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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 15

2. The division of a certificate within the class shall, subject to the provisions of clauses 5 and 6 hereof, depend—first, on the number of years during which the teacher has been actually engaged in school-teaching, one mark being assigned for two years’ service, two marks for five years, three marks for eight years, and four marks for eleven years and upwards; and, secondly, on the judgment of an Inspector, such judgment being expressed by marks numbering 2, 4, 6, 8, or 10, according to the Inspector’s estimate of less or greater efficiency; and, the marks of both series being added together, fourteen marks shall qualify for the first division, eleven marks for the second, eight marks for the third, five marks for the fourth, and three marks for the fifth. In assigning marks for efficiency the Inspector will use the number “2” as a substitute for the lowest, and the number “10” as a substitute for the highest, term in a series of terms beginning with “tolerable” and ending with “excellent”; and an Inspector may put “0” in the place of a number to indicate that he considers the candidate to be incompetent.

3. Marks for efficiency shall be given only by the Inspector in whose district the teacher is at work, provided that the Inspector-General of Schools may assign marks for efficiency, not exceeding four, to teachers whose practical skill is sufficiently attested by certificates granted by authorities acting outside the Dominion of New Zealand, and that he or any other Inspector of the Education Department may also assign marks to teachers in schools inspected by him.

4. On the thirtieth day of June in each year teachers who by length of service, or upon a more favourable judgment expressed by the Inspector before the thirty-first day of May, shall have become entitled to promotion to a higher division shall receive such promotion.

5. Except as hereinafter provided, no teacher shall be classified until he has taught for two years in a school or schools subject to inspection under the Education Act, and having an average attendance not lower than that of a public school of Grade I, nor until he has been assigned at least two marks for practical skill in teaching. No teacher shall be placed in Division 2 until he has had an experience of at least eight years as a teacher in such a school, and no teacher shall be placed in Division 1 until he has shown, to the satisfaction of the Inspector, ability to take charge, as head teacher, of a school with more than 150 children in average attendance; and the mark “10” shall not be given unless the Inspector is satisfied that such ability has been shown; but the teacher need not have been actually in charge of such a school. For the purpose of this clause an approved course in a training college for teachers shall count as ordinary service of equal length, and a period of pupil-teacher service as service of half its length. Service as a probationer shall not be reckoned.

6. Notwithstanding anything in the preceding clause, the Inspector-General of Schools, on the production of sufficient evidence, may, to a more or less limited extent, grant recognition to a period of service in schools other than those indicated therein; and the value to be attached to such service shall be determined by him, in his discretion, as occasion may arise.

EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS.

7. (1.) The requirements for Class D are set forth in clauses 22 to 33 and in clause 59 hereof.
   (2.) The requirements for Class C are set forth in clauses 34 to 48 and in clause 60 hereof.

8. The examination requirements for Class B shall be held to be satisfied as follows:—
   (i.) In the case of a candidate who is not the holder of a Class C certificate, if he passes the examination for a Bachelor’s degree in the University of New Zealand, together with an examination as required for Class C in Drawing, Elementary Hygiene, Methods of Teaching, and the Principles and History of Education;
   Provided that a candidate shall not be required to sit again for examination in any of the subjects herein mentioned if it has formed a subject of his degree course;
   Provided further that exemption from the condition of additional examination in such subjects may be conceded to a graduate who holds the status of a