✨ Inspector of Schools Report
THE
Hawke’s Bay Government Gazette.
(PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.)
All public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
J. D. ORMOND, Superintendent.
Vol. XVI. MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1876. No 25
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS.
Napier, June 30th, 1876.
Sir,—I have the honour to submit the Report of the Schools of the Province, both Common and Denominational, receiving Government aid, for the year ending June 30th, 1876.
Number of Schools and Teachers.
The total number of Schools at present in active operation is 26: viz. 2 Boys’, 2 Girls’, and 22 Mixed. Of these, 6 are in the town of Napier, (viz. 2 Boys’, 2 Girls’, and 2 Mixed,) and 20 in the Country all Mixed.
Two new Common Schools have been opened during the year; one at Hastings, and one at Patangata.
Within the year 4 Teachers resigned their situations; one at Havelock, one at Kaikoura, one at Hampden, and one at Danneverk. Those several vacancies, however, were quickly filled, so that those Schools were only for a very short time closed.
Those 26 Schools are conducted by 26 paid Teachers, who are also, in several of the larger Schools, assisted by other Teachers both male and female.
A new School-house has also been begun by the Settlers (aided by the Government,) at Ashby-Clinton S.W. Ruataniwha; and others are talked of, being wanted at Woodville, Wallingford, and other places.
The School-houses and Teachers’ residences are generally in good condition; but most of the School-houses both in Town and Country, (although some have been recently erected or enlarged,) are much too small for the number of Scholars.
School attendance and state of the Scholars.
Tables,—showing the total number of Scholars on the books, their attendance at the different Schools and an abstract of their ages; together with a condensed tabular view of the branches of education taught, and the number of Scholars of both sexes learning such branches,—will be given with this Report. The total number of Scholars on the books is, Boys 826, Girls 582, total 1408; the total average attendance is 1157, being 321 in excess of the average number of last year. In addition to the foregoing there are also several Private Schools for both sexes in Town and Country, which are well-attended.
Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic.
These primary studies are diligently minded by the Scholars in nearly all the Schools, and fair progress has been generally made; yet in a few where such is not the case, it is partly the fault of the Teacher and partly that of the parents who too often keep their children at home. There is still, however, room for improvement in Writing;—at the same time it must not be forgotten that the Scholars are commonly too crowded to write well.
Next Page →
Hawke's Bay Provincial Gazette 1876, No 25
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
🎓 Report of Inspector of Schools for Hawke's Bay Province
🎓 Education, Culture & Science30 June 1876
Schools, Teachers, Attendance, Education, Hawke's Bay
- J. D. Ormond, Superintendent