3686

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 89

candidate be found to be impracticable, the Inspector may accept, in whole
or in part, the results of any other suitable examination held by the Education
Department, an Education Board, or other recognized authority, as
evidence of the pupil's fitness to receive a certificate of proficiency; and he
shall give certificates of proficiency accordingly to all candidates that in
his opinion qualify therefor in any of the four ways above mentioned.

18. Immediately on receipt of the notice of the Inspector's visit provided
    for in clause 1, the head teacher shall post for public information, in a conspicuous
    place on the school premises, a notice that such visit is about to be
    made, and shall call the attention of the children thereto. The parent of
    any child of school age, or on the roll of any school, who wishes such child to
    obtain a certificate of competency other than a certificate of competency in
    S6 must give notice of his desire in writing to the head teacher at least three
    days before such visit; this notice must state on which of the grounds
    named in clause 16 the parent wishes such certificate to be granted.
    The Inspector may, if he see cause, refuse to examine for a certificate of
    competency any child on the roll of a public school who has not been instructed
    for at least six months in the work of the standard to which such
    certificate refers, or in the work of a higher standard; or any candidate who
    has failed to reach the required standard at an examination held by an
    Inspector during the previous three months; or any candidate in whose
    case he is not satisfied of the existence of one of the grounds named in
    clause 16 hereof.
    Nothing in this regulation shall prevent the Inspector from accepting at
    any time the results of a head teacher's examination or the records of a school
    as sufficient evidence that a child has reached a certain standard of education,
    and giving his certificate accordingly, whether such child be still on the
    school roll or not.

The head teacher shall, on the day of the visit above referred to, hand to
the Inspector lists in duplicate of those on behalf of whom notice has been
given to him of the desire to obtain such certificates of competency. These
lists shall be written on forms provided by the Department.

19. Any candidate for a certificate of proficiency or competency who is
    not of school age and is not on the roll of any school must give notice in the
    manner prescribed in clause 18 hereof.

Special and Central Examinations.

20. The Inspector may also hold special examinations of candidates,
    whether of school age or not, for certificates of competency or for certificates
    of proficiency at any place and time that may seem fit to him, and may
    require candidates for such special examinations to give fourteen days' notice
    of their intention to be examined.

By or on behalf of each candidate at such special examinations there
shall be paid to the Inspector, or, if the Board shall so direct, to the Secretary
of the Education Board, the following fees, namely: If there be only one
candidate, £1; if there be two candidates, 10s. for each candidate; if there
be three candidates, 6s. 8d. for each candidate; if there be four or more
candidates, 5s. for each candidate. But no fee shall be payable in the
case of any one examined at a school at the time of the Inspector's visit
to such school.

Form of Certificates.

21. (i.) All certificates, whether of competency or of proficiency, shall be
    on forms issued by the Department, and shall be signed by an Inspector of
    Schools, or by the Secretary of the Education Department or of an Education
    Board in accordance with information furnished by an Inspector.

In the case of pupils attending the normal school attached to a recognized
training college, such certificates may be signed by the Principal of the
training college.

(ii.) No certificate of proficiency or of competency shall be issued except
in accordance with the foregoing clauses 16 and 17 hereof.

22. The Inspectors of the several districts shall make an annual return,
    on a form provided by the Department, showing with respect to the public
    schools subject to their inspection the number of pupils in the several classes
    P to S7, and the number present at the time of the annual examination, as
    indicated in the class-sheets submitted to them under the provisions of
    clause 6. The return shall also include for each school the Inspectors'
    estimate (a) of the general character of the instruction given in the school,
    (b) of the order, discipline, and tone of the school, and (c) of its material
    condition, together with a notification of the number and character of
    certificates of Sixth Standard attainment issued to the pupils. The return
    shall be accompanied by a report on the public schools of the district,
    dealing, for the schools generally, with such of the topics named in
    clause 12 as it may seem expedient to include.