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The following table shows the schools which come under the jurisdiction of the Administration :—

Quarterly Returns of the Attendances at the Main Administration Schools.

Gkade II Schools. It has been the happy co-operation between the Administration and the missions that has made it possible for these schools to be established in the chief villages. The School buildings (Native fale) are supplied by the respective missions, while the teachers are paid, trained, and supplied by the Administration. The Methodist Mission has successfully undertaken the training of its own teachers, who come to an Administration training-school for further training before going out to their schools. All teachers are Samoan, and instruction is given in that language, only a limited amount of English being taught. All these schools are under the direction and close supervision of the Superintendent of Schools, helped by Native Inspectors. At the conclusion of each school year the teachers are brought to Apia for a refresher course. There are eighty of these schools, with a total roll number of 9,238. The Samoan teaching stafl numbers 201. It is from these Grade II schools that the population for the Grade 111 schools comes. After passing a qualifying Entrance Examination the Grade II pupils are entitled to enter the Grade 111 schools. Refresher Courses.—ln order to maintain the standard of teachers out in the educational fields, a general refresher course for the whole of Western Samoa, refresher courses for each of the respective islands, and district refresher courses are held during the year. Administration Schools. Grade 111 Schools. The Boys' Resident Schools at Avele (Vpolu) and Vaipouli (Savai'i). —In these are to be found the best and the most highly qualified teachers. Entrance to these schools is by passing an Entrance Examination. The standard of education that can be reached in these schools is equal to the standard reached in any elementary or primary European school. The boys plant, harvest, and cook their own food, tropical agriculture being regarded as an important subject in the curriculum. Between them the schools have about 500 acres of land to cultivate. The best boys graduating from these schools are usually trained to become teachers in Grade II schools. Malifa Girls' School. —At the beginning of the school year 1938 this was opened, having been established expressly for senior girls, to provide a standard of education equivalent to that at the Boys' Resident Schools. These girls will find employment as teachers, nurses, shop-assistants, &c. There are at present forty girls in this school, drawn from all parts of Samoa from the best pupils of the Grade II schools. Malifa School.—This is a very large "day school for boys and girls and has always been an educational centre, being ideally situated in so far as site is concerned.

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| p4So„. Grade II .. .. .. .. .. .. 80 9,238 201 Grade III .. .. .. .. .. 4 1,229 43 Teachers' Training-school .. .. .. .. 1 50 1 ■European school .. .. .. .. .. 1 500 16 Post-primary school . . . . .. . . . . 1 26 1 87 11,043 262 Native Inspectors, Grade II schools .. .. .. .. .. 5 Superintendent of Schools .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 87 11,043 268

First Quarter. Second Quarter. Third Quarter. Last Quarter. Average Average Average | Average Boys. Girls. Attend- Boys. Girls. Attend- Boys. Girls. Attend- Boys. Girls. Attendance. ance. ance. ance. Ifi Ifi .. .. 233 211 392-97 231 208 383-0 234 204 386-5 259 218 390-10 Malifa .. .. 535 574 896-00 437 561 -587-2 471 448 753-6 500 534 914-56 Avele .. .. 170 .. 140-00 130 .. 110-0 120 .. 110-0 90 .. 80-00 Vaipouli .. .. 83 2 75-65 84 .. 72-5 66 .. 60-0 30 .. 30-00