APPENDIX V.

TABLE 1.

Ages of Scholars on the Registers at the end of the School Year, 1924-25.

Births.

Annual Number of Births, 1908-1925; Number of Scholars of School Age (5-14) on the Registers, Midsummer, 1925; and Comparative Figures for 1924, 1923, 1922 and 1921.

Corresponding
Numbers for-

Year (ending

Number (to

Number of Scholars on Registers,
Midsummer, 1925.

30th June). nearest hundred).

1924.

COMPARATIVE TABLES AS

APPENDIX VI.

ΤΟ ATTENDANCE AT PRIMARY SCHOOLS, AND EXEMPTIONS GRANTED UNDER THE EDUCATION (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1901, SECTION 3.

The numbers after 1918-19 are reduced by the exclusion of the attendance in certain Preparatory departments of Secondary Schools, which are no longer classified under Primary Schools.

† Actual population according to Census Returns.

APPENDIX VII.

PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION.

TABLE showing the NUMBER of SCHOOLS in which PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION was provided in the year ended 31st July, 1925, and the NUMBER of PUPILS TAUGHT in the various subjects.

TABLE showing the ATTAINMENTS of PUPILS on leaving PRIMARY SCHOOLS OF PRIMARY DEPARTMENTS of schools conducted under the Secondary Schools (Scotland) Regulations, 1923, during the year ended 31st July, 1925. (Pupils transferred from one Primary School to another are not included).

Scholars over 14 years of age (or granted exemption being over 12 years of age) who left school and who

Scholars not exempted, who left school,

APPENDIX IX.

COMPARATIVE STATISTICS RELATING ΤΟ SCHOOLS CONDUCTED UNDER THE
SECONDARY SCHOOLS (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS, SHOWING THE NUMBER
OF NEW ENTRANTS AT THE BEGINNING OF 1918-19, 1919-20, AND 1920-21;
THE AVERAGE ATTENDANCE IN LATER YEARS IN THE APPROPRIATE LATER
STAGES OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOL COURSE; THE PERCENTAGE BORNE BY
EACH LATER YEAR'S ATTENDANCE TO THE ORIGINAL ENTRY; AND THE
NUMBER OF LEAVING CERTIFICATES GAINED IN THE RESPECTIVE FINAL
YEARS.

Approximate (reckoned on basis of 90 per cent. of average roll, viz., 2,281) † Approximate (reckoned on basis of 90 per cent. of average roll, viz., 4,295).

APPENDIX X.

REFORMATORY AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS.

A.

NUMBER OF SCHOOLS AND INMATES ON 31ST DECEMBER, 1925.

Number of Schools.

Type of School.

Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total.

5

...

11
Mixed.

1 6 410 10

35 445

21 1,178

7

596 1,774 101 59
244 237 481 142 28 270

6888

5

5

160

16
6 11

34 1,832

868 2,700 243 192 435

B.

NUMBER OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (a) COMMITTED TO, (b) LICENSED FROM AND (c) DISCHARGED FROM REFORMATORY AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS DURING 1924 AND 1925.

The figures for the Day Industrial Schools include children received in the schools under attendance orders or by voluntary arrangement.

†These figures include both discharges and licenses, which are not distinguishable in returns from Day Industrial Schools.

C.

The approved cost of maintenance for the certified schools for the year ended 31st March, 1926, is as follows:

DETAILS AS TO EXPENDITURE, AMOUNT OF PARLIAMENTARY GRANT AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1925.

A sum of £3,000 from Variable Grant was paid in addition to the maintenance grants shown above, £890 to Reformatory Schools and £2,110 to Industrial Schools.