Passes. 



I-irst Year. . 

 Second Year 

 riiird Year. . 



S18 ()3g 1.102 1,228 i..^8S 



( /' ) J'caclirrs' i'crtificatc. — llic tbrec years' course leading 

 up to the teacher's certificate was introduced by the Department 

 in 1S94. and led to a thorough reorganisation of the Training 

 Institutions. Up to that time Standard IV had l)cen accepted as 

 admitting to the course, and this continued until live years later, 

 when Standard V was re(|uired, and in 1901 the sixth 

 standard was demanded ; hut as very few natives passed 

 Standard \'I in those days, an alternative .examination, con- 

 ducted by the Department, was held at the xarious native train- 

 ing schools, and this examination was continued until 1904. when 

 the special circumstance which called it forth no k^nger operated. 



Five years later the admission standard in the case of Euro- 

 pean teachers was raised to the \TIth Standard. Native and 

 coloured candidates were not affected by this regulation, but con- 

 tinued to take the same course, and certificate ; the certificates. 

 however, are now known as T. 3 Senior and T. 3 Junior. The 

 senior course is open to all who fulfil the condition of admission, 

 but the possession of 'J'. 3 Senior would not give any monetary 

 advantage t(, the natixe holder. 



With all this raising of the standards before us, it will be 

 realised that the remarkable advance of Native Education is 

 not only a matter of increased attendance, but also of real attain- 

 ment ; that the numl)er of those who hold the teacher's certificate 

 is considerably increa^^ed ; and that the certificate itself has much 

 more value than ever before. 



Attention has already been drawn to the fact that the 

 standard was in process of being raised all around from 1894 

 onwards, and that meant that even though the standard of 

 admission to the teachers' course seemed for a time to be 

 stationary, yet in reality it was being raised steadily. .Some idea 

 of the value of the T. 3 certificate will be gained when it is said 

 that the first and second years' course is in the main sim])ly a 

 revision of the work of Standards V and \"I. together with 

 lessons on the practice of teaching; the third year is a little more 

 advanced, and Woodwork. Drawing, Needlework. Kafir, and 

 Tonic Solfa are optional. \\^)odwork is C(Miipulsory for male 

 candidates, and Nature .'^tudy has been recently introduced. 



(r) Training Jnstifntions. — The institutions are all the 

 result of missionary effort, being supported by grants from the 

 Home Churches, and providing the necessary buildings and 

 e([tnpment. and salaries of European missionaries, quite indepen- 

 dently of the (Government. The United Free Church of Scot- 

 land was the first to estahlish institutions of the kind. Init of late 

 the Wesleyans have shown great enter])rise in develo]>ing al^ng 



