The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-08 00:00:00

GENERAL RULE.

The qualifications to be required of candidates, and
of pupil teachers in each year of their apprenticeship,
will be regulated by the following rules, in which the
minimum of proficiency to be attained is precisely de-
fined, in order to prevent partiality. But their Lord-
ships reserve to themselves the power to reward superior
merit, by shortening the term of the apprenticeship, or
by awarding the higher stipends of the later years of
he apprenticeship to pupil teachers whose attainments
enable them to pass the examination of one of the lacer
years at an earlier period.

PUPIL TEACIIERS.-QUALIFICATIONS OF CANDIDATES.

The following qualifications will be required from can-
didates for apprenticeship.
They must be at least 13 years of age, and must not
be subject to any bodily infirmity likely to impair their
usefulness as pupil teachers.

In schools connected with the Church of England the
clergyman and managers, and in other schools the ma-
nagers, must certify that the moral character of the can-
didates and of their families justify an expectation that
the instruction and training of the school will be
seconded by their own efforts and the example of their
parents. If this cannot be certified of the family, the
apprentice will be required to board in some approved
household.
Candidates will also be required-
1. To read with fluency, ease, and expression.
2. To write in a nest hand, with correct spelling
and punctuation, a simple prose narrative slowly read
to them.

3. To write from dictation sums in the fir,t four rules
of arithmetic, simple and compound ; to work them
correctly, and to know tho tables of weights and
measures.

4. To point out the parts of speech in a simple
sentenco,

5. To have an elementary knowledge of geography.
6. In schools connected with the Church of England
they will be required to repeat the catechism, and to
show that they understand its meaning, and are ac-
quainted with the outline of Scripture history. The
parochial clergyman will assist in this part of the ex-
amination.
In other schools the state of the religious knowledge
will be certified by the managers.
7. To teach a junior class to the satisfaction of the
inspector.

Girls should also be able to sew neatly, and to knit.
QUALIFICATIONS OF PUPIL TEACHERS IN EACH YEAR OF
THEIR APPRENTICESHIP.
At the end of the first yeas pupil teachers will be ex-
amined by the inspector-
1. In writing from memory the substance of a more
difficult narrative.
2. In arithmetic, the rules of " practice" and " simple
proportion.," and in the that rules of mental arithmetic.
3. In grammar, in the construction of sentences, and
in syntax.

4. In the geography of Great Britai❑ and Palestine.
5. In the Holy Scriptures and in the Catechism, with
illustrations by passages from Holy Writ, in Church of
England schools—the parochial clergyman assisting in
the examination.

The managers will in other schools certify in this and
in the succeeding years of the apprenticeship, that they
are satisfied with the state of the religious knowledge of
the pupil teachers.
6. In their ability to give a class a reading lesson, and
to examine it on the meaning of what has been read.
7. In the elements of vocal music, in this and in suc-
ceeding years, whe❑ taught flow notes.
8. In their ability to dr►ll* a class in marching and
exercises ; and to conduct it through the class wove
meats required fur preserving order.
9. Girls should Aso be able to instruct the younger
scholars in sewing and knitting.
At the end of the second year pupil teachers will be
examined by the inspector.
1. In composition, by writing the* abstract of a lesson,
or a school repo► t.
2. In decimal arithmetic,* and the higher rules o►
mental arithmetic. Girls will not be required to
proceed beyond the rule of compound proportion in this
year.

3. In syntax and etymology*.
4. In the geography of Great Britain, of Europe, the
British empire,* and Palestine.
5. In the Holy Scriptures, liturgy, and cat/This:
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Church of England schools more fully than in the pre-
ceding year—the parochial clergyman assisting
examination.
6. In their ability to examine a class in reading, in
the rudiments of grammar and arithmetic; and during
the examination to ktep the class attentive,in order, and
in activity, without undue noise.
At the end of the third year pupil teachers will be
examined by the inspector-
1. In the composition of the notes of a lesson on a sub-
ject sected b the inspector.
2. In the elements mechanics* or in book keeping.
3. In syntax, etymology, and prosody.*
4. In the geography of the four quarters of the globe.
Girls, in the geography of the British empire.
5. In the outlines of English hietory.
6. More fully in the Holy Scriptures, liturgy, and
catechism, in Church of England schools—the parochial
clergyman assisting in the examination.
7. In their skill in managing and examining the
second class in grammar, geography, and mental
arithmetic.
8. The girls should have acquired greater skill as
teachers of sewing, knitting, &c.
At the end of the fourth year pupil teachers will be
examined by the inspector :-
1. In the composition of an account of the organiza-
tion of the school and of the methods of instruction
used.
2. In the first steps in mensuration,* with practical
illustrations ; and in the i-letucitt; of lam: surveying*
and ievt
3. In syntax, etymology, and prosody.*
4. In the *geography of Great Britain, as connected