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 6o5 WOMAN'S WORK subjects, obtainable from Messrs. Wyman and Sons. Fetter Lane, London, E.G. (price 2d.). An applicant for admission to a training school will be required to sign a declaration that she enters the school with the intention of eventually becoming a teacher of domestic subjects, cither in a public elementary school or in some other school approved by the Board for the purpose. The course of work for each diploma follows the lines laid down in the regulations of the Board. Besides instruction in the practice and theory of the subject, the course provides for instruction in science, in the theory of education, and in the practice of teaching the subject for which the diploma is awarded. CERTIFICATED TEACHER '-y^^. f^i/iimumy4^e £0 ..-V^ v^. /7 IS S^enJtm7raim72gCo/le^e l//icer/^/2caiedreac/ier /d Women over eighteen years of age are eligible for admission to the training schools. Applicants must satisfy the authorities of the training school as to their physical capacity, and while the Board do not at present insist upon an entrance examination to test the qualifications of students, they require that all students should be proved to have obtained a thorough general education. Since no special qualifications are required in order to enter these training schools, and since the course of training which they pro- vide is complete in itself, this branch of the teaching profession is well adapted to attract girls who have passed successfully through the ordinary course of a secondary school. Girls desiring to become teachers of domestic subjects are eligible for bursaries. The dip- lomas may be taken sepa- rately or in combination. The course for the com- bined dip- loma, which includes cook- ery, laundry work, and housewifery, extends, as a rule, over two years ; that for the full diploma in cookery over three or four terms ; that for laundry work, two terms ; and that for housewifery, one term. The diploma in housewifery can only be awarded to a student who already pos- sesse s dip- lomas for cookery and laundry work. D'^gram representing the various ways in which a girl may proceed from the position of p_ J ^^^ scholar in an elementary school to that of certificated teacher r-:. ,.v* . Supplementary JTeac/ier ytude/il fea'cA^ 77 /6. fiupi/TeizcAer receiving Burjar e:r2> instraOfomn Jeco/iaary^cAool Seco/icfa/yScAool PupUR^cAer receivt/ig instruction itl- mdene/z/fe/zt Pupit-TeacAer Centre I Secondczry Sc/ufol- Preparatory fS /6 7^ ^ X are paid by the Board to the training schools in respect of the courses taken by the students who intend to be teachers. But in every case a fee is charged to the student by the authorities of the college. The fee varies at the different schools between five and ten guineas per term. A list of the training schools, and other information, is contained in the regulations for the training of teachers of domestic The examina- tions are con- ducted by the schools them- selves under the super- vision of the Board. The diplo- mas issued by the schools, after the cou rse of training and examination described, are provisional 1 y recognised by the Board for two years. If at the end of two years of actual instruction in public^ elementary schools the woman i n - spector has reported that the holder has proved her- self to be in practice an efficient teacher, the diploma will be endorsed for full recog- nition in such schools. A person who is already a certificated teachef may obtain a diploma in cookery, called the limited diploma, after a course of instruction at a recognised training school, which is shorter than that required for the full diploma, and after an examination which includes all the subjects prescribed for the full diploma, excepting the theory of education and science. This diploma is issued by the majority of training schools if there are sufl&cient persons desirous .^^ I ScAolar^rn £/€Merzt^y ScAool