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Table O4.—Percentages of Boys leaving Post-primary Schools in 1937-40 who proceeded to the University or to Employment in the Three Main Occupational Groups.

Table P.— Percentages of Pupils leaving Primary, Intermediate, and Post-primary Schools in 1937-40 who are known to have proceeded to Further Full-time Education of a Higher Grade or to some Definite Occupation (Home excluded).

Table Q1. —Numbers of Post-primary Pupils.

Table Q2. —Length of Post-primary Course in each Type of School.

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University. Shop? and Rehouse. Farming. Trades and Industries. Class of School. 1937. 1988.1939. 1940. 1937.|l938.jl939.1940. 1937.1938. 1939. 1940. 1937. 1938. 1939.jl940. ' i i Secondary .. .. .. 5 7 6 7 59 55 55 53 14 | 13 15 15 12 15 14 15 Combined .. .. .. 4 4 4 5 51 48 50 42 16 21 22 21 12 10 14 18 Technical .. ... .. 1 1 1 1 44 40 41 30 14 | 15 15 14 29 31 31 36 District high .. .. .. 1 1 1 1 43 38 40 37 31 : 33 35 37 16 17 12 16 All schools .. .. .. 3 4 3 3 51 47 47 40 16 17 19 19 19 21 20 24

Boys. Girls. Class of School. 1937. 1938. | 1939. | 1940. 1937. 1938. j 1939. 1940. Primary .. 94 94 94 96 76 78 78 79 Intermediate .. 94 97 98 97 84 88 88 88 Secondary .. 91 92 92 93 69 67 70 69 Combined .. 88 87 94 93 55 62 55 59 Technical .. 92 92 91 91 71 68 66 72 District High .. .. 92 92 92 94 45 45 48 51 All post-primary schools 91 91 92 93 65 63 64 66

Type of School. .1938. 1939. 1940. Secondary .. .. .. .. •• 15,649 15,974 15,698 Combined 3,003 3,126 3,126 Technical .. .. 9,965 10,282 10,188 Secondary departments of district high schools 1 .. .. 5,585 6,183 6,125 Endowed schools and registered private secondary schools .. 5,834 6,012 6,138 Correspondence school .. .. .. .. .. 806* 695 745 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. 40,842 42,272 42,020 * Included part-time pupils. Note.—Of the 35,882 pupils in State schools, 35,786 held free places.

Secondary ! Combined District High A11 gohools . Schools. Schools. Day gchools _ Schools. Number. j Number. | Number, j J Number. J Number, j Leaving in first year .. 683 12 157 15 1,386 27 793 30 3,019 21 Leaving in second year 1,481 27 298 j 27 1,977 38 811 31 4,567 32 Leaving in third year .. 1,384 25 308 ; 28 1,170 22 485 19 3,347 23 Leaving in fourth, year 1,996 36 328 30 694 13 519 20 3,537 24 . or later —-—•——-—— Totals .. 5,544 100 1,091 100 5,227 100 2,608 100 14,470 100 Note. —The approximate average length of school life of pupils attending post-primary schools was : Secondary schools, 2 years 10 months ; combined schools, 2 years 9 months ; technical high and day schools, 2 years 3 months; secondary departments of district high schools, 2 years 3 months; all post-primary schools, 2 years 6 months.