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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

(ii.) In order to be classified in Grade B a teacher must have the following qualifications:—
(a.) He must be classified as “Very Good” with regard to his teaching and organizing ability;
(b.) A male teacher must have had seven years’ service, and a female teacher six years’ service, of which at least four years and three years respectively must have been service as defined in subclause (i) (b) of this clause;
(c.) He must be the holder of the degree of Master of Arts or of Master of Science, or the combined degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science.

(iii.) In order to be classified in Grade C a teacher must have the following qualifications:—
(a.) He must be classified as “Good” with respect to his teaching and organizing ability;
(b.) He must have had four years’ service, of which two years shall have been service as defined in subclause (i) (b) of this clause;
(c.) He must be the holder of the degree of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science, or any equivalent recognized by the Director.

(iv.) All other full-time assistants shall be classified in Grade D:
Provided that any teacher whose academic status is raised after the publication of the annual classification list may apply to be regraded, and the Director may revise the classification of such teacher accordingly.

6. Notwithstanding any requirements respecting academic attainments and length of service as prescribed in the preceding clause, the Director, on the recommendation of the Inspectors, may in exceptional cases recognize special efficiency in teaching as a ground for the promotion of any teacher to a higher grade.

7. In reckoning service, years spent in teaching in primary schools and those spent as a student in a training college with the limitations indicated in clause 5 shall be counted in full, and service with the Expeditionary Force, either after or immediately before entering the teaching profession, shall be counted in full.

8. From the recommendations forwarded to the Director by the Inspectors there shall be compiled annually a classification list of assistant teachers of secondary schools classified according to the grades herein prescribed. Every such list shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette before the 31st day of December in each year, and shall contain separate lists for men and women assistants showing—
   (a.) The names of all teachers classified as herein provided, arranged in alphabetical order within each grade;
   (b.) The grade of position which each teacher occupies in a secondary school;
   (c.) The name of the school in which the teacher is employed.

9. The classification list as published in December of any year shall, subject to any provisions herein contained, determine for the succeeding year the classification of each teacher whose name appears in such list.

10. For the purposes of these regulations the roll number for each school for each year shall be taken to be the total roll of bona fide pupils as on the 1st March, excluding part-time pupils, pupils taking short courses, and the pupils of the preparatory department:
    Provided that in such roll number there shall not be included any pupil who was not in attendance at the school during the fortnight preceding the 1st March.

11. (1.) On the 1st day of March in each year the Director shall classify secondary schools in the grades specified in Schedule I hereunder:
    Provided that unless the Director is satisfied that an increased attendance qualifying a school for a higher grade is permanent he may direct that the grade of the school shall be raised only provisionally, and subsequently if the increased attendance is not maintained he may place the school in the grade in which it was classified previously.

(2.) The number of full-time assistants of each grade that may be employed in the various grades of secondary schools shall be those set out in Schedule I hereunder.

(3.) If the circumstances make it expedient, in the opinion of the Board and the Minister of Education, that a modification of the staffing of a school as provided in the previous subclause is reasonable or necessary, the Minister may authorize the Board to modify the staff in such manner and for such period as he thinks fit.