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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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responding to that number. Section I. shall in no case be omitted from
the report: it shall show what classes within the meaning of Regula-
tion 2 there are in the school, whether the classes are grouped for instruc-
tion, and, if so, how they are grouped, and by what teacher each class
is taught, describing each teacher by his position in the school as “sole
teacher,” “headmaster,” “first assistant,” “third-year pupil-teacher,”
or as the case may be. Any section except Sections I. and XI. may, if the
Inspector so choose, consist of the appropriate number and of a single
word, such as “Satisfactory.”

14. The “standard of exemption” under section 3 of “The School
    Attendance Act, 1894,” shall be the Fifth Standard. An Inspector shall
    issue to any child a certificate that such child has reached the standard
    of exemption if such child fulfils the requirements of Standard V., or a
    higher standard, in (1) reading, (2) spelling and dictation, (3) writing,
    (4) composition, (5) arithmetic, and satisfies the Inspector that he has
    received regular and suitable instruction in the class-subjects. Pro-
    vided that the Inspector may accept work below the requirements of
    Standard V., but not below the requirements of Standard IV., in two,
    but not more than two, of the subjects (2) to (5).

Immediately on the receipt of the notice of the annual visit of the
Inspector referred to in Regulation 1, the head-teacher shall post in a
conspicuous place in the school a notice that such visit is about to be
made, and shall call the attention of the children thereto. The parent
or guardian of any child who wishes to obtain a certificate that such
child has reached the standard of exemption must give notice of such
desire in writing to the head-teacher at least two days before such annual
visit.

Notwithstanding this, in cases of emergency the Inspector may at any
time examine a candidate for a certificate as referred to in this regulation.
The head-teacher shall, on the day of the annual visit, hand to the
Inspector lists in duplicate of those who desire to obtain exemption
certificates. These lists shall be written on separate sheets of the class
schedule form.

The Inspector shall, at or about the date of his annual visit, arrange
for the examination of such children as are candidates for the certificates
referred to in whatever way he may deem fit, and may examine them at
their own or any other school; provided that for such purpose no child
shall be compelled to attend at any school (not being his own school)
more than five miles from his place of residence.

The Inspector may, if he see cause, refuse to examine for an exemp-
tion certificate any child who has not been instructed for at least six
months in the class in which he is placed, or who has failed to reach the
required standard at an examination held during the previous three
months.

Nothing in this regulation shall prevent an Inspector from accepting
the results of the head-teacher’s examination as sufficient evidence that a
child has reached the standard of exemption, and giving his certificate
accordingly.

15. The Inspector shall examine all the pupils in the Sixth Standard
    classes, and he shall award “certificates of proficiency” to those that
    pass in (1) reading, (2) spelling and dictation, (3) writing, (4) com-
    position, (5) arithmetic, (6) geography, (7) drawing, and that satisfy the
    Inspector that they have received regular and sufficient instruction in
    the other class-subjects: Provided that work below the requirements of
    Standard VI., but not below the requirements of Standard V., may be
    accepted by the Inspector in not more than one of the subjects (1) to (5),
    and in not more than two of the subjects (1) to (7).

[The certificates mentioned in this regulation and those mentioned in
Regulation 14 may be signed either by the Inspector, or by the Secretary
of the Education Board in accordance with information furnished by the
Inspector.]

16. The Inspector or Inspectors of each district shall make an annual
    return, showing, with respect to each public school subject to their in-
    spection, the number of pupils in the several classes and the number
    present in each class at the time of the annual visit. The return shall
    indicate the degree of attention paid to the several pass- and class-
    subjects and to the additional subjects respectively, and state in brief
    the condition of each school as to order and discipline, and as to the
    manners of the pupils. If possible, the return shall include a statement
    of the average age of the pupils in each class.

17. The standard syllabus shall not be understood to prescribe to the
    teacher the precise order in which the different parts of any subject shall
    be taught, nor to prohibit the teacher from giving instruction not pre-
    scribed by the syllabus, but shall be taken to represent only the attain-
    ments of which the Inspector may expect full proof at the several stages
    of a pupil’s progress; also, it is to be understood that the annual report
    and inspection report, taken together, and not either of them alone, will
    express the Inspector’s full judgment on the character and efficiency of
    the school.