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Statistics - School Certificate 1965-1970

Total Candidature by Subject

Subject	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970
English	12,353	40,318	44,261	54,398	56,862	60,145
Science	9,643	40,349	44,664	54,270	56,762	60,039
Mathematics	7,547	40,466	45,061	54,409	56,938	60,262
Social Studies	598	3,924	3,087	3,059	2,812	2,509
Geography	4,715	22,635	27,308	35,039	37,933	40,999
History	8,494	24,697	27,090	30,545	30,643	32,419
Commerce	1,655	13,116	15,046	18,606	19,539	20,284
Art	661	3,866	4,255	6,008	6,897	8,110
Needlework	960	4,438	4,985	7,007	7,692	8,126
Home Science	867	4,111	4,974	7,173	8,054	8,649
Tech. Drawing	1,744	7,874	8,695	9,721	10,664	11,120
Metalwork	356	3,197	3,687	5,297	6,426	6,915
Woodwork	581	5,446	6,237	8,161	8,416	8,803
Farm Mechanics	164	408	376	392	371	443
Agriculture	396	1,632	1,815	2,280	2,239	2,630
Music (Board)	177	560	751	907	1,118	1,354
Music (AMEB)	443	770	832	1,171	1,230	1,279
Asian Social Studies				73	70	919
Ceramics		5	8		9	4
Weaving		5		2		1
Art Metal Work		14	17	12	1
Graphic Arts		26	42	37	45	44
Bookcrafts		9	6	10	17	11
Sheep Husbandry		288	365	318	307	327
French				19,631	18,955	18,826
French I	7,993	7,840	8,120
French II	9,225	9,807	10,198
German				3,931	4,090	4,236
German I	1,327	1,448	1,592
German II	994	1,230	1,503
Latin	4,882	4,610	4,541	4,425	3,979
Latin A						3,470
Latin B						99
Greek	16	45	64	48	72	62
Russian	16	17	23	38	29	56
Dutch	11	21	12	18	17	19
Hebrew	6	12	10	7	20	14
Chinese	60	66
Japanese	11	20	13
Italian	44	71	61	63	68	187
Spanish		6	9	15	25	40
Total Candidates	35,512	23,710	45,526	56,123	57,759	62,081