Education. The papers were estimated the past year by Thomas Harrison, LL.D., Prof. L. W. Bailey, Ph. D., Prof. H. S. Bridges, A. M., Ph. D., George W. Mersereau, A. M., James Vroom and Mrs. de Soyres. Miss S. Jean Landers was the examiner in Reading, in place of Prof. John Burwash, D. Sc., who had removed from the Province. The papers submitted to candidates for the several classes of license at the June examination are appended to this report. The following is a summary of the examination: The number admitted to examination was 352, an increase of 46; 341 received license of some class. Two hundred and fifty-one of the candidates were admitted to examination as being classified student-teachers of the Normal School; 88 were teachers seeking an advanced class, or Provincial License; 2 were admitted as Graduates in Arts and 13 eligible for examination on other grounds. Of the 341 teachers who received Provincial Licenses, 3 obtained a Grammar School Class, 21 males obtained the first class, 21 males the second class, 11 males third class; 51 females received the first class, 139 females the second class, 95 females the third class. The above numbers include the number of Acadian candidates who attended the examinations in December, 1891, and May, 1892, the details of which are shown in the table. Licenses are granted in accordance with the following standards of award: (a) To obtain the class worked for, the average Examiners' marks (the provisions respecting spelling being duly observed), must be 50 or upwards; to obtain the next lower class, the average must be 40 or upwards; and to obtain the second below the one worked for, the average must be at least 30. (b) In each case, no mark may be further below half of the required average than the actual average is above the requirement, with this limitation that where there are more than one paper demanded under one general subject (as in the case of History, Mathematics, etc.,) if the average of the marks on these papers equals the required general average, these papers shall be exempt from the operation of the principle. (c) In order to obtain a License of the Grammar School Class, candidates will be required to make a general average of 50 or upwards on the whole examination, with no mark in the English branches further below 37 than such average is above 50. In Latin the average of marks must be 50 or upwards, and in Greek 37 or upwards. Candidates for this License who have previously made an average of 65 or upwards on the syllabus prescribed for the first class, are to work papers on those subjects only which are peculiar to the syllabus for the Grammar School Class. Candidates for Grammar School License will be allowed the privilege, upon application to the Chief Superintendent six weeks before the date of Examination, of being admitted to examinations on a stated part only of the subjects of the syllabus. Examinations on the remaining subjects must be passed the following year. No certificate shall be issued until all the requirements have been met. The following is the provision respecting Spelling and Writing: Spelling and Writing.-Each Examiner shall note and report the number of ordinary words mis-spelled by each candidate; and the average of marks obtained by any candidate on his whole examination shall be increased by .5 as many times as the number of words so reported is less than 6, or diminished by .5 as many times as the number of words so reported is more than 6. Each examiner shall also give a special credit or demerit of one to each candidate for neatness and legibility of Writing when these qualities are markedly present or absent (as the case may), and the average of marks obtained by any candidate on his whole examinations shall be further increased or diminished by the sum of such credits or demerits. No candidate who mis-spells upwards of 12 ordinary words in the course of the examination shall be deemed qualified to receive a License in advance of the Second Class. At any semi-annual examination an exercise in spelling shall, on application, be prepared for candidates who at any previous examination made an average of 50 or upwards on the papers of the First Class, with no marks further below 35 than the average of marks is above 50, and were debarred from receiving License of the First Class by reason of bad spelling. The exercise shall not exceed one hour in length, and shall be confined to common words, and any such candidate not making more than six errors shall be granted a License of the First Class without further examination. Each candidate is notified by mail of the result of his examination, and furnished with a memorandum of the estimates placed upon his several papers by the Examiners. The names of the successful candidates are appended to the table. TABLE XVI.-SCHOOL LIBRARIES. This Table shows a gratifying interest in the matter of School Libraries. In 17 Districts 1,129 volumes were purchased at a cost of $589.78, of which the Province contributod $195.19. The following are the provisions under which bonus is granted: Libraries. Whenever my School District shall raise a sum of money for the purpose of establishing a Library, or adding thereto, the Board of Education may grant to it a sum equal to one-half the amount so raised, not to exceed twenty dollars in any one year, to be expended in the purchase of books therefor. REGULATION 34-School Libraries.-No book hostile to the Christian religion or of an immoral or sectarian character shall be permitted in the School Library. The Trustees shall hold School Libraries in trust as a part of the School property of the District, and shall make such regulatious for the preservation and circulation of the books as they shall deem necessary. A catalogue of the books to be purchased for the District shall be submitted for the approval of the, Chief Superintendent. The grant made by the Board of Education under the provisions of sec. 98 shall be paid on the presentation of the invoice of books purchased, and the certificate of the Secretary of Trustees, as follows:: I hereby certify that the books referred to in the accompanying Invoice have been purchased for the School Library of District No. the present School year. in the Parish of , in County, during Sec. of Trustees, TABLES XVII, XVIII AND XIX. Details will be found in these tables respecting the travelling allowance paid to Student-Teachers attending the Provincial Normal School; together with the statement of the Chief Superintendent's drafts to Teachers and Boards of Trustees, and a summary of Provincial expenditure for school service to December 31st, 1892. School House Grants to Poor Districts. During the year closed December 31st, 1892, the sum of $900.00 was paid to the Boards of Trustees for the Poor Districts in aid of School Houses as follows: The following provision is made in aid of Poor Districts: Each Inspector shall, as directed by the Board of Education, determine and report to the Chief Superintendent what school districts under his supervision may be entitled during the ensuing year to special aid as poor districts, and the Chief Superintendent may allow to the schools in such districts such amount, not exceeding one-third more on the classification of the teachers of schools, from the provincial treasury, and one-third more per pupil from the County School Fund, than the allowance to other school districts sharing such funds, as in his discretion may seem proper, taking into consideration the position and circumstances of such district. The fixed sum to be paid out of the County School Fund in respect of each teacher, to schools returned as poor schools, shall be forty dollars. |