E.—2.

Table A7. —Proficiency Certificate Examination Results, 1936.

Table A8. —Age and Attainment of Pupils who definitely left Primary Schools during or at End of Year 1936.

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Proficiency Certificates. Competency Certificates. Number of Education District. Pupils „ , Percentage of Average Age , T h Percentage of presented. Number of aataed Nam^ gamed. presented. Pupils. gained. presented. Public Schools. Yr. m. Auckland 5,291 4,746 89-7 13 8 414 7-8 Taranaki .. .. .. .. 1,031 864 83*8 13 7 121 11-7 Wanganui .. .. •• 1,376 1,130 82*1 13 J 187 13*6 Hawke's Bay 1,334 1,164 87-3 13 8 126 9-4 Wellington .. .. .. 2,543 2,191 86-2 13 7 210 8-3 Nelson .. .. 699 551 78-8 13 6 105 15-0 Canterbury .. .. .. 3,210 2,705 84-3 13 7 341 10-6 Otago 1,704 1,317 77-3 13 6 262 15-4 Southland 1,027 868 84-5 13 9 122 11-9 Totals .. .. .. 18,215 15,536 85-3 13 7 1,888 10-4 Private Schools. Auckland .. .. .. 746 660 88-5 13 9 63 8-4 Taranaki .. .. .. 101 80 79*2 13 10 9 8*9 Wanganui .. .. .. 204 170 83-3 13 9 27 13-2 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. 218 193 88*5 13 9 18 8-3 Wellington .. •• 567 507 89-4 13 8 38 6-7 Nelson .. .. •. •• 62 49 79-0 13 5 10 16-1 Canterbury .. .. .. 521 444 85-2 13 7 42 8'1 Otago 238 196 82-4 13 3 27 11-3 Southland .. .. •• 101 81 80-2 13 7 14 13-9 Totals 2,758 2,380 86-3 13 7 248 9-0 Native Schools (including Native Mission and Chatham Islands). All schools I 362 ' j 289 | 79-8 | 14 5 | 44 | 12-2 Intermediate Schools. All districts I 2,151 | 1,814 | 84-3 I 13 8 | 254 | 11-8 *Secondary, Combined, and Technical Schools. All districts .. .. ..I 438 | 159 1 36'5 | .. I 133 ] 30 -4 Correspondence School. Correspondence school .. .. I 87 | 75 | 86-2 | 14 0 | 6 | 6-9 Special Examinations. All districts 532 285 53-6 •• 108 20-3 Grand totals, 1936 .. 24,543 20,538 83-7 .. 2,681 10-9 Grand totals, 1935 .. 25,131 20,070 79-9 .. 3,328 13-2 Difference . . ■ • —588 +468 +3 ■ 8 • • "647 -2-3 * The great majority of pupils in secondary, technical, and combined schools secured proficiency certificates before entry. The 438 candidates represent only about 2 per cent, of the pupils in these schools and the weakest section of the schools (those who failed to secure proficiency before entry). These pupils, also those sitting for special examinations during the year, will not, of course, be pupils of Form II.

In Form II, In Form I. , __ Gained Proficiency Gained Competency Had not passed 8 Certificate. Certificate. Form II. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. 15 vears and over 813 436 240 113 258 161 255 120 14 under 15 .. •• 2,206 1,815 388 333 393 405 666 590 13 14 .. .. 3,429 3,505 268 263 31 44 44 53 12 13 .. .. 1,500 1,916 44 63 2 4 9 6 11 " „ 12 .. ..115 143 3 2 .. .. 15 3 Under 11 years .. .. 4 1 .. .. •• 1 4 2 Totals, 1936 .. .. 8,067 7,816 943 774 684 615 993 774 Totals, 1935 .. •• 8,055 7,738 1,076 839 804 734 965 791 Difference .. •• +12 +78 -133 -65 -120 -119 +28 -17 In Standard IV. In Standard III. In Sta^ r r <111 or Totals. Age. ~ Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Total. 15 years and over .. ..75 26 16 10 11 8 1,668 874 2,542 14 under 15 .. 303 236 119 78 46 27 4,121 3,484 7,605 13 " 14 .. 17 16 13 15 15 7 3,817 3,903 7,720 12 13 ..1 3 6 4 5 5 1,567 2,001 3,568 11 „ 12 12 7 1 3 3 3 149 161 310 Under 11 years .. •. 3 1 3 1 28 26 42 32 74 Totals 1936 .. 411 289 158 111 108 76 11,364 10,455 21,819 Totals, 1935 .. 423 308 130 102 73 70 11,526 10,582 22,108 Difference .. •• —12 —19 +28 + 9 +35 —162 —127 —289