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Pupils from the Grade 111 schools later fill a variety of positions in the -community. Some become Native medical practitioners, nurses, and teachers, while others become pastors, traders, clerks, policemen, and radio operators. Teachers'' Training Schovl.— Opened in March, 1938, this is the only institution of its kind in the Territory. The course of training is two years, but this is extended to three in the case of those likely to develop into good Inspectors or Grade 111 teachers. One hundred and fifty-five teachers have graduated from the Training School since ite inception, and their absorption into the education system has resulted in a noticeable raising of the standard of Grade II schools. L& Ifi Ifi and Aleisa European Schools. —During the year a second European school was opened to cater for the sixty children living at the Aleisa Land Settlement, seven miles inland. Le Ifi Ifi School has almost six hundred pupils, the key positions in the •staff being filled by six qualified New Zealand teachers.

The state as at 31st March, 1946, of schools operated by the Administration -was as follows: —

Education is not compulsory in Samoa and there is no age limit. Apart from a small fee for board and lodging at the two boys' resident schools, education is free. Post-primary School. —Fourteen pupils attend this school, which has a syllabus based on those used in New Zealand high schools and technical schools, but modified to suit local conditions. Scholarships in New Zealand. —Two European boys, four Samoan girls, and, seven Samoan boys were granted scholarships in New Zealand at the beginning of the 1946 school year. The total number in New Zealand in this, the second year of the scheme, is now twenty-seven, being comprised of four European boys, seven Samoan girls, and sixteen Samoan boys. Three Samoan teachers are at present in New Zealand gaining experience in modern teaching practice. XVI. LIQUOR AND DRUGS (Information in the form recommended by the Permanent. Mandates Commission in the report of its Twenty-first Session) A. There were no changes in legislation or regulations issued during the year.

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Schools. Number. Roll Numbers. Staff. Grade II Grade III Teachers' Training School European schools Post-primary school 99 3 1 2 1 13,362 185 50 650 14 200 12 3 21 1 Samoan School Inspectors .Superintendent of Schools 106 • 14,261 237 8 1 106 14,261 246