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ment of a Normal School. The funds of the Province would, it is assumed, be insufficient to defray the very considerable expense of such an institution, and for this reason, as well as because there is no guarantee that the Masters so trained would remain in the Province, the Board considers it desirable that a Normal Training School for the whole Colony should be established by the General Government.
With regard to destitute children, whose parents are too poor to pay the School Fees, it is suggested by the Board that it should be empowered to require the authorities of a school receiving Government aid to admit a moderate number gratuitously.
The Board having noticed that much inconvenience has at times arisen from unsatisfactory and indefinite agreements being made between Teachers and Local Committees, has issued a Circular recommending that a distinct arrangement should be entered into between the contracting parties as to the length of notice necessary when the Master’s services are no longer required by the Committee; and further, that it should be stated in the agreement that the Master’s salary was a quarterly one; and, in the event of a portion of it being derived from the money granted by the Board, that the payment of such portion should be contingent on the continuation of the grant.
Prizes have been given by the Board to twenty of the scholars in the Ordinary Schools for diligence and good conduct during the past year. The names of the children to whom these prizes have been awarded will be found in the Appendix.
Ten Candidates for Masterships have been examined. Three of these received Certificates for the special appointments they were desirous of obtaining, and three were passed as competent for the management of Ordinary Schools.
Books, Maps, and Apparatus have been disposed of out of the Educational Depot to the value of £459 9s. 10d., an increase of £199 9s. 10d. on the value of articles sold during the previous year.
HENRY JOHN TANCRED,
Chairman.
March 31, 1870.
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🎓 Education, Culture & Science31 March 1870
Education, Scholarships, Examination results, Canterbury, Normal School, Destitute children, Teacher agreements, Prizes, Certificates, Educational materials
- Henry John Tancred, Chairman