Ma total expen public schools of the Philippine! Islands during the year 1923, amounted to $7,220,000 oF $221,000 less than for the year 1922, according to figures just made public by the Burewu of Education.
A total enrolment of 1,128,997 school children was recorded in' the: public schools for 1923 out of a. school population of 3,077,467. The percentage of attendance throughout the year was 85 per cent.
A total of 25,780 teachers was employed, of whom 329 were Americans, the great majority being native teachers. In the public schools only the English language is taught. Reuter's Pacific Service.
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