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Staffs of Public Schools. The number of teachers employed in the primary departments of public schools in 1918 was 5,464, including 4,818 adult teachers and 646 pupil-teachers, the corresponding figures for the previous year being 4,707 and 649 respectively. The increase in numbers took place entirely in the female staff, the number of male adult teachers being seventeen less than in 1917 and the number of male pupilteachers nine less. Of the adult teachers, 1,323 were sole teachers, 934 were head teacher's, and 2,561 were assistant teachers. Classified according to sex, there were' 1,366 males and 3,452 females among the adult teachers, and 123 male and 523 female pupil-teachers. In addition to the staff of adult teachers and pupil-teachers, 378 probationers (including 48 males and 330 females) were employed, the number being 32 less than in the preceding year. The number of primary-school teachers (including training-college students) who left the teaching service to take up military duty was about 900. Of this number 155 have given their lives for their country. Although, some returning teachers are not again taking up the work of teaching, a large number are resuming their profession. The names of all teachers who joined the Expeditionary Forces may be found in Appendix B of this report. The following table shows the number of adult teachers in each grade of school classified under the headings of sole, head, or assistant teachers.

Number of Adult Teachers employed in Primary Departments of Public Schools, December, 1918.

The number of pupils per teacher in the several grades or groups of schools is shown below, two pupil-teachers being counted as equivalent to one adult teacher, and probationers being disregarded : —

Total Average Avßra g e Number ah. -*> vera « 0 of Children per Attendance. Teacher / Grades 111-VII (two or more teachers) .. .. .. 145,349 38 Grades V-VII (six or more teachers) .. .. .. 84,381 42 All schools .. 169,156 33

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Sole Teachers. Head Teaohers. Aasi Teai is taut ehers. Total Adult Teaohers. Grade of School. M. V. M. *vf. F. W, F. 1". Total. tirade 0. (1-8) 1. (9-20) II. (21-35) IIIa. (36-80) IIIb. (81-120) IV. (121-240) V. (241-400) VI. (401-500) VII. (over 500) 5 114 145 31 136 487 373 32 3 344 99 111 87 24 77 8 160 7 1 0 1 1 4 24 83 43 170 11 514 205 288 418 148 052 5 114 148 376 103 135 170 67 247 136 487 392 712 212 289 424 149 652 141 601 540 1,088 315 424 594 216 899 All grades 295 1,028 745 189 325 2,236 1,365 3,453 4,818 Note —The numbers of sole and head teachers do i the summary on page 5, for tho reason that all half-tin grades strictly according to the average attendance oi the case of half-time schools, and for salary and staffing the grade is determined in tho one ease by the avera combined average attendance of the main and side schi lot agree le sehoo! f each s< ; purpose ige atter ools toge j with tl Is and I 3hool cc ;s in the idanco i ither. le nam lide so) lunted i case c ■)f eacl ibers of schools hoofs are plaeec separately, whi if main schools i l school group, in each grade as s I in that summai le for salary pur vith side schools i and in the othei shown in ry in tho ■poses in attached r by the

Grade of School. Total Averago Attendance. Average Number: of Children per Teacher. Grade of School. Total Average Average Number Attendance 61 0. (1-8) 1. (9-20) II. (21-35) .. IIIa. (36-80) .. IIIb. (81-120, .. IVa. (121-160) .. IVb. (161-200) .. IVc. (201-240) .. Va. (241-280) .. Vb. (281-320) .. Vc. (321-360) .. Vd. (361-400) .. 1,013 9,438 13,356 28,679 10,254 7,908 7,917 • 0,150 7,580 0,8031 7,1701 5,952J 7 15 25 20 32 VIa. (401-450) .. VIb. (451-500) .. VIIa. (501-550) .. VIIb. (551-600) .. Vile. (601-650) .. VIId. (651-700) .. VIIb. (701-750) .. VIIf. (751-800) .. Vila. (801-850) .. VIIh. (851-900) .. VIIi. (901-950) .. 4,516 7,019 5,111 6,735 11,581 9,224 5,018 4,515 801 1,390 906 47 42 46 42