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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1

(1) Class A.—An applicant for a certificate of Class A shall either—
(a) (i) Have gained at an Honours Examination of the University of New Zealand such success as is required for Honours, but with no limit as to the time of passing such Honours Examination, and without the obligation of obtaining a degree, or have passed the examination for a Bachelor’s degree in arts and for a Bachelor’s degree in some other faculty approved by the Director; and
(ii) Have secured a pass for the Diploma of Education; or
(b) Have fulfilled the following conditions, namely, he must—
(i) Hold a teacher’s certificate of Class B;
(ii) Be adjudged by the Director to be a “very good” or “excellent” teacher;
(iii) Have had ten years’ service in permanent positions as a full-time teacher in New Zealand schools subject to inspection by the Education Department; and
(iv) Have submitted to the Director a thesis of sufficient merit embodying the result of original work in some approved educational subject.

(2) Class B.—An applicant for a certificate of Class B shall either—
(a) Have obtained a Bachelor’s degree in arts or science or in some other faculty approved by the Director and have also at the Class C Examination conducted by the Education Department passed in principles and practice of teaching, in school and personal hygiene, and in two other Class C subjects which he has not passed for the Bachelor’s degree; or
(b) Have obtained a Class C certificate and have also been credited with not less than six units in at least three subjects at the examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in the University of New Zealand, or with not less than five units in at least two subjects at the examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in the University of New Zealand.

(3) Class C.—An applicant for a certificate of Class C shall be required—
(a) To pass the Training College Entrance Examination;
(b) To pass in the compulsory subjects of Part I of the Class C Examination Schedule;
(c) To pass in two subjects selected from Division I of Part II of the Class C Examination Schedule, and in the case of men two subjects, and in the case of women one subject, from Division II of the same schedule; and
(d) To furnish evidence by means of a certificate signed by an approved authority that he has completed, in accordance with the regulations, a course of practical work where such is required in the science subjects selected for the purpose of this examination, such course to be completed not later than the 31st day of January of the year following the date of the examination.

Thesis for Class A Certificate.

11. The following shall be the conditions relating to the thesis for a Class A Certificate:—
    (i) The thesis shall be submitted in triplicate to the Director during the month of August in any year.
    (ii) The thesis shall be accompanied by a synopsis of the bibliography of the subject.
    (iii) The thesis shall first be submitted by the Director to three Inspectors of the Education Department. Unless a majority of such Inspectors recommend to the contrary, the thesis shall then be submitted to an examiner selected by the Director.
    (iv) The Examiner shall make a written report to the Director, stating whether in his judgment the work of the candidate is a contribution to education of sufficient value to entitle the candidate to a certificate of Class A, and is not merely a compilation of reports or opinion of other people.
    (v) If the Examiner is of opinion that the thesis possesses merit, but does not entitle the candidate to a certificate of Class A, he may recommend the Director to permit the candidate in question to resubmit his thesis in a revised form.
    (vi) The fee for the examination of a thesis shall be five guineas, and for the examination of a thesis that is resubmitted half the ordinary fee.