Handicraft Teachers' Certificate Regulations




EXAMINATION CENTRES.

  1. The examination shall be held in such centres as may be recognized
    by the Director from year to year as suitable and necessary.

NOTICE OF CANDIDATURE.—ENTRANCE FEES AND LATE FEES.

  1. Application to be examined shall be made in the prescribed form to
    the Director not later than the 31st May immediately preceding the
    examination, and must be accompanied by a receipt for the payment of
    the amount of the entrance fee as hereinafter prescribed at some New
    Zealand postal money-order office; provided that application to be examined
    will be received up to the end of the second week in June if accompanied
    by a receipt for a late fee of £1 in addition to the entrance fee.

NOTIFICATION OF RESULTS.

  1. Notification of the success of candidates in the examination shall
    be given as soon as possible after the close of the examination by publication
    in the New Zealand Gazette. Candidates shall also be informed individually
    in writing of their success or failure in the several subjects. In the report
    of every examination the names shall be given of candidates who pass in
    any subject with sufficient distinction to warrant special mention.

SUBJECTS OF EXAMINATION.

  1. The examination for handicraft teachers shall be in the subjects
    set forth in the following Schedule:—

Section I.—

(1.) English language and composition (as for Class D).
(2.) Elementary mathematics I—Arithmetic (as for Class D).
(3.) Drawing I, II, III (as for Class D).
(4.) Practical test (four hours).
(5.) Written paper—tools and materials (three hours).

Section II.—

(1.) Mathematics II—Algebra and geometry (as for Class D).
(2.) Elementary physical science (as for Class D).
(3.) Elementary chemistry (as for Class D).
(4.) (a.) Botany (as for Class D with additions); or
(b.) Geography (as for Class D); or
(c.) History and civics (as for Class D).

Section III.—

(1.) Principles of education and methods of teaching.
(2.) Drawing—Technological (four hours).
(3.) Written paper—Technology (three hours).
(4.) Practical test in wood or metal (two papers of four hours each
in each subject).
(5.) Submission of an original piece of work in wood, metal, or other
materials.

  1. No candidate under the age of seventeen years on the 31st May
    immediately preceding the examination shall be accepted.

  2. The three sections of the examination shall be taken in their numerical
    order, and one section only in any one year; provided that candidates must
    pass in the same year in all subjects in any one section before being examined
    in the next section; provided further that a candidate who passes in any
    section in all but one subject may be allowed to repeat that subject and to
    take the next group at the next succeeding examination.

  3. A successful candidate will be credited with a pass in either wood-
    work or metal-work, as the case may be, and the certificate if and when it
    is issued will be endorsed to that effect. A candidate who passed the full
    examination in one branch (woodwork or metalwork) may complete his
    examination in the other branch by taking those parts of the papers in
    Section I (3) and (4) and in Section III (2), (3), (4), and (5), appropriate to
    that branch; such additional examinations may be taken wholly in one
    year or in two years, according to their sections.

  4. Candidates who, in the opinion of the Director, have received a
    sufficiently comprehensive course of instruction at classes established by an
    Education Board under the regulations for teachers' classes and have made
    good progress thereat may, on the recommendation of the Inspector of
    Technical Schools, be credited with a pass in corresponding subjects for the
    Handicraft Examination.

EXAMINATION FEES.

  1. Entrance fees for examination shall be as follows:—

For any one section ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 0 0
For any single subject repeated under clause 12 hereof ... 0 10 0
For completion of examination in one branch under clause
13 hereof, the other branch having been already passed 1 0 0



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12 December 1924
Handicraft Teachers, Certificate, Examination, Regulations, Education Act 1914