The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-07-13
EDUCATION REPORT,

L
the Board of Education was pre-
sented to the Legislature in printed
form yesterday. 1t is pamphlet
Of seventy-nine pages, being nearly
twice the size of its predecessor of
1886. Besides the usual tables it
contains two of special interest
One is table showing the national
ity and sex of all pupils in the
schools of the Islands by districts.
The general summaries are all that
have been given in former reports.
The other table shows the national
ity and sex of teachers in Govern
ment schools in the same way.
From these tables it appears that
the largest number of native Hawai-
ian children in school in any one
district, were in Honolulu. Hilo
takes the second place, and Wal
luku the third. Half-castes follow
in exactly the same lines. Hilo
schools have to accommodate the
greatest number of Portuguese chill
dren. Honolulu takes the second
place and Makawao follows closely
etter. The greatest number of Ger
mans attend school at Lihue, Kauai.
Honolulu takes the second position,
while Waimea, Kauai, follows far
behind.
Counting by islands, Hawaii has
more native Hawaiian children in
school than any other. Oahu
stands second and Maui third. Oahu
has more than double the number
of half-castes in school that Hawaii
has. Maui again takes the third
place. Kauai has more than half of
the German school children of the
entire Kingdom. Oahu comes next,
and Hawaii follows with very
small number. Hawaii stands at
the head in respect to Portuguese
attendance at school. Little Kauai
takes the second place, while Oahu
barely maintains the third.
The total number of children of
all nationalities in schools in the va
rious islands are as follows: Oahu,
1908; Hawaii, 2,773; Maui, in
Guiding Lanai, 1888; Kauai, in
Guiding Niihau, 1902; Molokai,
254. Total attendance in all the
islands, $40.
Of the teachers employed in the
Government schools, 70 are Hawai-
ians, AZ are half-castes, "a are Anne
ricans, 32 are British, while the re-
manning are Germans.
OF the 334 teachers in the public
and private schools reported, 27C
teach the English language, while
only Ga confine themselves to the
use of Hawaiians. l5.7 per cent. o.
the children in school are learning
only Hawaiian, while the remaining
S4.3 per cent. are learning English
According to the last census th'
number of children of school age il
Honolulu was $3.50. The presen
report shows an attendanceof 1929
BY the same authority the numbe
of children of school age in Hill
was 1,221. The present repor
shows an attendance of Sl8. Th
total school population of Lihue wa
PIT. The number in school now i
293. The total school population
of Waikiki was 805. The numbe
now in school is 531. Makawao haC
a school population of 76l. He
school attendance is now $40. Ii
hue stands alone in having larger
school attendance than the census
of 1884 called for.
Reckoning by islands, Hawaii
school attendance now is 60 pc
cent. of her census school pOpula
ton; Maui's is 60 per cent. Oahu
is 67 per cent. Kauai's "A per cent
What the reason for this yariatio
is, it is hard to say. Probabl,
there are three reasons; first, de
fects in the census; second, a cor
siderable immigration of schoc
children; third, and not least, til
unwonted zeal of school agents.
There are other particular
brought out in this report which an
worthy of note, and we shall ca
attention to them at a later date.