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Average Number of Children per Adult Teacher (counting Two Pupil-teachers as One Adult). London (County Council schools) .. .. .. .. .. 39-0 ** England (Board of Education schools) .. .. .. .. .. 32-5 Wales (Board of Education schools) .. .. .. .. .. 28-3 Scotland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 38-1 New York City .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 34-6 Switzerland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 42-7 United States .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 25-0 New Zealand (in schools, 201-700) .. .. .. .. .. 48-3 • Salaries of Public-school Teachers. The total amount of all salaries and allowances (as at 31st December, 1911) was £631,251. This includes pupil-teachers' salaries and allowances, £35,419 ; probationers' salaries and allowances, £8,395 ; also house allowances to head or sole teachers who had no residence provided, £15,370; but the total does not include the corresponding amounts saved in rent where houses are provided, estimated at £ - 26,600. The average rates of salary for adult teachers in public primary schools were,— (1.) All schools — (a.) Excluding house allowances and amounts saved in rents where £ a. d. residences are provided ... ... ... ... 148 16 5 (b.) Including house allowances and amounts saved in rents ... 159 14 9 (2.) Schools with average attendance over fifteen— (a.) Excluding house allowances and amounts saved in rents ... 158 14 6 Namely, men ... ... ... ... ... 204 3 4 women ... ... ... ... ... 126 16 3 (b.) Including house allowances and amounts saved in rents ... 170 3 8 Namely, men ... ■•• ... ... ... 225 1 7 women ... ... .. ... ... 131 4 1 Status of Teachers in regard to Certificates. (See also E.-2, Tables E2 and E3.) Table E2, in the Report E.-2, gives the number of certificated and uncertificated teachers respectively on 31st December, 1911, exclusive of secondary schools and secondary departments of district high schools. It is safe to say that the number of these latter holding certificates is very much larger now than in the past. The following summary of Table E2 shows the number of certificated and uncertificated teachers in each of the years 1906 to 1911 respectively : —

Primary Teachers in all Public Schools (Secondary Departments of District High Schools excluded), 1911.

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[ 1906. 1907. 1908. : 1909. 1910. J 1911. f I. Certificated teachers — Adults .. .. ..'".. Pupil-teachers !. I 2.412 6 2.412 6 2,422 14 2,451 ! 2,593 2 I 1 2,663 2,783 Totals 2,418 2,418 2,436 2,453 2,594 2,663 2,783 II. Uncertificated teachers — (a.) Holding partial qualifications— (i.) Holders of licenses (ii.) Others partially qualified 227 134 227 134 178 142 99 167 68 264 56 259 71 285 Total of (a) (b.) Having no recognized examination status 361 428 361 428 320 545 266 635 332 689 315 730 356 705 Total number of uncertificated teachers 789 789 865 901 1,021 1,045 1,061 Total of I and II . . 3,207 3,301 3,354 3,615 3,708 3,844