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Table II. —Plan made in 1926.

Table 111. Number of teachers in 1928 .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,230 Wastage (death, marriage, retirement) = 8 per cent. .. .. .. 543 Average yearly increase in staff = 2 per cent. .. . . .. .. 136 .'. Total new teachers needed in 1933 .. .. .. .. .. 679 Less immigrant teachers (say 30) and Division C teachers (say 29) .. 59 .'. Number of Division A and B students needed .. .. .. 620 Hence number of probationers needed for 1929 training for 1933 should be, say 600 To provide for the absorption of the unemployed only 556 probationers were appointed. Training of Teachers. The period of training for a young person desiring recognition by the Department as a trained teacher is now four years, consisting in general of one year as a probationer in a public school, two years as a training-college student, and one year as a probationary assistant in a public school. Tn the case of a few students desirous of qualifying as specialist teachers the training-college course is extended for a third year, and the requirement as to service as a probationary assistant is in these cases dispensed with. As stated at an earlier stage in this report, there were in 1928, 572 probationers and 133 probationary assistants employed in public schools. The table which follows will show that in the same year there were ] ,114 young persons in attendance at the four training colleges. There were thus in 1928 1,819 young persons receiving training in Government institutions for the teaching profession. The following table shows the number of students in training in the four training colleges during 1928. The figures for the previous year are also given for the purposes of comparison : —

Probationers. Training Colleges. _ , „ „ lr Probationary Staff Needs : : and Unem- Immi- Primary W First Second First , Seeond ! Third Substituted ployed. grants. and Year. Year. Year. ; Year. Year. Assistants. Secondary. OL (?) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) _ I I 1 1926 .. ' 403 302 I 706 490 .. 468 |150 30 1927 .. 400 | 190 *515 605 40 486 fUl 30 620 1928 .. 600 : *590 515 50 490 fl02 30 630 1929 .. 600 *600 590 50 495 2 30 640 1930 .. 600 i *600 600 50 495 .. 30 650 1931 .. .. | .. *600 600 50 500 .. 30 650 | * Division G and I) students have not been included nor have voluntary withdrawals been taken into account, f No really reliable information is available regarding this number, as many not in permanent positions are employed as relieving teachers, others are at University classes, and some refuse to leave their home district. This number will be reduced if the staff requirements turn out to be greater than estimated. The increase of unemployment in 1928 is due to the excessively large number of appointments in 1923-24. Note.—This table is built up on the same plan as Table I. Owing to the present table being much more complicated than Table I referred to, guiding lines have been omitted. If these are inserted the relation of the numbers given can be readily followed.

1927. 1928. College. j Men. ' Women. Total. Men. Women. Total. 1 Auckland .. .. ..138 285 423 118 263 381 Wellington .. .. .. 77 187 264 57 172 229 Christchurch .. .. .. 83 199 282 82 174 256 Dunedin .. .. .. 86 145 231 84 164 248 Totals .. .. 384 816 1,200 341 773 1,114