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REPORTS AND REGULATIONS OF TRAINING COLLEGES.

AUCKLAND. I. The Officers of the Training College—Relations of Officers. —(1.) The officers of the Training College shall be the Principal, and such other masters as the Minister of Education and the Auckland Education Board may deem to be necessary. (2.) Under the direction of the Board, the Principal shall bo responsible for the management of the Training College, and shall, co-ordinately with the Headmaster, have a general superintendence of the practising school. (3.) All the officers of the Training College shall, as such, be under the control of the Principal. (4.) The Principal shall instruct the students of the Training College in the theories of education and methods of teaching, and shall arrange for and superintend their practice in teaching in the practising school, and shall furnish the Board with any information on the work of the Training College, which it may from time to time require. (5.) The other masters shall teach, under the Principal's superintendence and control, such subjects as may be intrusted to them by the Board. (6.) The Principal shall receive salary at a rate not exceeding £600 per annum, and the salaries of the other masters shall be according to agreement made with them by the Board, with the approval of the Minister of Education. 11. Teems of Admission.—'(7.) Candidates for admission shall be at least eighteen years of age, shall furnish the Board with testimonials of good character up to date, and shall produce a satisfactory medical certificate of good health and fitness for the work of teaching. Candidates who have complied with the preceding conditions, and who have passed the examination for Class E, shall be admitted. (8.) Pupil-teachers of the prescribed age, who have, for such time as the Board may deem sufficient, performed their duties to the satisfaction of the Board, and teachers who have been more thau a year in charge of a public school, shall be admitted without examination, on the certificate of an Inspector of Schools, that they are likely to profit by a course of training. (9.) Holders of scholarships, or those whoso time has but recently expired, may be admitted to the Training College, if of the prescribed age, and if the Board shall consider them to give promise of becoming efficient teachers. (10.) All candidates shall declare it to bo their intention to adopt the profession of teaching, and shall give security that they will teach in the public schools of the colony for at least two years after leaving the Training College. 111. Attendance. (11.) Teachers recommended for admission by an Inspector of Schools shall attend for the period named in the recommendation. (12.) All other students shall attend for at least one year, but the complete course of training shall extend over two years, and students will be expected to attend for that period. (13.) The Board may at any time dismiss a student for incompetency, repeated neglect of duty, insubordination, or gross misbehaviour, and a student so dismissed shall forfeit any allowance for maintenance he may hold in connection wdth the Training College. IV. Subjects of Study.—(l 4.) The subjects of study shall be those prescribed for examination for Class E certificate; the compulsory and at least three of the optional subjects prescribed for examination for Class D certificate, as well as any other subjects the Board may determine. The approximate time allotted to each subject shall be as under : English, 3 hours weekly ; history and geography, 3 hours weekly; arithmetic, 2 hours weekly; mathematics, 2 hours weekly; drawing and music, 2 hours weekly ; science, or laws of health, domestic economy, and sewing, 2 hours weekly ; French or Latin, 2 hours weekly; theory of school management, 2 hours weekly ; gymnastics and drill, 1 hour weekly. The distribution of time, as herein stated, shall not, without the consent of the Minister, be so changed as seriously to affect the proportions of the time allotted respectively to (1) ordinary public school studies, (2) the study of the method and of the art of teaching, and (3) other subjects. V. Practice of Teaching.—(ls.) At least one-fifth of the whole time of a student's attendance shall be spent in the practice of teaching. (16.) The Principal shall superintend the practice of the students. (17.) Teachers, in whose class-rooms students may be practising, shall, for the time being, be considered officers of the Training College, and shall report to the Principal, if required, on the work performed by the students. (18.) It shall be the duty of teachers of the practising school to give every facility to students while practising, and, when necessary, to give their advice and assistance in maintaining discipline. VI. Organization of the Practising School. — (19.) In the organization of the practising school due regard shall be had to its purpose as a part of the Training College, as well as forming in itself a public school. All departments of ordinary public schools shall be maintained in active operation, and classes shall be so grouped that students may have experience, not only as class teachers, but as teachers of departments in larger schools. (20.) In the appointment of teachers in the practising school due regard shall be had to the duties which shall devolve on them as officers of the Training College. (21.) The staff of the practising school shall be sufficient for the work of the school without assistance from the Training College. VII. Allowance for Maintenance. — (22.) An allowance for maintenance —at the rate of £40 a year for females and £45 for males, and. tenable for two years—may be granted to students who have been pupil-teachers, holders of scholarships, and others; the number of those to whom such allowance shall be made to be decided by the Board, and to be limited by the funds available for that purpose at the command of the Board. To teachers attending the college for a limited period, such allowance for maintenance may be paid as the Board shall in each instance prescribe. No allowance for maintenance shall be paid until the Principal of the Training College has certified in writing that the claimant has been regular in attendance and attentive to duty.