Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1870 – No. 21A

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✨ Education Statistics



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The annexed table shews the total and average attendance of children during the years 1867-8-9 at Ordinary Schools in receipt of aid from the Board, as well as the sums spent in the maintenance of such schools, and the amount of School Fees received:—

Date. Total Number of Children. Average Attendance of Children. Sums Spent on the Maintenance of Ordinary Schools. School Fees Received.
1867 4039 1728 £3947 16 8 £3354 14 4
1868 4178 1845 4299 12 2 3607 7 3
1869 4654 2208 4506 14 9 3991 10 5

The total amounts paid during the years 1867-8-9, out of the Provincial Treasury, on account of Education, were distributed as follows:—

1867. 1868. 1869.
Maintenance of Superior Schools 750 0 0 750 0 0 525 0 0
Ordinary Schools 3947 16 8 4299 12 2 4506 14 9
Expenses of Department 653 16 0 607 8 0 652 1 7
Scholarships ... 341 2 4 559 7 9
Contingencies ... 63 17 4 127 13 6
Establishment of New Schools 646 11 0 1227 11 10 1098 18 7
Total £6408 3 4 £7571 13 3 £7501 2 6

Sums amounting to £315 15s. were paid into the Treasury by the residents of the South Selwyn, Hororata, North Kowai, and Halkett Districts, as local contributions towards the erection of school buildings in their respective districts.

If from the total amount spent during the past year the sums spent on the maintenance of Superior Schools on Scholarships and on the establishment of New Schools be deducted, the current expenditure on Ordinary Schools will be found to be £5247 3s. 11d. The average attendance of children being 2208, the current expense to Government in educating each child has been £2 7s. 6d., or a reduction of 7s. 1d on the current expense during 1868, during which year the cost was £2 14s. 7d.; during 1867, £2 14s.; and during 1866, £2 16s. 9d.

SCHOLARSHIPS.

The stimulus to every-day work given by the chance of obtaining a Government Scholarship, seems to be acknowledged by all interested in the education of the youth of the Province. In order, however, that this stimulus may be permanent, it is desirable that the revenue, out of which the Scholarship is provided for, may be placed on a permanent basis, so that a reasonable certainty may be afforded to every boy below the stipulated age, that the studies which he may undertake, with the special view of trying for a Scholarship, will not be thrown away as far as his chance of obtaining such Scholarship is concerned.

The Scholarships competed for during the past year were four in number. The examination did not take place in June, 1869, as originally proposed, but in March of the present year. The Scholarships were open to all boys resident in the Province below eleven years of age, and the subjects of examination were identical with those required in previous years for the Junior Scholarships.



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🎓 Annual Report of the Board of Education (continued from previous page)

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
2 May 1870
Education, Schools, Statistics, Canterbury