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not interfere witli tlie internal management of tlie girls' or infants' 

 department, the mistress being lield responsible for tbe organisation, 

 discipline, and instruction in her own department. 



Fifth and sixth-class schools are taught by a head teacher and 

 staff. All schools below sixth are managed by one teacher. 



Siq^erior Puhlic Schools. 



The Minister may declare any Public School a Superior Public 

 School if the inspector certifies that there are not fewer than twenty 

 pupils therein who have been educated up to the standard of a fourth 

 class, which has com^Dleted its fourth quarter of enrolment. In those 

 schools extra lessons are given in Latin, Euclid, and Algebra to boys, 

 and in French to girls. Originally, jnipils in the highest class 

 paid an extra fee of 7s. a month ; but in 1884 this was abolished, 

 and all pupils now pay the usual fee of threei3ence a week. 



Appointment to Schools. 



In order to be eligible for the chief positions in schools of the 

 various classes, the teachers must hold the several grades set out in 

 the following table : — 



For I Class School I A 



For II ,, IB 



For III or IV Class School II A 



For V or VI „ „ II B 



For VII „ ,, Ill A 



For VIII „ „ IIIB 



For IX „ ,, IIIC 



For X or Provisional uo classification is necessary. 



Classification of Teachers. 



From the above table it will be inferred that the rank of teachers is 

 divided into three classes, comprising in all seven grades. All promo- 

 tions in status from class to class are made as the result of a twofold 

 test, a test as to attainments applied by means of a written examination 

 and a practical test by an inspector, who estimates the candidate's 

 ability to teach, organise, and discipline a school. A certain fixed 

 standard must be reached both in attainments and also in skill before 

 promotion is granted. Promotion from grade to grade maybe secured 

 without examination as the result of five years' reports of the inspector, 

 all equal to the standard required for the higher grade. This is called 

 promotion by good service. 



Piqnl-teachers. 



Beneath the rank of teachers comes that of pupil-teachers. They 

 are required to serve at least four years in this position. At the end 

 of each year they have to submit to examination, and, if their attain- 

 ments and skill warrant it, a step is gained, so that in the fourth year 

 of service, if they have passed all their yearly examinations, they occupy 

 the position of first-class pupil-teachers. More than one failure to ]iass 

 the same examination renders a pupil-teacher liable to be removed from 

 the Service. 



Training Schools. 



All first-class pupil-teachers who have passed all their examinations 

 at the first attempt are allowed to compete for scholarships, which 



