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188 THE KEVISED CODE.
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1. A Revised Code Of Regulations. Presen...
f receiving * it , a general willingness lias been shown to comply with the Government requirements ; and the system of education
thus introduced has caused a similarity of teaching , both of method and discipline , to be followed as regards the instruction of nearly _,
a million children belonging to the working classes . Hitherto assistance has been rendered through various channels .
There is the building grant . On certain conditions being complied with as respects the erection , construction , and ventilation of
the school , a sum of money may he granted , equal to the amount raised by local subscriptions . The same principle is followed in
reference to the books and apparatus , never exceeding half the amount contributed by the school itself . Assistance to a very
limited extent has been also extended to reformatories , ragged and industrial schools . These grants have reference to the formation of
new schools ; we have next to consider the means provided for their support . This is effected "b y the capitation grant , which averages
five shillings per child , or all who have duly attended school 176 full days during the yearand whose progress has been satisfactory
, to the Government Inspector . This measure came into effect in 1853 . The erection and maintenance of schools being considered ,
attention is next directed to providing efficient teachers . Under the " Old Code , " assistance is rendered in three different ways . First ,
by the means of pupil-teachers ; secondly , by giving these young persons a fitting education ; thirdlyby assisting the managers of
schools to pay higli salaries to qualified , masters and mistresses . Girls and boys of the age of thirteen may "be bound apprentices to a
certificated teacher of their own sex for the term of five years , during which period they daily receive an hour and a half ' s instruction
after school hours , and are also practically taught the management of a school by assisting the master as monitors or under-teachers .
As these selected scholars belong for the most part to families supported by manual labourGovernment provides for their
maintenance by a stipend of £ 10 , for the first year , annually increasing till it reaches £ 20 at the close of the fifth or last year of their
apprenticeship . This allowance is dependent on their passing a yearly examination by the Government Inspector . _Biit as all
schools , especially in rural districts , may not be able to carry out the conditions required , Government permits some of the scholars ,
under certain restrictions , to be admitted as stipendiary monitors : for such the standard of examination is lowered , and the allowance rises
from £ 5 the first year to £ 12 10 s . the fourth . After the five years of training , the pupil-teachers may compete for " Queen ' s
Scholarships . " If successful , they will proceed to complete their education by passing through the course of discipline and instruction provided
at a training college . This extends over two years , and at the end of each year they pass an examination , which defines their position
as regards the certificate , denoting three degrees of merit . Not
188 The Kevised Code.
188 THE KEVISED CODE .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1862, page 188, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051862/page/44/
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