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(d.) For material approved by the Director as necessary for the instruction of the students in science and handwork, such annual grants as may be required.

(e.) For fittings and permanent apparatus for use in the instruction of students in science and handwork, such grants as the Minister may from time to time determine: provided that the purchase of such fittings and apparatus is first approved by the Director.

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.

(10.) (a.) Students of Divisions A, B, and C shall in the first instance be admitted to a teachers’ training college for a period of one year, but the Director may extent this period to two years or three years in the case of those students who are recommended therefor by the Principal.

(b.) At the end of his training-college course of one, two, or three years, as the case may be, a student 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) of clause 16 hereof.

(c.) 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 1 of clause 4 of the Regulations for the Staffing of Public Schools.

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: provided that in special cases, approved by the Director, such student teachers who have completed not less than one year of service may be admitted if otherwise eligible: 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 Teacher’s 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.

(2.) The allowances payable to a student in Division A shall be at the rate of £85 a year for a male and £80 for a female student, together with the fees of the University College classes attended by the student, with the approval of the Director.

(3.) In the case of a student who is obliged to live away from home or his usual place of residence in order to attend the training college there shall be paid to the Board controlling the college an allowance of £30 per annum, and the Board may, at its discretion, either—

(a.) Provide board and residence in a hostel under its control at a charge to the student of not more than £25 per annum in addition to the £30 boarding-allowance; or

(b.) Pay to the student the boarding-allowance of £30 per annum, provided that the place of board and residence is approved by the Board on the recommendation of the Principal.