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THE REVISED CODE. 189
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1. A Revised Code Of Regulations. Presen...
only does this certificate fix their professional seniority , but it also carries -with it a pecuniary grant from Government in addition to
the salary paid them by the several schools to which they may be appointed . The salary which they are to receive is also fxx . e &
hy Government , so that every certificated master or mistress is certain to receive a specified remuneration . Added to which an
allowance is made for every pupil-teacher duly instructed , at the rate of £ 5 for one , of £ 9 for two , of £ 12 for three , and £ 3 per annum
more for every additional apprentice . If the number of scholars six amount apprentices to a hundred , thus materiall and fifty y , au the gmentin master g the or salary mistress . To may a limited have
extent , pensions are also provided for disabled instructors . From the practical working of the Old Code , we must pass to
the results , and ascertain if by any means the end attained has been commensurate to the efforts made ; always bearing in mind
that the leading principles involved by the Old Code are two-fold : the first to stimulate private exertion in the cause of education by
means of corresponding Government assistance ; the second to inculcate the fundamental truth , that all education , to answer the
purpose for which it is intended , must be placed upon a religious basis . Within twenty-eight years the State has contributed towards
the support of national education £ 4 , 400 , 000 ; while voluntary assistance has reached twice that amount , or nearly £ 9 , 000 , 000 .
From 1833 to 1846 the Government grant progressed from £ 20 , 000 to £ 100000 . From 1846 to 1851 the expenditure averaged
£ 150000 , from 1851 to 1856 £ 450000 while from 1856 the grant , has , gradually increased to almost ,, double the
last-mentioned sum . Schools have multiplied in equal proportion . About 10000 schools are now under inspection , of which nearly 7 , 000
receiv , e assistance from Government . From 1849 to the present time the number of certificated teachers has risen from 881 to
8 , 000 , pupil-teachers from 3 , 580 to 16 , 000 , while Queen's scholars now average 2 , 800 , all engaged in the tuition of nearly a million
children belonging to the working classes , —in a numerical point of viewwith this great result , that education has advanced during
the last , thirty-five years from one in every twelve of the population to one in every seven , a proportion nearly equal to that of Prussia ,
where education is compulsory . Towards the partial support of this educational system , the Government grant last year reached
£ 800 , 000 , divided in the following manner : —Grants to certificated teachers , £ 124 , 000 ; to pupil-teachers , £ 300 , 000 ; in capitation
money , £ 77 , 000 ; the rest being absorbed in the maintenance of training collegesnormal schools , new buildings , & c . & c .
In 1860 the , Church of England received of the sum voted £ 437643 ; the Dissenters , through the British and Foreign School
Societ , y , £ 65 , 361 ; the Wesleyans £ 37 , 677 ; the Roman Catholics
£ 29 , 739 . From 1839 to 1860 inclusive tlie Church of England
The Revised Code. 189
THE REVISED CODE . 189
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1862, page 189, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051862/page/45/
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