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Of 106 pupils examined in the boys', and 61 in the girls' school, it thus appears that 82 boys and 50 girls answered at 60 per cent. or above. This result expressed in per-centages stands thus——

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Appendix D.

Reports upon District

and Minor Model Schools.

Enniskillen,

I regard this as measuring with a near approach to strict accuracy the educational effectiveness of each of these departments.

VII. Public Examinations, &c.-The public examinations and distribution of premiums took place on the 24th of November in the presence of a very respectable audience. The spacious school-room was crowded to excess, and several families of the gentry were present. There was a varied and interesting programme, which was admirably carried out by Mr. Morris and Miss Greaves. The performance of the singing-class was excellent, and fully sustained the reputation of Mr. Morris. The children of the infant school, under the direction of Miss Pollock and Miss O'Brien, read, recited, and sang to the admiration of everyone. At the conclusion of the examination, the certificates of merit were publicly handed to the pupils who had been selected for that distinction at the preliminary examination.

VIII. The Staff.-One pupil-teacher, Miss Nixon, completed her course, and is now teacher of the Drumcose National School. Of five pupilteachers or monitors who completed their course in the male department, three are now teaching in ordinary National schools; one is in the Central Training Establishment, and one obtained a clerkship in the Enniskillen railway station.

I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
ANDREW O'CALLAGHAN, Head Inspector.

The Secretaries, &c.

No. 21.-ANNUAL REPORT upon the SLIGO DISTRICT MODEL Sligo. SCHOOL, for the year ended 31st March, 1874, by ANDREW O'CALLAGHAN, Esq., Head Inspector.

Londonderry, April, 1874.

GENTLEMEN, I have the honour to submit, for the information of the Commissioners, my Report on the Sligo Model School for the year ended 31st March, 1874.

L.-The Edifice, Grounds, &c.—The premises are healthy and beautifully situated on elevated ground at an extremity of the town of Sligo, They have been kept in excellent repair during the last twelve months. Within this period a new ball-alley has been completed, and the outoffices repaired. The building has also been painted inside and outside. The sloping ground in front is laid out in an ornamental manner, and presents a pleasing appearance. Several of the shrubs, however, which

Appendix D. were planted in 1863 have not flourished, and should be removed for fresh

Reports

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Sligo.

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The boarding establishment is satisfactorily maintained, the study, dining-room, and dormitories being neat, clean, and orderly. The health of the pupil-teachers has been very good. All the sanitary arrangements are under the vigilant superintendence of Dr. Tucker, the medical officer of the establishment, who takes a lively interest in its health and welfare. II. Number of Pupils in Daily Attendance.—The daily average attendance for the twelve months ended 31st March, 1874, considerably exceeds that for the previous twelve months in the male and female departments, but is less in the infant department. The average numbers on rolls and in daily attendance for the two years ended 31st March, 1874, are as follows:

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The centesimal proportions of the numbers in average attendance to the numbers on rolls for the same periods, in the three departments, are—

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III. Classification of Pupils, &c.-The number of pupils on rolls in March, 1874, was distributed amongst the several classes in the proportions shown in the following table, which also exhibits the average age in each class :-

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The proportion of pupils in fourth, fifth, and sixth classes in the boys school is 60 per cent. of the entire number on the roll, and is somewhat higher in the girls' school, being 63 per cent. for the corresponding classes. This advanced classification is mainly due to the new system of results examinations, by which the promotion of the pupils is in a manner enforced on uniform conditions.

IV. Religious Denomination.-The pupils on the rolls for the quarter ended 31st March, 1874, are distributed according to their religious denomination as follows:

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The prohibition of the Roman Catholic bishops still continues.

V. School Fees.-The number of pupils in the same quarter of 1874 Appendix D. paying respectively the different rates of school-fees was :—

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The proportion of pupils paying the highest fee is forty-five per cent. of the entire number on the rolls, yet there are very few instances of parents complaining on this ground. The practice prevailing and long established in the school is equitable, and cannot be reasonably objected to; for while the rates are graduated to the different circumstances of the greater portion of the community, people enjoying higher incomes are allowed to take advantage of the graduated scale, so it ordinarily happens that the children of the same family are entered at the different rates according to their ages. This arrangement is very welcome to many respectable heads of families, such as clerks, professional men in small practice, &c., who, with the necessaries of life enhanced in price from year to year, find it a sufficiently difficult task to maintain their families, and to secure for their children the advantages of a good education.

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VI. Examination of Pupils.-The annual examination of the school was held in July, and was conducted by me in conjunction with Mr. Wood, the inspector in charge of the district. The results are shown in the next table, which exhibits for each class the number of pupils on the roll on the last day of the month preceding that of our examination; also the number of pupils who had qualified by having made 90 attendances or above during the preceding twelve months, and the number of the latter who actually presented themselves for examination. The number of passes made by each class in each of the ordinary or obligatory subjects of the school programme is also given, while as the final test of the success of the school, the last column represents the proportion which the number of passes actually obtained bears to the possible number or the maximum. The details of the examination of the infant department are not given, but it affords me much pleasure to state that its condition was excellent, and most creditable to its pains-taking teacher, Mrs. Pink.

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The extra subjects for examination were geometry, algebra, physical science, drawing, and vocal music, in each of which every pass earned for the teacher a fee of five shillings.

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But besides providing for the requirements of the results table, the examination was directed towards another object, namely, the determining of the order according to merit of the pupils in their respective classes. This course was necessary to enable us to make an equitable distribution in premiums of the money-grant made annually by the Commissioners for that purpose; for the marks for passes would not, with sufficient accuracy, compass this object, inasmuch as a pass-mark is indefinite as to value indicating as it may any degree of proficiency from mediocrity to excellence. We followed the plan of assigning numerical values to the different subjects of examination according to their relative importance, and of carefully noting the answers of every pupil in these subjects. following table exhibits the pupils grouped according to their answering, which is measured by per-centages indicating the proportion of the number of correct answers to the number of questions. Each department is organized in three divisions. We fixed on 70 per cent. as the minimum qualifying mark for a premium in the upper division, and on 65 and 60 respectively in the middle and the lower.

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Appendix D.

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Sligo.

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These numbers fairly represent the educational effectiveness of these departments for the past year. The proficiency thus shown for the boys is very satisfactory, but not so for the girls. This partial failure is readily accounted for by the frequent absence of the principal teacher from illness.

VII. Public Examination, &c.-The usual public examination and distribution of premiums took place on the 18th July, and attracted, as usual, a large and respectable audience. There was a varied and interesting programme, which was most successfully carried out by the teachers, and gave general satisfaction. At the conclusion the pupils who had been selected for premiums at the preliminary examination were called before the audience and received their certificates of merit.

VIII. The Staff.-Miss Robinson, assistant in Omagh Model School, has been appointed head mistress of the infant department, in place of Mrs. Pink, transferred to the head of the female department, Miss Gibbons having resigned. T. W. Clements, pupil-teacher in the male department, nearly completed his course of training. He has entered the Inland Revenue department on competitive examination.

I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient servant,

ANDREW O'CALLAGHAN, Head Inspector.

The Secretaries, &c.

No. 22.-ANNUAL REPORT upon the OMAGH MINOR MODEL Omagh. SCHOOL, for the year ended 31st March, 1874, by ANDREW O'CALLAGHAN, Esq., Head Inspector.

Londonderry, April, 1874.

GENTLEMEN,—I have the honour to submit for the information of the Commissioners, my report on the Omagh Minor Model School for the year ended 31st March, 1874.

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I.--The Edifice, Grounds, &c.-The state of repair of the school-buildings and out-offices is satisfactory. The grounds are in good order, and the shrubberies well preserved. With respect to space accommodation, it is quite sufficient in the boys' school, tolerably so in the girls', and, until within the last few months, inadequate in the infant school. the planning of the building no provision was made for a class-room to relieve the infant school, and excessive inconvenience was felt during the months of large attendance. During the past year, however, a door has been inserted by which the children can pass from the infant school

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