, 1912-11-20

the recognized Protestant denominations III the islands, and
neither in the hours allotted for religious instruction nor in the
hours "lotttd Tor othtr subjects must anything be taught
which arms at drawing a chld away from the church to which,
by baptism, ii belongs. This instruction has to be given by u
teacher who is member of one OF the said denominations.
rel When there ar 4 " school a -nficient numoer of children
onf eGb belonging 10 the Roman Catholic Church, aud who therefore
@ belong cannot take part in the above mentioned religious Instruction,
0Hu'"' ton, winch the priests Of that church ar entitled to take oven,
free from public conro, and for which, if 50 taken over, the
School Board, within the ordinary school hours, allows a sufi
Gent time. If this Instruction is not taken over by the priests
the School Board entrusts it, after consultation with the priest
concerned, to " member of the said church, and the Instruction
is then given under public control
Exemption When a written application to that effect is given in to the
r %m ATT a TEN School Board and reasonable grounds are udduced, a pupil of
the communal schools can he exempted from offending the in
40" struction u religion, but in that case must be occupied in soale
other way during the hours allotted for the sand instruction.
Plan ofin- Otherwise, all fuller rules concerning the instruction, its
extent and purpose for each individual class, shall be gwen il Il
Plan of Instruction, which, IS 500 az sufficient experience has
been acquired Of the results of the class division, is 'o be drawn
up by the School Board and confirmed by the Government
rme able A lime Table IS to he drawn up for each school and class
by the School Director, in accordance with the PMn OF ln'huc-
ton and after q proposal from the teacher concerned.
u There shall be held in the the town schools in the month of
March, in the country schools in the end of August or begin
ming Of September, q pubic examination, which Is to be con
Quoted by the School Director, who gives. the tests to the
teacher concerned, WHO himself examines the ppras, So, how
ever, that the School Director, either through the teacher or
directly, puts any questions fol which there may be occasion,
and the principal teacher of the school o class examines those
pupils who are instructed by assistants who have not been at
least two years in the service.
nnaao Promotion from a lower to a higher class shni a a rule
nd t sons. take place after the examination, likewise the Whiting of Of
nn@onss children who have fulfilled the conditions for it shall take place
on the san occasion.
For those pupils who eau be written off at the end Of the
dismissal halt yea when no examination Is held, here sinai De SpetlH
examinations, one for the schools i'll the eastern part OF the Is
land and one for the schools in the western part. The teach
e4 and the pupils to be writte eff are bound to attend at the
puce and time liked by the School Board for the purpose.
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The instruction is given by
IN gem il Permanently appointed teachers(male and female whose
raj number inn town school shall eomul half the number of the
q Pama classes, when the half is whole number, othelwh the half
po@d rounded off dowuwards TO a whole number. and Of whom one
'aen"rs shnl be the First Teacher of the school and of the distinct
while for each country school, if it has Mt least 40 pupils, there
shall be a permanently appointed tencber. who is the First
Teacher of the school and district. In the town schools tue
numbers of he male and female teachers shall be MS nearly as
possible equal.
pum.aa b Provisional teachers, in the town schools appointed for
teachers a single class if the number of the chsses Is uneven; Ia the
country schools, appointed rs First Teacher of the school and
district for schools having less than II about 40 pupils.
Sewing c. Sewing teachers in the country schools, winch tencherS,
teachers besides iustructng the girls in needle-work, shall instruct one
or two divisions of the Younger pupils n the ordinary Schoo
subjects,
4 Assistant teachers mple or femae) appointed IN the
tachen~ country schools when the number of the pupils requires IT,
Teachers e Teachers finale or femae) by the hour, who teach IN a
the hour school or class one II more OF the subjects Whc c'nho %
properly taught by the other teacher or tenchers
+ Monitors, who, audo: the daAF guidance {" ~ fe"'hef
"""@ concerned. take part in the instruction of the pupils, aud who
thereby practically. and at the same time Theoretically, on "
rlan to be proposed by the School Board and conhrmei by the
Government, work towards their own training to become
teachers,
teaching The number Of the permanently appointed teachers IS IA
tan tan IN the the accordance with $ % a, in he Chlstansied town School r
namely , male teachers and 2 female teachers, IN redeflkste
town school Q mule teachers aud one female teacher; for the
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