,499 1,251 794 907 Totals, Classes A, B, C, and D ... 2,351 2,220 2,182 2,134 1,952 1,667 „ A, B, C, D, and B 2,906 2,815 2,824 2,855 2,746 2,574