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ledge of tlie subject, are intended to have two years' training, of which 

 instruction in practical chemistry and the performance of ' the more 

 important and characteristic of the experiments ' are a necessary part. 

 In December of each year an examination is held, on the results of which 

 all payments on behalf of instruction in science in training colleges are 

 made. This examination is based on the syllabus of the ordinary May 

 examinations ; but the standard is somewhat higher, and special questions 

 are set on the method of teaching. Students who pass on the advanced 

 paper or in honours are registered as qualified to earn payments on results. 



At Christmas 1887 297 students in training colleges presented 

 themselves for this examination in inorganic chemistry, of whom 76 

 passed in the first division, 172 in the second division, and 49 failed. In 

 practical chemistry, of 190 candidates 47 obtained a first class, 96 a second 

 class, and 47 failed. 



Any person over eighteen years of age approved by the inspector may 

 become a teacher in evening schools. 



The simplest qualification for a teacher of chemistry as a science 

 subject under South Kensington was, until recently, the obtaining of a 

 second class in the advanced stage at the May examinations in that 

 subject. This is now raised to a first class. The other qualifications 

 considered equivalent by the Department need not be enumerated, 

 except the most important one, viz., that the teacher has been trained 

 at the Normal School of Science and Royal School of Mines. For details 

 of the curriculum reference must be made to the Science Directory. 



Certain grants and privileges are allowed to science teachers who 

 have proved themselves specially meritorious. These are briefly — 



(a) Payment of railway fare and dl. to attend a free summer course 



of lectures at South Kensington ; or 

 (&) Free admission to the classes of the Normal School of Science, 



railway fai'e, and 21s. or 30s. per week whilst in attendance ; 



or 



(c) Part payment (| for day classes, ^ for evening classes) of fees 



for classes taken at University colleges by selected teachers ; 



(d) Payment of expenses of a teacher taking a group of towns or 



villages ; 



(e) Admission of qualified teachers to classes at South Kensington 



at a fee of 11. for each subject. 



- [ In the session 1886-7 there were at the Normal School of Science 

 twenty-four teachers in training taking chemistry, in addition to a larger 

 number of regular students, who will become eventually science teachers. 

 Forty-seven science teachers attended the summer course in chemistry. 



Forty-two teachers were selected to attend classes at University 

 colleges, of whom only a part took chemistry. 



. In addition to the above methods of training teachers, school boards 

 may themselves institute special classes. Thus in Leeds there has been 

 during the past year a class for the instruction of elementary teachers 

 and one for pupil teachers in theoretical and practical chemistry. 

 Instruction was given by the science demonstrator to the School Board, 

 and the attendance was 30 in the first class and 12 in the second. 

 It would be very difiBcult to obtain complete statistics of the amount of 

 this kind of teaching that is in operation throughout the country, but it 

 does not appear to be very general. 



