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or in a free kindergarten school recognized by the Education Department for the purposes of subsidy, or in any school under the control of the Department, or in a University college in New Zealand, or for the repayment to His Majesty the King of the amount paid to such student in allowances and fees if he shall fail to complete the said prescribed course of training and prescribed service as a teacher.

“ (2) The prescribed service as a teacher referred to in subclause (1) of this clause shall, in the case of a male student, be for a period of not less than five years, and, in the case of a female student, be for a period of not less than three years, and shall in the case of both male and female students be completed immediately after the close of the training-college course: provided that the Director may, in special circumstances, approve of an extension of time within which the prescribed service shall be completed.

“ (3) The bond shall be on the form supplied by the Minister, and shall provide that a student whose studentship has been terminated under the provisions of paragraphs (c), (d), or (e) of subclause (1) of clause 29 hereof, or under the provisions of subclause (2) of clause 29 hereof, shall not within the meaning of such bond be deemed to have completed his course of training as a student.

“ (4) No allowances shall be paid to or for any student of Division A, C, or D until the said bond has been executed.”

14. By revoking subclause (2) of clause 17.

15. By revoking clause 18.

16. By amending clause 21 as follows:—

(a) By deleting the words “ Class D and Class C ” in paragraph (b) of subclause (1) thereof and substituting the word “ Certificate.”

(b) By deleting paragraph (c) of subclause (1) and substituting the following:—

“ (c) Courses in—

“ (i) English, including literature and speech-training:

“ (ii) Geography:

“ (iii) History and civics.”

(c) By adding the following subclause:—

“ (3) 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), shall be to train the students in the methods of teaching the subjects named.”

17. By revoking subclauses (1) and (2) of clause 22 and substituting the following:—

“ (1) As soon as is considered practicable and advisable, the principal shall give each student an opportunity to specialize in one of the following branches of training: the teaching of infants, general primary-school teaching, secondary-school teaching; and the principal shall arrange the student’s course of study accordingly, provided that with the permission of the principal a student may at any time alter or modify his original selection.

“ (2) In general, every student shall in his first and second year receive instruction in all the subjects named in subclause (1) of clause 17 hereof, and no subject other than those specified in that clause shall be introduced into the training-college curriculum without the approval of the Director.”

18. By deleting from subclause (4) of clause 23 the word “ Principal ” and substituting therefor the word “ Director.”

19. By deleting from subclause (2) of clause 24 the word “ should ” and substituting therefor the word “ shall.”

20. By adding to the paragraph headed “ English ” in clause 25 the following words: “ The course should provide a thorough grounding in speech-training.”

21. By revoking clause 26 and substituting the following therefor:—

“ (1) At the close of their period of training students who have satisfactorily completed the prescribed course at the training college and also any required period of training as assistants on probation, and who are favourably reported upon in respect both of professional promise and of educational progress, may, on the recommendation of the principal of the college and with the concurrence of the Director of Education, receive without further examination in such subjects as are approved for this purpose by the Director, and subject to compliance with the necessary conditions of service, age, and health prescribed by the regulations for the time being in force for the examination and classification of teachers, a certificate of Class A, Class B, Class C, or Class D, as may in each case be determined.

“ (2) The recommendations of the principal for the issue of certificates shall be based mainly on the results of a final examination covering the

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