FEMALE. MALE. Minor The proportion of the pupils paying the highest fee is 20 per cent. of the AppendixD. entire number on rolls, yet there are very few cases of parents com- Reports plaining on this ground. The prevailing practice is equitable, and upon Discannot reasonably be objected to; for, while the rates are graduated to trict and the circumstances of the greater portion of the community, people of Model higher incomes are allowed to take advantage of the graduated scale, so Schools. that it commonly happens the children of the same family are entered at the different rates according to their ages. This arrangement is very stewart. 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. The total amount of payments made in school-fees for the whole year, VI.-Examination of pupils.—The annual examination of the school was held in June, and was conducted by me in conjunction with Mr. Kennedy, 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 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 12 months, and the number of the latter who actually presented themselves for examination. The number of passes made by each class in 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. TABLE of RESULTS. Number that passed in Newtown II., III., IV., V., 121346 15 180224 121325 10 VI., 57 51 47 180224 18 12 118224 44 43 42 17 16 152744 35 42 39 10 240 262 91.6 249 N 30 83.3 84 82.1 119 83.1 28 100. 28 100. 289 86-1 Reports Appendix D. 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. The total amount of results fees in each department was:- upon District and Minor Model £ s. d. 6 Schools. Newtown stewart. But besides providing for the requirements of the results table, the Girls Boys. Of 47 pupils examined in the boys' and 43 in the girls' school, it thus appears that 30 boys and 25 girls answered at 60 per cent. or above. This result, expressed in per-centages, stands thus : : These numbers fairly represent the general educational effectiveness of these departments. These results are creditable to the teachers, Mr. Mitchell and Miss Martin, who are most earnest in the discharge of their duty. VII.-Public Examination, &c.-The usual public examination and distribution of premiums took place on 1st July, in the presence of a large and respectable audience. The proceedings of the day elicited, as usual, a good deal of local interest. The ready and intelligent answering of the pupils gave much satisfaction. At the conclusion of the examin ation the successful competitors for premiums were called before the audience, and received their certificates of merit. VIII.-The Staff.-Miss Weir, assistant in the girls' school, has been transferred to the Limerick Model School. She has been succeeded by Miss Greer. Two pupil-teachers, Miss Caldwell and Miss Hunter completed their course, and are now in the Central Training Institution. I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient servant, ANDREW O'CALLAGHAN, Head Inspector. The Secretaries, &c., &c. No. 24.-ANNUAL REPORT upon the COLERAINE DISTRICT MODEL AppendixD. SCHOOL, for the year ended 31st March, 1874, by ANDREW O'CALLAGHAN, Esq., Head Inspector. Reports upon District Model Londonderry, April, 1874. and Minor GENTLEMEN,-I have the honour to submit, for the information of the Schools. Commissioners, my report on the Coleraine Model School for the year ended 31st March, 1874. I. The Edifice, Grounds, &c.—The school buildings have been kept in very good repair during the past year, and afford sufficient accommodation as to school-rooms and class-rooms, &c. All the conditions for securing health-light, ventilation, space-are satisfactory, except the means for discharging sewage, which are imperfect. Some attempts were made to remedy this evil in the beginning of 1873, but with only partial success. The ornamental grounds in front of the building are laid out with marked taste, and the shrubs and flowers carefully preserved. II. Number of Pupils in Daily Attendance.-The daily average attendance for the twelve months ended 31st March, 1874, shows a marked increase over that for the previous twelve months in the boys' school; but it is stationary in the female school, and somewhat lower in the infant school. The average numbers on rolls and in daily attendance for the two years ended 31st March, 1874, are as follows. Coleraine. The centesimal proportions between the numbers on rolls and in average daily attendance for the same periods in the three departments, 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 :— The proportion of pupils in fourth, fifth, and sixth classes in the boys' school is 69 per cent. of the entire number on the roll, and is yet higher in the girls' school, being for the same classes 79 per cent. These are instances, I fear, of unduly accelerated velocity, which is likely to check the number of passes at the next examination. This rapid promotion Appendix D. must be mainly attributed to the new system of results examinations, by which the advancement of the pupils to higher classes is in a manner enforced on uniform conditions. Reports upon District and Minor Model Coleraine. IV. Religious Denomination.-The pupils on the rolls for the quarter ended 31st March, 1874, are distributed, according to their religious denomination, as follows: The prohibition of the Roman Catholic bishops still operates to prevent a proportionate attendance of pupils of their denomination. V. School fees.-The number of pupils in the same quarter of 1874 paying respectively the different rates of school-fees, was : The proportion of pupils paying the highest fee is 59 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. The total amount of payments made in school fees for the whole year VI.-Examination of Pupils.-The annual examination of the school was held in June, and was conducted by me in conjunction with Mr. O'Neill, 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 ninety 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 entered. But I feel pleasure in stating that the answering was, for the most part, satisfactory, and afforded evidence of careful instruction. The extra subjects for examination were geometry, physical science, AppendixD. vocal music, and drawing, in each of which every pass earned for the teacher a fee of 58. The total amount of results fees in each department was:— Reports upon District and Minor Total, £ s. d. 68 10 0 27 0 0 7 10 0 103 0 0 But besides providing for the requirements of the results table, the We Model Schools. Coleraine. Per-centage of Passes made. |