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tion, adopted in a committee of the board of council, for the 

 establishment of schools throughout the island. 



First. A board of education to be formed, consisting of the 

 governor, with such members of the legislative council of govern- 

 ment, and other persons, being laymen, as may be appointed from 

 time to time by the governor. 



Second. An inspector of schools to be appointed, with a 

 salary. 



Third. A training school, with a master and mistress, to be 

 established for the educational training of teachers ; the expenses 

 for maintaining such school, with suitable accommodation for the 

 teachers, to be defrayed from the public funds of the colony. 



Fourth. Primary schools to be at once established in each 

 ward of the colony, and at such places most suitable for the con- 

 venience of the population. 



Fifth. The training and primary schools to be under the con- 

 trol of the board of education, and subject to the supervision of 

 the inspector. 



Seventh. The expenses of erecting and maintaining the school- 

 houses, with suitable accommodations for the teachers, and the 

 salaries, to be defrayed from the funds of the wards. 



Eighth. No person to be appointed master or mistress, unless 

 such person has produced a certificate of good character to the 

 satisfaction of the board of education, and until such person has 

 undergone an examination by the board, and has received a 

 certificate of efficiency. 



Ninth. At the primary schools, instruction to be provided for 

 day scholars, and for evening and adult classes. 



Tenth. Admission to the primary schools to be gratuitous. 



Twelfth. Instruction to be given at the training and primary 

 schools to be secular, and without direct religious or doctrinal 

 teaching. 



These resolutions formed the basis of the system proposed by 

 his Excellency Lord Harris ; but experience has proved, I appre- 

 hend, that it was neither intrinsically the best, nor the most suit- 

 able to the requirements of the population. 



The training school, established in the immediate vicinity of 

 Port of Spain, has a model school attached, with 138 pupils on the 

 roll ; it may be regarded as intermediate between a primary and 

 grammar school, and is attended by several children of respectable 



