RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SCHOOLS IN CONNECTION WITH THE NORTHERN DIVISION OF THE EDUCATIONAL BOARD.

Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume V, Issue 130, 15 December 1853, Page 4

RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SCHOOLS IN CONNECTION WITH THE NORTHERN DIVISION OF THE EDUCATIONAL BOARD.

General Principle. According to the provisions of the Governor's letter all schools which receive any portion of the government grant, shall he conducted upon the principles of a religions e.-ltieaiioii, industrial training, and insiructioii in llu> English language. Centum. Schools. i .No Fr'liool shall lin denned :i Centr-' 1 School Willi:)) the meaning of the GovornoiV lf-lter, which ."-hall not ha\ii liern designated for that purpose by the Hoard. No School shall he designated as a Central School unless persons r.f the Native race he hoarded therein, and trained to he teachers of Primary Schools. 5. The following have been already designated as Central Schools : I St. Stephen's, Tanrarun. i Kohanga, (the Rev. 11. .Maunsell's.) Tnknpoto, (the Rev. B. Y. Ashwell's.) Turanga, (the. Venerable Ar.lideaeon William Williams'.) TniMAtiv Schools. 1. No Srhool shall he deemed a Primary School within the meaning of the Governor's letu r which shall not have lieen designated for that purpose by the lioaul. 9.. Every Primary School shall he regarded as subordinate to some Central School, or to the ('".durational Hoard of this Division, and it shall he the. general rule that the most promising candidate', from the Primary Schools .shall have the option afforded them of l.n'in;; received into tliu Central Schools of this District. 3- It is not considered essential to a Primary School ih:it the children shall be hoarded therein. Reoulvtioms tor Admission 1. The. primary object in all Schools in connection willi the. Hoard must lie ".h, 1 editcufniii uf tin 1 Naii-e race ul' New '/■•alund. 2. Pul.jeri to the above principle. intitule children of all classes, whither of Cmopean or half-caste race, or from other Isl.iiids of tbu Pacific Occ-an, may he received into tltesc

u liools iii such numbers and upon such conditions us the Board may direct in each ease. 5 Provided i!i:il no illegitimate child shall ln> received willmnt llie convent of the Hoard, upon I lie wiilten applicalion of I In- Head ol llie 111^Iitilli<>11 into which the child is proposed lo he admitted. •}. No child of llie English or half-casle race can lie admilled into any Seh. ol in conneclion Willi llie Hoard upon any conditions oi- stipulations with the parents or relations, which may in any way interfere with l!:e interests ol' the .Xiilicc branch of the Institution. l'noim iomus ami Tr. uanns. 1. The Managers of the Central Schools shall . h i t Kvaminei s, being members of the Clinrih of England, to ait with the llishop ol' Xeiv Zealand, or ilie Archdeacon ol' W'aileiuata, as a Hoard Tor examining ami accrediting candidates for native teacher.diips. 3. The fit si examination I'nr accrediting teachers is appointed to he lie!i| at the time already lixed lor (lie annual niccling of the Hoard, viz. : .the time ol' medium ol' the Central comiuitlce of the Church Mission, ill I'dii'iiary uexl. 5. The examination is appi.inled lo be held at Saint Stephen's School AtlcKland, and to he open lo llie public. ■I. 'llie accfpled Candidales will lie di\idi d by the Examiners into two classes: ("lass Ist. Tunlurs, vi/.. :—l'eisons already conipelent lo teach. Class '2nd. I'mtuiliimivn, viz. : —Persons w ho, in llie opinion of I 1.0 Examiners, ai eliUely lo become efficient teachers iifler further Education. .">. A Syllabus has been prepared as a guide lo tiie course which will be pursued in the ensuing Examination. (i. No person can be acccoied as a candida'c without the recomnicudation IVoin the clergyman in charge of the district, or from souii' oilier person accredited by the Hoard for lliat pui'i ose. 7. No person can be certified as a teacher in dm (irst class, unless lie shall produce a satisfactory recommendation from the Manager of some Central School, in which licsliall have been under Irai ning. 8. Persons t.rccpled as Probationers will be placed under (he charge of the Manager of such Central Institution as the Hoard may direct. 5). A sum not exceeding (CIO) per annum will be p-id In the .Manager of each Central In.stiliilion inwards llie inaiuienance of every such Probationer so placed under his charge. 111. A rerlificate granted to a teacher of the (irst class T\i 11 remain in force for three years from the dale thereof, subject lo good behaviour. Location or Tt: \cur.us. f. A list will be l;ept by the Secretary of all persons accredit! <1 by the Hoard, whether as teachers or Probationers. ami all <|iiestions relating to ihcir location and employment will be decided at the annual meeting of the Hoard. 2. In every question of location, due regard will be bad to the rccmiiitioudalioil of Clergymen in charge of dm District. 5. 11l tlm location of Teachers regard w ill also he had to the willingness of llie Natives to contribute towards their maintenance. (By order of the Board.) (]. A. Kisslino, Secretary. Auckland Oct. 28lh 185.>.

S Y L I. ADUS. I. PcnrrrußK A knowledge of the leading f;irts ofSrriplu 10 History, and an outline nl" Scripture ('ip.ograpliv. *2. First Klemcnts of Arithmetic. llondiuoss in tho Itiiles and Tallies, in English. Addition, Multiplication, Subtraction, Division, Bule of Three, and Practice. 5. OsncßAPiiv, with sonifi general view iu to products, climate, possessions, and aspect of Vountrics. ■l. Writing a good running-hand, in Maori. S. Accurate pronunciation of simple and compound English sounds. G. A. Ivisslino. Secretary.