LOST BY END
OF SEMESTER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Per Cent 33.7 53.4 62.6 76.2 81.9 90.7 94.0 98.6


These percentages of non-graduates indicate that more than 50 per cent
of those who do not graduate are gone by the end of the first year,
but that there are a few who continue beyond four years without
graduating.


2. THE LATER DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS BY SEMESTERS

Consideration is here given to the number of the total entrants
remaining in school for each successive semester, and then to the
accompanying percentages of failure for each group. The following
figures show the rapid decline in numbers.


THE PERSISTENCE OF PUPILS IN SCHOOL, BY SEMESTERS

END OF SEMESTER 1 2 3 4 5 6 Graduate

6,141 (Total) 4,723 3,893 3,508 2,935 2,697 2,234 1,936

Percentages 76.9 63.4 57.1 47.8 43.9 36.4 31.5