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subjects, and school management, (3) a selected educational classic or classics, and (4) a selected course in modern English, Prose and Poetry.

3. There shall be a written examination in each of the subjects (1), (2), (3) and (4) and a practical examination for testing skill in teaching by means of lessons to be given by the candidate to a class or classes at some recognised school in Calcutta on any three of the following groups of subjects selected by him :—

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(vi) Elementary Physics and Chemistry.
(vii) Elementary Mechanics.

(viii) Kindergarten and Object Lessons.

4. There shall be one paper in each of the subjects (1), (2), (3) and (4). The Paper on (3) shall include an Essay on an Educational subject carrying 50 marks. Each paper shall be of three hours, and shall carry 100 marks, 300 marks shall be allotted to the practical examination. In order to pass, a candidate must obtain 36 marks in each of the subjects (1), (2) (3) and (4), and 120 marks in the practical examination. Candidates obtaining 420 marks shall be declared to have passed with distinction.

A fee of Rs. 30 shall be payable by every candidate. If the candidate fails to pass or present himself at the examination, he shall not be entitled to claim a refund of the fee.

5. No candidate shall be allowed to appear for the practical examination till he has passed in the theoretical portion. A candidate may present himself for examination in the theoretical portion one year after passing the Intermediate Examination in Arts or Science and if he passes he may appear in the pra tical portion of the examination in a subsequent year.

6. The limits of the different subjects shall be as follows:(I) Theory and Art of Teaching in relation to Mental and Moral Science.

(a) General Analysis of Mind; fundamental processes and activities with their laws and conditions.

(b) The physical basis of mental life; sensation, perception, attention, memory, association of ideas, assimilation

of knowledge, feeling and volition; their associated physical conditions.

(c) Mental evolution in the individual-characteristics

of different ages-infancy and childhood-the school age, and the succeeding period.

(d) The training of the Senses ;-co-ordination of sense and movement.

(e) The cultivation of attention and interest-the cultivation of the imagination and the emotions—the æsthetic basis of intellectual education.

(f) The Logical basis of education-Logical Methodtheory of the five formal steps-abstraction, generalisation and conception-order of the acquisition of knowledge.

(g) Language, Imitation and Play as factors in education. Growth of the linguistic faculty.

(h) The training and discipline of the emotions—cultiva--
tion of Sympathy and the Social Emotions-of the
moral sentiment.

(i) The training of the will-formation of habits-Rewards
and punishments-authority and discipline-the
moral standard-the moral idea and moral progress.
(j) Characters of individual children-marks of brightness
and cleverness-marks of deficiency and abnorm-
ality-atavism physical and moral.

(k) Tests of visualising power, memory, verbal memory,
command of language, sense of number, and the
computing capacity, with the conditions of their
growth and decline.

(1) Educational values and educational ends. Education : classical and scientific, liberal and technical, general and special. Civic education. Co-ordination and sequence of studies. National systems of education : the primary, the secondary, and the University stage.

(II) Methods of teaching specific subjects, and school manage

ment.

Methods:

Special:

Training :-Drawing, drill and active songs, gymnastics
and games.

Humanistic studies :-General treatment. Mother tongue,
Foreign language, Grammar and Composition, Literature,
History.

Naturalistic studies :-General treatment. Object lessons.
Elementary Scientific lessons. Every day Science.
Geography. Arithmetic, Geometry and Algebra.
Elementary Mechanics. Elementary Physics and Ele-
mentary Chemistry.

General:Co-ordination of particular studies. Preparation of teaching notes and lessons. Use of the blackboard. Questioning and conversation. Oral lessons and book

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School Management: Organisation of schools. Co-ordination and sequence of studies. Classification of scholars, various methods of grading pupils. Management of a class. Apportionment of time. The time-table and recreation. Methods of examination. Registers and returns. Progress reports. Promotions and rewards. Corporal punishment in schools. Discipline and the formation of habits. Relations of teachers to pupils out of school hours. Physical exercise. Hygienic conditions. Experimental study of children, and record of results. Attention to individual children. School buildings— their structure, fitting and furniture. Books and apparatus. (III) English.

Books shall be prescribed from time to time by the Syndicate on the recommendation of the Board of Studies in English. The works shall be of the same standard of difficulty as the B.A. Pass English texts.

CHAPTER XL.

BACHELOR OF TEACHING.

1. An Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Teaching shall be held annually in Calcutta at such time as the Syndicate shall determine, the approximate date to be notified in the Calendar.

2. Any candidate may be admitted to the examination, not less than one year after passing the B.A. or B.Sc. Examination provided he has attended a regular course of lectures* on the Art, Theory and History of Teaching in a College or Colleges affiliated in Teaching, and has, in addition, either (a) undergone a course of practical training consisting of not less than 50 lessons for a period of six consecutive months at a Training School approved by the Syndicate for the purpose, or (b) served as a Teacher at some recognised school for one academic year previously to the examination. The theoretical portion of the course shall extend over one academical year, and consist of the following subjects :-(1) The Theory and Practice of Teaching in

*This condition will not be enforced so long as there is no College affiliated for this purpose.

relation to Mental and Moral Science, (2) Methods of teaching specific subjects, and school management, (3) the History of Educational Ideas and Methods, and (4) a selected educational classic or classics.

Any candidate who has passed the examination for the Licentiate in Teaching and has also graduated in Arts or in Science may be admitted to this examination without compliance with the conditions laid down in the above paragraph.

3. There shall be a written examination in each of the subjects (1), (2), (3) and (4) and a practical examination for testing skill in teaching by means of lessons to be given by the candidate to a class or classes at some recognised school at Calcutta on three of the following subjects selected by him :—

4.

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(vi) Elementary Physics and Chemistry.
(vii) Elementary Mechanics.

(viii) Kindergarten and Object Lessons.

There shall be one paper in each of the subjects (1), (2), (3) and (4). The Paper on (4) shall include an Essay on an Educational subject, carrying 50 marks. Each paper shall be of three hours, and carry 100 marks. 300 marks shall be allotted to the practical portion of the examination. In order to pass, a candidate must obtain 36 marks in each of the subjects (1), (2) (3) and (4), and 120 marks in the practical examinations. Candidates obtaining 420 marks shall be placed in the First Division.

5. A candidate may present himself for examination in the theoretical portion in one year, and in the practical portion in a subsequent year, but no candidate shall be admitted to the practical examination, who has not passed the written examination. A fee of Rs. 40 shall be payable by every candidate. If the candidate fails to pass or present himself at the examination, he shall not be entitled to claim a refund of the fee.

6.

The limits of the different subjects shall be as follows :— (I) The Theory and Art of teaching. The subjects prescribed for the Licentiate in Teaching treated more fully.

(II) Methods of teaching specific subjects and School Management. The subjects prescribed for the Licentiate in Teaching treated more fully.

(III) History of Educational Ideas and Methods.

Oriental :-Ancient and Medieval Hindu education. Me-
diæval Mahomedan education.
Western :-Greek, Roman and Mediæval education. The
Renaissance. The Jesuits and the Jansenists. Revolt
from classicism and return to Nature.
Scientifie psy-
chology and the Science of education. Child Psychology
and Pedagogics.
Outlines of the Organisation and History of National systems
of education with special reference to England, Germany,
America and Japan.

CHAPTER XLI.

BACHELOR OF LAW.

1. Every candidate for the Degree of Bachelor of Law shall satisfy the following conditions :—

(i) He must have passed the Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science.

(ii) He must, after passing that examination, have prosecuted a regular course of study, as explained in Regulation 2, for not less than two academical years in a college affiliated in Law.

(iii) He must pass two examinations in Law, the Preliminary Examination in Law after one year's course of Law study, and the Final Examination in Law after a two year's course of Law study. Both the examinations shall be held six-monthly, but subject to the exception mentioned in Regulation 9, no candidate shall be admitted to the Final Examination until a year after he passes the Preliminary Examination. 2. No candidate shall be considered to have prosecuted a regular course of study unless he has attended

(i) at least three-fourths of the full number of lectures in each subject or group of subjects mentioned in Regulation 4 as forming the subject of a separate paper (such full number not being less than 32; no candidate being allowed to count attendance at more than one lecture on the same subject or group of subjects on the same day);

(ii) at least three-fourths of the full number of sittings of a Moot Court in each of the said subjects or groups

of subjects (such full number not being less than 12).

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