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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 42

Part III. — Special Provisions

Part III.

Special Provisions.

Evening Scholars.

106. The managers of any school to which annual inspection has already been promised (Article 11) may apply in writing, before the 1st of January, to the Inspector of the district for an examination of their evening scholars (Article 22). The application must be renewed annually.

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107. Only one examination is held per annum of evening scholars in the same school, and it may be held on any day, between the 1st of February and 30th of April, that may be arranged with the Inspector, provided that the school has met the required number of times (Article 22) since the date of the last examination.

108. If the evening school is connected with a day school, in receipt of annual grants, and the accounts of the two schools are kept as one account, the grant for the examination of the evening scholars is paid as part of the next annual grant to the whole school (Article 13).

109. If the evening school is not connected with a day school, in receipt of annual grants, or, being so connected, has a distinct and separate account, the grant is paid as soon as possible after the 30th of April; at which date, in such cases, the evening school year is considered to end.

110. The inspector may make arrangements for the examination, at some convenient centre, of the evening scholars of several schools.

111. A separate examination will not be held for any school, unless 20 scholars are to be presented to the inspector. If less than 20 scholars are to be presented, they can be examined only at a collective examination (Article 110), or at the same time with the day scholars. The number to be presented must be stated in the managers' annual application (Article 106) to the inspector.

112. The inspector may either hold the examination himself, or entrust it to an assistant approved by the Department.

Certificates under Labour Acts.

113. The inspector after his yearly visit (Article 11) to a school will grant such certificates as may be required for scholars who have reached the standard (Article 28) prescribed by, or pursuant to the provisions of, the Agricultural Children Act, 1873, or any other Act for regulating the education of children employed in labour.

114. The inspector may depute his assistant, or the certificated teacher of the school, to sign these certificates.

115. Certificates will be issued for those scholars only who pass in all the three subjects (Article 28) in the prescribed standard, or in a higher standard.

116. For the purpose of granting these certificates, the inspector or his assistant, will examine—
(1.)Scholars in the school, whether they have made 250 attendances (Article 19 B.), or not;
(2.)Other children, not being scholars in the school, allowed by the managers to attend on the day of inspection.
117. If there is no school under inspection at which the children of any parish, or group of parishes, for whom certificates are re- page 80 quired, can conveniently attend for examination, application for a special examination may be made by any person interested in procuring such certificates, subject to the following regulations:—
(a.)The application shall be sent to the inspector for the district not less than 14 days before the date at which it is desired that the examination should be held.
(b.)The applicant must specify the number of children (not less than 15) to be presented for examination, and must undertake—
  • That all children within the parish, or group of parishes, for whom certificates are needed, will be summoned to and allowed to attend the examination; and—
  • That a convenient room will be provided for the examination at such day and hour as shall be fixed by the inspector.
(c.)The applicant must satisfy the inspector that he is a proper person to conduct the preliminary proceedings, and, if necessary, to receive for distribution the certificates which may be granted after the examination.