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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

and a representative of the other Education Boards (if any) in the university district, to be chosen, if there be more than one other Board, in such manner as the Minister of Education shall determine.

The Board shall, as soon as possible, consider and give due weight to such representations and recommendations as the Committee of Advice may from time to time lay before it. A record shall be kept by the Secretary of the Board of such representations and recommendations, and of the action taken by the Board thereon.

3. Every training college shall have a normal or practising school connected with it. The normal school shall in general consist of three parts,—
   (a.) A “main school,” organized as an ordinary public school with 300 children, more or less, in average attendance; provided that no pupil-teachers shall be employed on the staff:
   (b.) A “model school,” organized as an ordinary public school under one sole teacher, or as a side school with 35 to 40 children in average attendance:
   (c.) Secondary classes, worked under the same conditions as to admission and programme of work as the secondary classes of a district high school, but with an average attendance not in general exceeding 40. These classes shall be considered to be part of the main school referred to in subclause (a) hereof.

4. The organization of the normal school and the salaries of the staff shall be approved by the Minister of Education; but in no case shall the salaries be less than those payable under “The Education Act Amendment Act, 1904,” and regulations thereunder.

5. In addition to the staff of the normal school there shall be a principal of the training college, and such other lecturers or instructors as the Minister may from time to time approve. The principal shall be appointed by the Board, subject to the approval of the Minister.

6. Every training college shall be open at all times to—
   (1.) Any member of the Board or of the Committee of Advice;
   (2.) Any Inspector of Schools employed by an Education Board in the university district;
   (3.) The Inspector-General of Schools or any other Inspector of the Education Department.

Entrances to Training Colleges and Allowances to Students.

7. In regard to admission to any training college, no distinction shall be made between applicants residing within the education district in which such training college is situated and applicants residing outside such district.

8. Students may be admitted under Division A or under Division B.

Division A (ex-Pupil-teachers).

To be admitted under Division A a student must satisfy all of the following conditions, viz.: he must—
(a.) Have completed the pupil-teacher course in some education district of the colony to the satisfaction of the Education Board of that district;
(b.) Have passed the Matriculation Examination of the University of New Zealand;
(c.) Give satisfactory evidence of his ability to teach, as by a certificate to that effect signed by an Inspector of Schools;
(d.) Give satisfactory evidence as to health and character;
(e.) Make a declaration of his intention to become a teacher in a public or a secondary school in the colony, and, if so required, enter by his parent or guardian into a bond to return the amount paid in allowances in case he should fail to complete two years of such teaching.

Subclause (b) hereof may, until the 31st December, 1906, be modified, with the approval previously obtained of the Minister of Education.

The allowances payable to a student under Division A shall be thirty pounds a year, together with the fees of the university college classes attended by the student with the approval of the principal, with the further addition of thirty pounds a year in the case of any student who is obliged to live away from home to attend a training college.

Division B.

To be admitted under Division B a student must satisfy all of the following conditions, (a), (b), (c), viz.: he must—
(a.) (i.) Have passed the first section of his B.A. or B.Sc. degree, or have gained credit at the University Junior Scholarship Examination; or
(ii.) Have kept terms for at least one year at a university college; or