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Table C4. —Proficiency Certificate Examination Results, 1928, in Public and Private Schools.

Table C5.—Age and Attainment of Pupils who definitely left Primary Schools during or at End of Year 1928.

Number of Proficiency Certificates. Competency Certificates. Endorsed Number of Competency a "•ss'.ssx "KB-I-H? « amed - presented. Pupils. j gained. prese nted. | col U mn) Public Schools. Yrs. mos. Auckland .. .. 6,681 5,657 84-7 13 10 616 9-2 144 Taranaki .. .. 1,090 930 85-3 13 5 126 11-6 20 Wanganui .. .. 1,658 1,319 79-6 13 9 208 12-5 35 Hawke'sBay .. .. 1,686 1,350 80-1 13 10 211 12-5 76 Wellington .. .. 2,859 2,248 78-6 13 8 433 15 1 171 Nelson .. .. 744 569 76-5 13 6 130 17-5 57 Canterbury .. .. 3,829 2,972 77-6 13 10 586 15-3 162 Otago.. .. .. 2,155 1,574 73-0 13 8 155 7-2 22 Southland .. .. 1,226 997 81-3 13 5 159 13-0 23 Totals .. .. 21,928 17,616 80-3 j 13 9 2,624 12-0 710 Private Schools. Auckland .. .. 657 479 72-9 13 11 i 103 15-7 29 Taranaki .. .. 125 93 74-4 13 7 I 15 12-0 2 Wanganui .. .. 202 167 82-7 13 10 25 12-4 3 Hawke's Bay .. .. 237 180 75-9 13 8 29 12-2 5 Wellington .. . . 572 452 79-0 13 9 84 14-7 20 Nelson .. .. 112 79 70-5 13 9 28 25-0 4 Canterbury .. .. 594 423 71-2 13 11 119 20-0 23 Otago.. .. .. 292 221 75-7 13 11 11 3-8 Southland .. .. 118 98 83-1 13 10 16 13-6 2 Totals .. .. 2,909 2,192 75-4 13 10 , 430 14-8 88 Note.—Total number of pupils of public schools who passed Standard VI, was 20,240, or 92-3 per cent, of the number presented ; total number of pupils of private schools who passed Standard VI was 2,622, or 90-2 per cent, of the number presented.

In Standard VI. ( iflinpH In Standard V# Aae Gained Proficiency ! ® Gained Competency Had not Passed 8 ' Certificate. j Certificate Certificate. Standard VI. Boys. Girls. J Boys. Girls. J Boys. | Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. 15 years and oyer .. 1,092 651 103 46 195 119 ! 435 200 306 202 14" „ .. 2,660 2,437 145 123 266 278 475 584 675 661 13 „ .. 3,297 3,278 73 69 116 155 51 74 42 75 12 „ .. 1,417 1,594 9 23 16 24 13 11 18 18 11 „ .. 161 155 1 .. I 2 12 7 Under 11 years .. 1 2 1 .. .. .. .. 1 2 1 Totals .. 8,628 8,117 332 261 593 577 974 872 1,055 964 In Standard IV. , In Standard III. In Sta £^® r r d 11 or Totals. Age. i —— j : Boys. 1 Gixla. , Boys. Girls, j Boys, j Girls. Boys. Girls. Total. i j 15 years and over .. .. 75 38 17 16 17 5 2,240 1,277 3,517 14 ,, .. .. 305 251 90 86 31 20 4,647 4,440 9'o87 13 „ .. .. I 30 40 8 15 6 10 3,623 3,716 7,339 12 .. .. I 8 8 8 6 6 3 1,495 1,687 3,182 11 „ .. •• I 8 3 4 8 10 9 196 185 381 Under 11 years .. .. 1 3 4 8 13 97 103 112 124 236 Totals .. .. 429 344 | 135 144 167 150 12,313 11,429 1 23,742