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

The pages preceding this point have given evidence that the failing
pupils are not mainly the ones who drop out early. But we may still ask
whether the number of failures per individual tends to determine how
early he will be eliminated? This question calls for the facts of the
next table. In this table the semesters of dropping out are indicated
at the top. The failures range as high as 25 per pupil, and it is
evident that not all pupils have left school until the eleventh
semester. The distribution includes the 1156 boys and the 1292 girls
who failed and did n