ON TEACHING CDEMISTRT. 



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Chemistry as a specific subject taken by boys in the V., VI., and VII. 

 Standards is divided into three ' stages ' as follows, each stage represent- 

 ing one school-year's work : — 



Any further teaching of chemistry than the above woald not earn 

 Government grants from the Education Department, but niip^ht be pro- 

 vided by school managers in extra classes or in a so-called Higher Grade 

 School by money from the school funds or the rates (according as it were 

 a Voluntary or Board School) and by means of grants obtained from the 

 South Kensington Science and Art Department under conditions to bo 

 subsequently explained. 



Inspection and Grants. — The teaching of the science in all stages 

 would be subject to the inspection of one of H.M. Inspectors of Schools, 

 on whose annual report the Government grant would be awarded. The 

 examination, conducted once a year, in the elementary scienco is oral, 

 and may be conducted as the Inspector likes. If the class is reported 

 ' fair ' a grant of Is. per head is allowed, if ' good ' 2s., and besides this 

 the quality of work done in the class subject is considered in awarding 

 the 'merit grant,' i.e., a grant awarded to the school on the general merits 

 of the organisation, teaching and discipline, Is., 2s., or 3s., according as it 

 is ' fair,' ' good,' or ' excellent.' 



