(10) The Inspector, in collaboration with his colleague, shall submit to
the Director of Education at the close of each year a report on the Native
schools, dealing, for the schools generally, with such of the topics named
as it may seem expedient to include. The report should also indicate the
condition particularly of the more remote schools, the methods of inspection,
the steps taken by the inspection staff to modernize the methods of teaching
and to encourage the teachers to study educational literature, the nature
and results of any investigations teachers or Inspectors have made into
school problems, the manner and extent of the instruction in the principles
of temperance, the attention given to physical education, and the success
which has attended the teachers' efforts to foster the civic spirit, to inculcate
patriotism and loyalty to duty, and generally to train and develop the
character of their pupils.

70. (1) Any person who is seeking employment, or purposes to leave
    New Zealand, or desires to enter a post-primary school may apply to an
    Inspector of Schools for a Certificate of Attainment, showing that he has
    to the extent defined in subclause (7) hereof fulfilled the requirements
    of some standard of education prescribed by the Syllabus of Instruction
    and named on such certificate.

(2) There shall be two certificates of attainment in the subjects of
Form II, a Certificate of Proficiency and a Certificate of Competency.

(3) The Inspector may hold special examinations of candidates, whether
of school age or not, for Certificates of Attainment, at any place and time
that may seem fit to him and may require candidates for such special
examinations to give fourteen days' notice of their intention to be examined.

(4) By or on behalf of each candidate at such special examinations
there shall be paid to the Inspector a fee of 5s., which shall be paid by the
Inspector into the Public Account. No fee shall be payable in the case
of any one examined at a school at the time of the Inspector's visit to such
school, nor in the case of secondary or technical pupils who are examined
with other candidates at a time convenient to the Inspector.

(5) Candidates presenting themselves for examination and failing to
obtain certificates shall not be re-examined until the lapse of six months
from the date of the examination, except in special circumstances.

(6) For all Certificates of School Attainment the following shall be
the maximum marks assigned to the various subjects:—

English—
Language (composition, 100; formal language, 50) .. 150
Reading (including recitation and appreciation) .. 100
Spelling .. .. .. .. .. .. 25
Writing .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 25
Arithmetic .. .. .. .. .. .. 100
Other Subjects—
History, geography, science, drawing, handwork—each .. 50

(7) A Certificate of Attainment shall be awarded to a candidate who at
an examination held by or approved by an Inspector of Schools—

(a) Obtains not less than 50 per cent. of the possible aggregate of marks
in English and arithmetic together, including not less than
50 per cent. in reading and composition respectively, and not
less than 40 per cent. in arithmetic.

(b) Satisfies the Inspector that he has reached a satisfactory standard
of attainment in the other subjects prescribed by the Syllabus
of Instruction.

(8) (a) A Certificate of Competency in the subjects of Form II shall be
awarded to a candidate who qualifies for a Certificate of Attainment in the
manner prescribed in subclause (7) hereof.

(b) A Certificate of Proficiency in the subjects of Form II shall be awarded
to a candidate who—

(i) Obtains not less than 240 marks in English and arithmetic together,
also not less than 55 marks in reading, 55 marks in composition,
and 45 marks in arithmetic:

(ii) Satisfies the Inspector that he has reached a satisfactory standard
of attainment in the other subjects prescribed by the Syllabus of
Instruction:

Provided that in cases where special excellence is shown in
English or in optional subjects 40 marks may be accepted in
arithmetic.