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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 82

Undue complexity in the classification of pupils is to be regarded as
an element of weakness.

5. The head teacher shall draw up for each term or quarter
   schemes of work for all the classes in his school, and shall hold
   thereon not fewer than three periodical examinations.

6. The head teacher shall keep in a register provided for the
   purpose a record of the nature and results of these examinations,
   which shall show for each class his estimate of the proficiency of
   each pupil in English and arithmetic, and also a general estimate of
   the quality of the work done in the other subjects.

7. Immediately before the annual visit, the head teacher shall
   prepare in duplicate, on the forms provided by the Department,
   class lists showing—(a) the names and ages of all the pupils on
   the school roll; (b) the number of half-days on which each pupil
   has attended since the last annual visit; (c) the number of half-
   days each pupil has attended the class in which he is placed, where
   that number is different from the number in (b); (d) the number of
   marks, according to the scale shown on the class lists, gained by
   each pupil in (1) reading, (2) writing and spelling, (3) composi-
   tion, (4) arithmetic, and a note of any special excellence or weak-
   ess shown by him in other subjects; (e) the class in which it is
   proposed to place each pupil in consequence of the results of the
   annual examination taken in conjunction with those of the other
   periodical examinations, and with the general character of his work
   during the year: Provided that, as a rule, an individual examina-
   tion shall be made by the Inspector of the pupils in Classes S4 to
   S7 inclusive, but in these classes the Inspector may, at his discretion,
   accept the results of the head teacher’s examination as indicated
   in the Examination Register as sufficient evidence of the individual
   status of the pupils concerned.

8. The head teacher shall indicate in the column for remarks
   the reason for more or less rapid promotion in the case of any pupil,
   or shall give an explanation in the case of any pupil whose age is
   much above the average age in that class for that school, and the
   Inspector may approve or not of the sufficiency of the reason or
   explanation given.

9. In order to satisfy himself of the general efficiency of the
   instruction given in the school, the Inspector shall, at his annual
   visit, devote a portion of his time to an investigation of the character
   of the teaching, and of the degree to which the intelligence of the
   pupils has been developed, and to this end he may examine any of
   the pupils in any of the classes in such subjects as he shall choose.

10. With a view to ascertaining the individual progress of the
    pupils the Inspector, where he considers it desirable, may hold an
    examination of any class in the school on the work done during the
    current year or during the preceding twelve months. As the result
    of such examination he may, after consideration of any examina-
    tions which have been held during the preceding twelve months by
    the head teacher, modify the classification of the head teacher by
    directing that any pupil or pupils shall be placed in any class or
    classes that he may name.

11. The knowledge of the work of any class in English and
    arithmetic shall be deemed to presuppose a knowledge of the work
    of any lower class.

12. When a child leaves one school for another the head teacher
    shall furnish him with a “certificate of transfer,” showing—(1) his
    name and date of birth as given in the School Register of Admis-
    sion; (2) the class or classes in which he is placed for English and
    arithmetic; (3) the number of half-day attendances he has made
    since the beginning of the current year; (4) the number of half-
    day attendances he has made since the date of his last promotion in
    English and arithmetic respectively; and (5) the other subjects
    (including military drill) in which he has been receiving instruction.

13. The “standard of exemption” under section 150 of “The
    Education Act, 1908,” shall be the Fifth Standard, and the certifi-
    cate referred to in subsection (e) of section 150 of the said Act shall
    be a certificate of competency in the work of Standard V or a higher
    standard.

14. The regulations as to certificates of competency and certifi-
    cates of proficiency as prescribed for public schools shall apply, with
    the necessary modifications, in the case of Native schools.

15. As soon as possible after his annual visit to any school the
    Inspector shall present to the Department his annual report on that
    school. He shall also furnish an inspection report, which may