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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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(ii.) By deleting from subclause (8) the words “to teachers on the staffs of normal schools,” and substituting therefor the words “to staffs of training colleges and normal schools.”

3. Clause 7 (6) (a) is hereby amended by deleting the following words: “Provided that the kindergarten mistress shall be placed in Grading Group 5, and the assistant in charge of Model I in Grading Group 4.”

4. Clause 9 is hereby deleted, and the following substituted :—

“9. Applications for admission as training-college students shall be sent in the first place to the Education Board of the district in which the applicants reside, and shall then be forwarded with such comments as the Senior Inspector desires to make to the Education Board controlling the training college. The applications shall then, as far as the numbers to be admitted under the various divisions from each education district are concerned, be dealt with as the Minister may direct, provided that no distinction shall be made between applicants residing within the education district in which such training college is situated and applicants residing outside that district.

5. Subclause (1) of clause 11 is hereby deleted, and the following substituted :—

“Studentships of Division A.

“11. (1.) To be admitted in Division A an applicant must satisfy all the following conditions—namely, he must—

“(a.) Have within one year and six months immediately preceding—

“(i.) Completed his course as a probationer in some education district in accordance with regulations and since his appointment as a probationer made progress in his studies to the satisfaction of the Senior Inspector of Schools for the district; or

“(ii.) Completed to the satisfaction of the Director a full-time two years’ course as a student teacher in a technical school since his appointment as a student-teacher, and made progress in his studies to the satisfaction of the Director; or

“(iii.) Completed to the satisfaction of the Director a two years’ course of training at a kindergarten school under the control of a kindergarten association maintaining free kindergarten schools recognized by the Education Department for purposes of subsidy and obtained at least a partial pass in the Teachers’ Class D Examination.

“(b.) Give satisfactory evidence of his suitability for the work of teaching (e.g., by a certificate to that effect signed by the Senior Inspector of Schools).

“(c.) Give satisfactory evidence as to moral character, and produce a satisfactory certificate of health from a School Medical Officer or, where this is impracticable, from a duly qualified medical practitioner approved by the Director.

“(d.) Enter into a bond as prescribed in clause 16 hereof.”

6. Clause 12 (1) (c) and clause 13 (1) (d) are hereby amended by deleting the words “conditions (d), (e), and (f),” and substituting the words “conditions (c) and (d).”

7. Clause 14 (1) (d) is hereby amended by deleting the words “conditions (d) and (e)” and substituting the words “condition (c).”

8. (1.) Subclause (1) of clause 16 is hereby amended by adding the words “of training” after the words “complete his course.”

(2.) Subclause (2) of clause 16 is hereby deleted, and the following substituted :—

“(2.) (a.) At the end of his training-college course of one year or two years, as the case may be, a student who has not been recommended by the Principal for a teacher’s certificate may be required to complete his training by serving for one year as a probationary assistant, and such period of training shall be counted as service for the purpose of subclause (1) hereof.

“(b.) The number of probationary assistants to be allotted to any education district shall be determined by the Minister and, within the limits thus prescribed, the Principal of the training college shall, after consultation with the Director, recommend to each Education Board the probationary assistants who should be selected and attached to schools in accordance with Schedule I of clause 4 of the Regulations for the Staffing of Public Schools.

9. Subclause (3) of clause 25 is hereby deleted and the following substituted: “(3) Students having no ear for music may be excused from attendance at singing if an equivalent therefor approved by the Director is taken as indicated in Clause 26 of the Regulations for the Examination and Classification of Teachers.”