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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 106

Amended Regulations under the Education Act, 1914, relating to the Examination and Classification of Teachers.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 19th day of December, 1921.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Education Act, 1914, and the amendments of that Act, and all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the amendments set out in the Schedule hereto in the regulations in force relating to the examination and classification of teachers (hereinafter referred to as “the said regulations”); and doth prescribe that this Order shall come into force on the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two.

SCHEDULE.

1. Clause 8 (i) of the said regulations is hereby amended by omitting all the words after the words “degree in the University of New Zealand,” and by substituting therefor the words “including the subject of English Language and Literature, together with an examination as required for Class C in Blackboard Drawing, Elementary Hygiene, Methods of Teaching, and in addition the Principles of Education unless the subject of Education was taken in the degree course.”

2. Clause 8 (ii) is hereby amended by deleting paragraph (b) thereof, and substituting therefor the following:-
   “(b.) If he gains certificates of proficiency to the following extent in the examination prescribed for the Bachelor of Arts degree and the Bachelor of Science degree in the University of New Zealand, namely, either (1) two pass subjects and two advanced subjects, or (2) three pass subjects and one advanced subject, or (3) four pass subjects, or in lieu thereof shall have satisfied the pass requirements of such degree subjects of the University as shall in the opinion of the Director be deemed a fair equivalent therefor: Provided that candidates who, prior to the date of coming into force of these regulations have passed the examination for the Class C certificate and have in addition passed in one or more of the additional optional subjects of Part III (clause 29) may at their option complete the requirements for a Class B certificate under clause 8 (ii) of the regulations then in force.

3. Clause 10 is hereby amended by the insertion of the words “in Education” after the words “second-class honours,” and further by the addition of the following proviso at the end of the clause: “Provided that until the end of the year 1923 candidates who secure first-class or second-class honours in any other subject or subjects shall, if they have fulfilled the other conditions prescribed by these regulations, be entitled to receive a Class A certificate.

4. Clause 15 is hereby amended by deleting all the words in the first paragraph thereof after the words “forbid the issue of,” and substituting therefor the following: “a trained teacher’s certificate in accordance with clause 28 of the Regulations for Training Colleges.”

5. Clause 16 is hereby amended by deleting all the words after “in the month of,” and by substituting therefor the word “August.”

6. Clause 17 is hereby revoked, and the following substituted therefor:-
   “(i.) The examination shall be held at the chief town of each education district and at such other places in the Dominion as the Director of Education shall from year to year recognize as suitable and necessary as centres of examination, provided that there are at least ten candidates for examination at such centre.
   “(ii.) Subject to the preceding subclause, if at any place there are fewer than ten candidates to be examined such place may be made a centre if the candidates by additional payments make up the total payments to a sum of £10.”

7. Clause 18 is hereby amended by deleting the words “fifteenth day of October,” and substituting therefor the words “thirty-first day of May.”

8. Clause 19 is hereby amended by deleting the words “thirty-first day of October,” and substituting therefor the words “end of the second week in June.”