TABLE VIII

DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS GRADUATING, ACCORDING TO THE TOTAL FAILURES EACH
AND THE TIME TAKEN TO GRADUATE

NO.  OF                   YEARS TO GRADUATE
FAILURES           3     31/2    4     41/2      5    51/2      6    TOTALS

0   Boys       20     23   244    12      8    ..     ..      307
Girls      54     26   380    30     14    ..     ..      504

1   Boys        2     10    59     7      2    ..     ..       80
Girls       5      8    83    13      5    ..     ..      114

2   Boys        2      2    64     7      7     0     ..       82
Girls       2      3    88    11      8     1     ..      113

3   Boys        0      6    27     5      4    ..     ..       42
Girls       1      1    53     6      3    ..     ..       64

4   Boys        1      1    44     0      8     1     ..       55
Girls       4      6    57     8      4     1     ..       80

5   Boys        0      1    41     2      3    ..     ..       47
Girls       1      2    26     7      5    ..     ..       41

6   Boys       ..      0    29     6      3    ..      0       38
Girls      ..      1    29     3      8    ..      1       42

7   Boys       ..      2    12     7      7    ..     ..       28
Girls      ..      1    13     4      5    ..     ..       23

8   Boys       ..      0    17     7      8    ..      1       33
Girls      ..      1    16     9      7    ..      0       33

9   Boys       ..      0     6     5      5     0      0       16
Girls      ..      1     7     8      8     1      1       26

10   Boys       ..      1     6     4      6     0     ..       17
Girls      ..      1    14     5      2     1     ..       23

11-15  Boys       ..      0     9    18     11     0      1       39
Girls      ..      1    11    25     14     1      4       56

16-20  Boys       ..     ..     2     2      4     1      1       10
Girls      ..     ..     2     5      2     2      0       11

21-25  Boys       ..     ..     1     0      0     1      0        2
Girls      ..     ..     0     1      4     3      1        9

Total  Boys       25     46   561    82     76     3      3      796
Girls      67     52   780   135     89    10      7     1140

In reading Table VIII, we find that 20 boys and 54 girls who have no failures graduate in three years; 2 boys and 5 girls fail once and graduate in 3 years; 10 boys and 8 girls have one failure and graduate in 31/2 years, and so on.  The median period is 4 years for those with no failures and it remains at 4 for all who have fewer than 9 failures; but the median time period is not above 5 years for the highest number of failures.

3.  THE NUMBER OF FAILURES AND THE SEMESTER OF DROPPING OUT FOR THE NON-GRADUATES