May 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1087

Regulations relating to Secondary Schools.

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 5th day of May, 1924.

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 revoke the regulations relating to secondary schools in force at the date of the coming into operation of this Order, and in lieu thereof doth make the regulations set out in the Schedule hereto; and, with the like advice and consent, doth prescribe that this Order shall come into force on the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette, except in so far as is expressly stated to the contrary.

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SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS RELATING TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

1. (1.) THE Director of Education (hereinafter referred to as “ the Director ”) shall by and through the Inspectors of Secondary Schools (hereinafter referred to as “ the Inspectors ”) proceed annually to classify, according to the regulations herein contained, all assistant teachers who in the month of December of any year are employed as full-time teachers in secondary schools.

(2.) Any person who is seeking employment in a secondary school may, on application to the Director, be classified under these regulations, but any such classification may be revised after the teacher has been employed for three months.

2. There shall be four grades of assistants, A, B, C, and D, and all assistant teachers referred to in clause 1 hereof shall be classified in one or other of these grades.

3. After consulting the Principal of each school, the Inspectors shall make recommendations to the Director concerning the classification of the assistants employed in the school.

4. The classification of assistants shall be based on—

(i.) Ability in teaching ;

(ii.) Academic attainments ;

(iii.) Length of service :

Provided that ability in teaching shall be regarded as a qualification of the first importance in the classification of the teacher.

5. The normal qualification for the different grades shall be as follows :—

(i.) In order to be classified in Grade A a teacher must have the following qualifications :—

(a.) He must be classified as “ Excellent ” with regard to his teaching and organizing ability ;

(b.) A male teacher must have at least ten years’ service, and a female teacher at least eight years’ service, of which at least six years and five years respectively shall have been service as approved by the Director for this purpose in a secondary school, technical high school, district high school, junior high school, or in any university college ;

(c.) He must be the holder of the degree of Master of Arts or of Master of Science with first- or second-class honours, or of two at least of the degrees Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Home Science, Bachelor of Commerce, or Bachelor of Agriculture, or any equivalent recognized by the Director.

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