THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1309

Regulations for the Employment, Education, and
Examination of Pupil-teachers.

NORMANBY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-fourth day of September, 1878.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in
me by "The Education Act, 1877," I, George
Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said colony, do hereby make the following
regulations for the employment, education and
examination of pupil-teachers, that is to say,—

1. Subject to the provisions of these regulations,
   the Board of each education district shall make its
   own regulations for the employment, maintenance,
   education, and examination of pupil-teachers, and
   shall submit such regulations to the Minister of
   Education, and such regulations shall, upon receiving
   his approval, come into operation, and shall not be
   altered or amended without his authority.

2. Any agreement already entered into between
   any Board and any pupil-teacher, and in force at the
   date hereof, shall not be affected by these regulations,
   or by such regulations as any Board shall hereafter
   make in pursuance of these regulations.

3. The regulations to be made by any Board shall
   include provisions to the effect that a young person
   of either sex, to be eligible for appointment as a
   pupil-teacher, must be at least thirteen years of age,
   of good character, of good constitution, and free from
   any bodily or other defect or infirmity detrimental to
   usefulness or efficiency as a teacher, and must have
   passed the examination prescribed for the Fifth
   Standard.

4. The regulations to be made by any Board shall
   deal with the matters following:---

The nature of the agreement with pupil-teachers,
whether indenture of apprenticeship or other-
wise.

The term of service, and the number of hours to
be spent each day in teaching.

The rate of pay.

The number of hours which head-teachers shall
devote to the instruction of pupil-teachers,
and the remuneration for the same.

The programme of annual examinations.

5. These regulations shall come into force upon
   the date hereof.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations defining Standards of Education, and
for Inspection of Schools.

NORMANBY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-fourth day of September, 1878.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in
me by "The Education Act, 1877," I, George
Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said Colony, do hereby make the following
regulations for defining the standards of education,
and for the inspection of schools, that is to say, —

1. As far as practicable, the work of the Public
   School Inspectors shall be so arranged as to provide
   for two visits to every public school in every year,
   one visit for purposes of general inspection, and the
   other visit for the purpose of examination according
   to the standards hereinafter prescribed.

2. At every standard examination of a public
   school, all scholars in fair attendance shall be ex-
   pected to pass one standard. No scholar shall be
   examined in a standard which he has already passed.
   A scholar who has failed to pass a standard at any
   annual examination may, at the discretion of the
   teacher, be presented at the next annual examination,
   either for the standard which he failed to pass, or for
   a higher standard; and at any annual examination a
   scholar may, at the teacher's discretion, be presented
   for a standard higher than the next to that which he
   last passed.

3. In all cases the scholars presented for any
   standard must be prepared to show proficiency in the
   work also of the lower standards.

4. As soon as possible after the examination of a
   school the head-teacher shall be furnished, in such
   manner as shall be ordered by the Education Board of
   the district, with lists of the names of the scholars
   who have passed the several standards; and thereupon
   the head-teacher shall issue to every scholar who has
   passed a standard at the examination a certificate, in
   such form as the Board shall prescribe, showing
   that he has passed such standard; and every scholar
   transferred from one public school to another shall
   be required to exhibit his last certificate to the head-
   teacher of the school, who shall not present such
   scholar for re-examination in the standard to which
   such certificate relates.

5. An annual return shall be made by each Public
   School Inspector, showing, with respect to each
   public school subject to his inspection, the number
   of children who have passed from a lower to a higher
   standard in the year.

6. The standards shall not be understood to pre-
   scribe to the teacher the precise order in which the
   different parts of any subject shall be taught, but as
   representing the minimum of attainments of which
   the Inspector will expect evidence at each stage of a
   scholar's progress. (For example, a teacher, who
   finds that in arithmetic he can produce the required
   results in the Fourth and Fifth Standards as well or
   better by teaching fractions before practice and
   proportion, is at liberty to follow his own course, but
   not to substitute fractions for practice and propor-
   tion.)

7. The following are the standards :---

STANDARD I.

Reading. - Sentences composed of words of one
syllable, and common words of two syllables, to be
read intelligently.

Spelling. - Easy words of one syllable.

Writing. - The small letters and the ten figures,
on slate, at dictation.

Arithmetic. - Counting, and oral addition by twos,
threes, fours, and fives, up to 100; numeration and
notation to 999; addition sums of not more than
three columns; multiplication of numbers not ex-
ceeding 999 by 2, 3, 4, and 5. [Note. - The numera-
tion must be applied to the addition and multipli-
cation, and the multiplication known to be a
compendious method of addition.]

Object-lessons, Singing, Disciplinary Exercises, &c.
-As prescribed in Regulation 9.

STANDARD II.

Reading and Definition. - Sentences containing
words of two syllables, and easy words of more than
two syllables, to be read intelligently, and the mean-
ings of the words to be known.