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 pr6ficiency 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
the apprenticeship to pupil teachers whose attainments
enable them to pass the examination of one of the later
years at en earlier period.
PUPIL TEACHERS.—QUALIFICATIONS OF CANDIDATES.
The following qualifications will he 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 i
clergyman and ' mar,vrers, and in other schools the ma-
nagers, must certify that the naoral 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 neat hand, with correct spelling
and punctuation, a ample prose narrative slowly read
to them.
3. To write from dictation sums in the firot four rules
of arithmetic, simple and compound ; to work them
correctly, and to know the tables of weights and
measures.

4. To point out the parts of speech in a simple
sentence. _ _ _

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
in speetor.
8. Girls should also be able to sew neatly, and to knit.
QUALIFICATIONS OF PUPIL TEACHERS IN EACH YEAR OP
THEIR APPRENTICESHIP.
At the end of the first year pupil teachers will be ex-
amined by the inspector—
!. In writing from memory the substance of a more
difficult narrative.
2. In arithmetic, the rules of " practice" and " simple
proportion*," and in the first rules* of mental arithmetic.
E. In grammar, in the construction of sentences, and
in syntax.
4. In the geography of Great Britain and Palestine.
5. In the Holy Scriptures and in the Catechism, with
illustrations by passages from Holy Writ, in Church of
Engfaand 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, when taught from notes.
8. In their ability to drill* a class in marching and
exercises ; and to conduct it through the class move-
ments required for preserving order.
9. Girls should also 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.
I. In composition, by writing the* abstract of a lesson,
or a school report.
2. In decimal arithmetic,* and the higher rules of
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 catechism, in
Church of England schools more fully than in the pre-
ceding year—the parochial clergyman assisting in the
examination.
C. In their ability to examine a class in reading, in
the rudiments of grammar and arithmetic; and during
!..11 e n
activity,
to keep the class attentive, in order, and
without undue noise.
At the end of the third year pupil teachers will be
examined by the i
I. In the compositionnsi!ector-
-1 of the notes of a lesson on a sub-
ject selected by inspector
2. In the elements mechanics* or in book keeping.
3. In syntax, etymology,
prosody.*
4. In the geography ortitu and
tour*luarters of the globe.
Girls, in the geography of theßritish empire.
5. In the outlines of English history.
Scriptures, 6. More fully in the Holy 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.
5. 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 :
of an account of the organize.
1. In the "n2P3iti"ri
th ds of instruction
tion of the school and of the me c,

used.
2. In the first steps in mensuration, with practical
illustrations ; and in the elements of land- surveying*
and levelling.''
3. In syntax, etymology, and prosody.*
4. In the *geogr3phy Of Great Britain, as connected

with the outlines of English history—girls, in the geo.
graphy of the four quarters of the globe.
5. More fully in the Holy Scriptures, liturgy, and
catechism, in Church of England schools—the parochial
clergyman assisting in the examination.
6. In their skill in managing and examining the first
class in grammar, geography, and mental arithmetic,
and in giving* a lesson to two or three classes grouped
together.

At the end of the fifth year pupil teachers will be ex-
amined by the inspector,-
1. In the composition of an essay on some subject
connected with the art of teaching.
2. In the rudiments of algebra,* or the practice of
land surveying* and levelling.*
3. In syntax, etymology, and prosody.
4. in the use* of the globes, or in the geography of
the British empire and Europe*, as connected with the
outlines of English history. In this year girls may be
examined in the historical geography of Great Britain.
5. More completely in the Holy Scriptures, liturgy,
and catechism in Church of England schools—the paro-
chial clergyman assisting in the examination.
6. In their ability to give a gallery lesson, and to
conduct the instruction of the first class in any subject
selected by the inspector.

GENERAL RULES.
In the subjects marked with an asterisk, girls need
not be examined, but in every year they will be expected
to show increased skill as sempstressee, and teachers of
sewing, knitting, &c.
In the examinations, the inspector will, in each year,
observe the degree of attention paid by the pupil-
teachers to a perfect articulation in reading, and to a
right modulation of the voice in teaching a class. A
knowledge of vocal music and of drawing (especially
from models), though not absolutely required, because
the means of teaching it may not exist in every school,
will be much encouraged. Every pupil teacher will he
required to be clean in person and dress.
The number of pupil-teachers apprenticed in any
school will not exceed one to every twenty-five scholars
ordinarily attending.