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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 17

Education Act, 1914.—Amended Regulations.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 22nd day of March,

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Education Act, 1914, and the amendments of that Act, and of all other powers 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 amend, in the manner set forth in the Schedule hereto, the regulations at present in force relating to public schools (salaries, grading, staffing, &c.), teachers' leave of absence, attendance registers and returns, junior and senior national scholarships, secondary schools (staffing, salaries, &c.), certificates of secondary instruction, training colleges, teachers' classes of instruction, examination and classification of teachers, organising teachers, and pupil-teachers and probationers; and, with the like advice and consent, doth prescribe that this Order shall come into force on the date of publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

I. PUBLIC SCHOOLS: SALARIES, GRADING, STAFFING, ETC.

1. The "Regulations for Public Schools: Salaries, Grading, Staffing, &c.," are hereby amended by substituting the term "probationary assistant" for the term "student-assistant" wherever the latter occurs.

2. Clause 1 is hereby amended by deleting the definition of a "student-assistant," and substituting in lieu thereof the following: "A probationary assistant" means a person who, after having completed a course of one or two years at a training college, is attached for further training and practice in teaching to the staff of a public school.

3. Clause 4 is hereby amended by substituting the figure "1" for the figure "2," and the figure "2" for the figure "3," wherever these occur in column (7) of Schedule I thereof.

4. Clause 6 is hereby amended by inserting after the words "married assistant teacher" the words "who is not provided with a free residence."

5. Clause 13 is hereby amended by substituting for the words "on his appointment" the words "on commencing duties."

6. Subclause (4) of clause 28 is hereby deleted, and the following substituted therefor:

"(4.) On the 1st February in each year the Board shall allocate the probationary assistants, and shall determine the number of teachers in accordance with the grade of school or department:

"Provided that until the Minister is satisfied that probationary assistants are available an assistant, certificated or uncertificated, may be substituted for each probationary assistant, preference being given firstly to teachers who have completed their course at a teachers' training college on the 31st January preceding, and secondly to teachers who have had not more than one year's service as adult teachers. All certificated teachers employed in lieu of probationary assistants shall be deemed to have been permanently appointed to a Grade I position, but such teacher may be transferred to any school where a Grade I assistant may be employed in accordance with clause 4 hereof. Uncertificated teachers employed in such positions shall receive a salary of Grade I as provided in clause 20 hereof.

7. Clause 16 is hereby amended by inserting in the first proviso thereto, after the words "salary and allowances" where they first occur, the words "(exclusive of remote allowances)."

8. Clause 34 is hereby deleted, and the following substituted therefor:

"34. (1.) In exceptional circumstances the Board may, on the recommendation of the Senior Inspector and with the approval of the Minister, appoint to a school one or more assistants of Grade I in excess of the staff provided for in clause 4 hereof.

"(2.) Any certificated assistant thus appointed shall be deemed to have been permanently appointed to a Grade I position, but such teacher may be transferred to any school where the services of a Grade I teacher are required.