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(2.) For the purposes of this clause the grade of a school under the Act
or under the regulations in force from the 1st January, 1919, to the 31st
January, 1922, shall be deemed to be the corresponding grade under these
regulations.
16. If the first female assistant in any school on the 1st January,
1919, was not appointed to the position of infant mistress in accordance
with any regulations in force on that date, such assistant may, with the
approval of the Minister, so long as she remains in the same school and
performs the same or substantially the same duties, continue to be paid
the same grade of salary as she received prior to that date.
17. In the case of a reduction in the staff of a school, such amount shall
be paid to the Board in respect of the teachers whose services are dispensed
with as will enable the Board to comply with section 82 of the Act; but
in no circumstances shall payment be made to the Board on account of the
salary of any teacher for a longer period than four months after the end
of the quarter in which the school ceases to be entitled to the services
of such teacher if such teacher had been permanently appointed, or for
a longer period than two months in any other case.
18. If at any time between the annual grading of public schools on the
lst February in any year and the 1st February immediately following the
average attendance of a school falls below the minimum average attendance
of the grade or subgrade in which the school is placed to such an extent
as to satisfy the Board or the Minister that a reduction in the grade or
subgrade of the school is imminent, and a position on the staff of such
school thereafter becomes vacant, the grade of salary for such position as
from the date of such vacancy shall be the grade of salary which would be
attached to the position if the grade or subgrade of the school were
determined on the reduced average attendance.
GRADING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
19. Public schools shall be classified in the grades and subgrades specified
in Schedules I and II of clause 3 hereof.
20. It shall be the duty of the Board on the 1st February in each year
to determine, according to the yearly average attendance for the year
ended 31st December immediately preceding, the grade and subgrade to
which every school under the control of the Board belongs:
Provided that a school shall not be raised to a higher grade if the Board
is satisfied that the increased average attendance qualifying the school for a
higher grade is not likely to be permanent.
21. If at the beginning of any quarter it appears that a school in
Grade O has an average attendance for the last preceding quarter of twelve,
or for two, three, or four quarters immediately preceding of eleven, or ten or
nine (as the case may be), the school shall be placed in Grade I.
22. Until the first annual grading of a new school under clause 20
hereof the grade and subgrade of that school shall be determined in
accordance with the average attendance as follows:-
(i.) For the period from the date of opening until the end of
the quarter in which the school was opened, on the average
attendance for such period;
(ii.) For the first quarter during the whole of which the school is open,
on the average attendance for that quarter; and
(iii.) Thereafter on the mean of the quarterly average attendances for
the several quarters until the 31st December next ensuing :
Provided that in any special case where the circumstances are exceptional
a new school may, with the precedent approval of the Minister, be pro-
visionally graded in a higher grade or subgrade than that in which it
would be placed under the provisions of this clause, or on its first grading
under the provisions of clause 20 hereof.
23. The grade or subgrade of a district high school shall be determined
in accordance with the average attendance in the primary department and
the secondary department taken together.
24. Secondary departments of district high schools shall be classified in
the grades specified in Schedule III hereof.
25. If the yearly average attendance of the secondary department of
a district high school for any year falls below twelve, such secondary
department may, with the precedent approval of the Minister, be pro-
visionally graded as a secondary department in Grade A. The Minister's
approval may at any time be revoked.