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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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other report as it may desire to make, to the Minister of Education before the 31st January in each year.

20. The Inspector-General of Schools shall inspect each training college from time to time, and shall report annually to the Minister.

II. PUPIL-TEACHERS.

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 fifteen 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 obtained a certificate of proficiency in the examination prescribed for the Sixth Standard.

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

The nature of the agreement with pupil-teachers, whether indenture of apprenticeship or otherwise, and method of determination of engagement.

The term of service, which is to be dated from the 1st January nearest to the date of appointment.

The number of hours to be spent each day in teaching.

The number of hours to be devoted to the instruction of pupil-teachers by head teachers and assistant teachers.

The programme of examinations.

The transfer of pupil-teachers in cases where, owing to a decline in the attendance, it is rendered necessary by the operation of the scale of staffs and salaries.

5. (i.) In the appointment of pupil-teachers a Board shall, ceteris paribus, give preference to those who have passed two years in a secondary school, or in the secondary classes of a district high school, or in the Seventh Standard of any other public school.

(ii.) A Board may, if it see fit, test by examination the qualifications of candidates for pupil-teacher-ships.

(iii.) (a.) A candidate that has passed the Civil Service Junior Examination shall be entitled to rank on appointment as a second-year pupil-teacher.

(b.) A candidate that has passed the Matriculation Examination of any British university, or has obtained at least a partial pass for Class D in the Teachers’ Certificate Examination, shall be entitled to rank on appointment as a third-year pupil-teacher.

6. (i.) There shall be two examinations of all pupil-teachers in the service of any Board, to be called respectively the First and Second Examinations.

(ii.) The First Examination shall be held at the same time as the Civil Service Junior Examination for all pupil-teachers of the second year, or for all pupil-teachers of the third year in any education district, and the papers shall be those set for that examination. The subjects to be taken by any candidate shall be such as are prescribed by the regulations of the Board, but shall be not less than five in number, and shall, in any case, include English and arithmetic. No candidate shall be compelled to take Latin, or to take more than one language (if any) besides English.

(iii.) The Second Examination shall be for all pupil-teachers of the fourth year or for all pupil-teachers of the fifth year in any education district, and shall be either the Matriculation Examination of the University of New Zealand or the examination for the certificate of Class D.

(iv.) A pupil-teacher that has passed examination for a teacher’s certificate shall be exempt from further examination during his pupil-teacher-ship if he shows to the satisfaction of the Board that he is pursuing his studies.

(v.) Notwithstanding anything in this clause, a Board may, if it see fit, hold other examinations at the end of the first and third years—viz., in such subjects as methods of teaching, singing, drawing, needlework, and other branches of handwork.

AMELIUS M. SMITH,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.