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asked the Minister for Education if he will give the numbers of pupils enrolled in each of the standards IV, V and VI in each school year ending 30th June in 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64 and 1964-65 in (a) one-teacher schools, (b) two-teacher schools, (c) three-teacher schools, (d) four-teacher schools, and (e) schools with five teachers and more.
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asked the Minister for Education the number (a) presented for primary certificate, (b) absent from examination for primary certificate (c) obtaining primary certificates, (d) leaving before doing primary certificate in (1) one-teacher schools, (2) two-teacher schools, (3) three-teacher schools, (4) four-teacher schools and (5) schools with five teachers and more.
The compiling of this information would involve the deployment of a large number of staff over an inordinate length of time. I am satisfied that the disruption of the ordinary work of the Department which this would entail would not be warranted. Arrangements are being made whereby in future years the statistics for each school will be put on punched cards. This will enable more varied information to be obtained in a relatively short time.
