3674
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86

“ (3) Where expert assistance, not provided by the regular staff of the training college, is found to be required for instruction of students in manual work, elocution, singing, and other special subjects, such additional grants as the Minister may approve.
“ (4) For material approved by the Director as necessary for the instruction of the students such annual grants as may be required.
“ (5) 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.

4. Clause 10 is hereby amended by deleting subclause (a) and substituting therefor the words—
   “ (a) Students of Divisions A and B shall be admitted to a Teachers’ Training College for a period of two years, and students of Division C for a period of one year, but in special cases such period may be extended for a further year by the Director.”

5. Clause 11 is hereby amended by revoking subclause (4) and substituting the following therefor :—
   “ (4) To any student who does not receive boarding allowance there may be paid towards the cost of travelling more than three miles each way by an approved route and by the cheapest means of conveyance between his home or usual place of residence and the training college, the amount, up to a maximum of £10, by which his actual and reasonable travelling-expenses exceed £4 per annum.”

6. Clauses 19 to 29 inclusive are hereby revoked and the following substituted therefor :—

7. (1) All allowances to students shall, subject to the restrictions named in these regulations, be paid monthly, save that the first payment of a student’s allowance may be a quarterly payment.
   (2) The provisions of the regulations relating to the granting of leave of absence to public-school teachers shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to students in attendance at training colleges: Provided that without the approval of the Director no student shall be granted leave of absence during his course of training to accept appointment to either a relieving or a temporary position as a teacher.

8. The curriculum of each training college shall provide in general for a two years’ course of training, which may be extended for a third year, and shall be subject to the approval of the Director of Education.

9. (1) Every training college shall make provision for the following :—
   (a) Instruction in the history of education, in the principles of education (including elementary psychology), and in methods of teaching suitable to the curricula of both primary and secondary schools.
   (b) Courses in elementary practical science as suited to the requirements of public schools, namely—
   (i) An approved course of general experimental science.
   (ii) General agriculture on the lines of the prescriptions for the Teachers’ Class D and Class C Examinations.
   (iii) General nature-study.
   (c) Courses in—
   (i) English literature.
   (ii) Geography (including physiography).
   (iii) History.
   (d) Courses in—
   (i) Elementary handwork, in accordance with the requirements of the public schools;
   (ii) Physical instruction (including swimming);
   (iii) School music;
   (iv) Drawing;
   (v) Needlework (for women).
   (vi) School and personal hygiene (including first aid to the injured).
   (e) Instruction in drawing up curricula and detailed schemes of work for both primary and post-primary schools.
   (f) Instruction in school and class organization and management and in method of control.
   (g) Opportunities for observation of the child and of the methods of teaching and school-management.
   (h) Sufficient, regular, and co-ordinated practice in teaching.

NOTE.—It is to be understood that the main purpose of the courses named in paragraph (b), and to a material extent the purpose of the courses named in paragraphs (c) and (d), is to train the students in the methods of teaching the subjects named.