PUPIL TEACHERS REGULATIONS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10200, 3 August 1896, Page 6

PUPIL TEACHERS REGULATIONS.

A meeting of the executive of the Auckland Branch of the Now Zealand Educational Institute was held on Saturday last, when the question of the pupil teachers' regulations, as proposed by the Auckland Education Board, was discussed, and the following resolutions adopted. A copy of the resolutions will be sent on to the Education Department, from which source the regulations were receivod by the Institute. 1. That this branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute, before proceeding to the criticisms of the proposed pupil teachers' regulations for the employment, instruction, training, and examination of pupil teachers, desires to reaffirm the opinion expressed by the Council of the New Zealand Educational Institute, that since the examination for teachers' certificates is by Order in Council placed under the control of the Education Department it is desirable that all examinations in connection with the employment of pupil teachers should also be controlled by the said department. 2. Thati in the opinion of this Branch the practice of allowing the various Boards to draw up regulations for the employment, educa- j tion, and examination of pnpil teachers is at variance with the spirit and intention of clause 100 of the Education Acb, 1877, which provides for such being done by the Governor in Council, and tho branch is further of the opinion that such regulations and examinations should be uniform throughout the colony. 3. That since by Order in Council the E certificate has been recognised as the standard certificate to be held by any teacher under the Education Department, all examinations for pupil teachers should be drawn up with a view to the requirements of the said certificate, and further that it is illogical to prescribe one standard for the employment of any teacher in a public school and a higher one for pupil teachers. 4. That the commonts of the branch on the regulations under discussion are subject to the expression of general principles contained in the foregoing resolution. 5. Tho Institute objects to the proposed jca'.e of payments on the following ground: (a) Because of the inequality of pay between male and female pupil teachers; (b) the scale of pay is not sufficiently liberal to attract the|ser vicesof males; (o)tlve extraallowanceto pupil teachors residing from home is not sufficient. 6, Syllabus (clause 24). With regard to this clause tho following resolutions were adopted :-(a) That in the opinion of this branch such an extended syllabus is inadvisable, (b) That it is preposterous to construct a syllabus for pupil teachers that goes beyond the requirement for the Class E and Class D certificates, (c) That it is inconsistent with the regulations for teachers' certificates, that three out of four subjocts, Algebra, Euclid, Latin, and French, should be made compulsory for the pupil teachers' examinations—and one of those must bo a language—whilst only two of the subjects are required for the Class D certificate and no language need be desired.