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For the purpose of Employment.
1. The standard of proficiency in reading, writing, and elementary arithmetic for the purpose of a certificate under this Act enabling a child to be employed shall be—
| (a.) | The standard of reading, writing, and elementary arithmetic fixed by standard four of the Code of 1876, or any higher standard. |
2. The standard of previous due attendance at a certified efficient school for the purpose of a certificate under this Act enabling a child to be employed shall be two hundred and fifty attendances after five years of age in not more than two schools during each year for five years, whether consecutive or not:
3. During the four years next after the commencement of this Act the standards for the purpose of enabling a child to be employed shall, instead of the foregoing standards, be those shown in the following table:
| During the Year. |
The Standard of Proficiency shall be the Standard of Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic fixed by the following Standard of the Code of 1876, or any higher standard, namely,— |
The Standard of previous due Attendance shall be |
| The following Number of Attendances. |
In not more than Two Schools during each year for the following Number of Years, whether consecutive or not. |
| 1877 |
Second |
250 |
Two. |
| 1878 |
Second |
250 |
Two. |
| 1879 |
Third |
250 |
Three. |
| 1880 |
Third |
250 |
Four. |
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Provided that—
| (a.) | In the case of a school district in which for not less than three years before the commencement of this Act byelaws have been in force requiring, as a condition of total or partial exemption of a child from attendance at school, that such child must have passed a standard of proficiency corresponding to the fourth standard of the Code of 1876 or any higher standard, the same or a corresponding standard of proficiency (but not exceeding the standard which, under this schedule, will be required after four years from the commencement of this Act) shall be required for the purpose of a certificate under this Act enabling a child to be employed. |
| (b.) | Where a child has been lawfully taken into employment in any year in consequence of having obtained a certificate in accordance with the above table, such child may in any subsequent year be taken into employment without any further certificate, notwithstanding that under the table a certificate requiring a higher standard is required for that year. |
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