CERTIFIED DAY INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. RECOMMENDATIONS OF SECRETARY OF STATE AS TO (Elementary Education Act, 1876, Sections 16, 17.) WHEREAS it is enacted by the 16th and 17th sections of the Elementary Education Act, 1876, as follows: There may be contributed out of moneys provided by Parliament towards the custody, industrial training, elementary education, and meals of children sent by an order of a court other than an attendance order under this Act to a certified day industrial school such sums not exceeding one shilling per head per week, and on such conditions as a Secretary of State from time to time recommends ; * * * * The managers of a certified day industrial school may, upon the request of a local authority and of the parent of a child, and upon the undertaking of the parent to pay towards the industrial training, elementary education, and meals of such child such sum, not less than one shilling a week, as a Secretary of State from time to time fixes, receive such child into the school under an attendance order or without an order of a court; and there may be contributed out of moneys provided by Parliament in respect of that child such sum not exceeding sixpence a week and on such conditions as a Secretary of State from time to time recommends. The conditions of a parliamentary contribution to a certified day industrial school, to be recommended by the Secretary of State, shall provide for the examination of the children according to the standards of proficiency for the time being in force for the purposes of a parliamentary grant to public elementary schools; but may vary the amounts of the contributions to be made in respect of such standards respectively. Any conditions recommended by a Secretary of State for the purposes of contributions to a day industrial school shall be laid before Parliament in the same manner as Minutes of the Education Department relating to the annual parliamentary grant. Now, in pursuance of the said Act, I, the Right Honourable Henry Matthews, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, hereby recommend that the sums to be contributed out of moneys provided by Parliament (hereinafter called the grant) to the managers of any certified day industrial school, in respect of children attending the same under orders of detention, attendance orders, or without any order of court, shall be such sums, and shall be paid on such conditions as are hereinafter respectively set forth." I. No grant shall be made except on a report of the inspector showing that the conditions of the grant have been fulfilled. The inspector may delegate to an assistant the duty of examining the attendance and proficiency of the children. II. The principal teacher of the school shall be approved by the inspector of certified day industrial schools. III. The grant shall be payable in part quarterly for attendance, in part annually for proficiency, and for the discipline and organization of the school. IV. For the purpose of so much of the grant as is payable annually, the year is reckoned as ending with the last day (inclusive) of the month preceding that fixed for the inspector's annual visit; and for the purpose of so much of the grant as is payable quarterly, the quarter is reckoned as ending on 31st March, 30th June, 30th September, and 31st December, as the case may be. V. With respect to so much of the grant as is payable for attendance, the managers may at the end of each quarter claim : IOS. (a.) For each child attending under an order of detention. according to the average number of such children in attendance throughout the quarter. (b.) For each child attending otherwise than under an order of detention, according to the average number of such children in attendance throughout the quarter. 5s. VI. With respect to so much of the grant as is payable for proficiency, the managers at the end of the year may claim as follows: (a.) As to infants, ie, children who at the end of each quarter have not completed seven years of age: Sin which may be claimed for each Infant attending the School, according to the Average Number of xtch Children in Attendance during the Year. Zepho tu map is attending. If the Infant is attending If the infants are taught suitably to their age, and so as not to interfere with the instruction of the older children 45. (b.) As to children (not being infants) attending under Orders. (c) As to children (not being infants) attending otherwise than under an Order of Detention :— (1.) The test of proficiency in each standard applied at the annual inspection in each year be satisfactory to the inspector. (2.) The children shall be examined according to the standards of proficiency in reading, writing, and elementary arithmetic, for the time being in force for the purposes of the parliamentary grant in public elementary schools. (3.) No child attending the school shall be withheld from examination on the day of the inspector's visit without reasonable excuse for absence. (4.) The children shall be presented for examination in any standard the managers think fit, but no child shall be presented (i.) Under any standard which he has already passed in the same school, or in any other certified efficient school; (ii.) Under any lower standard; (iii.) Under the same standard in which he has been before presented at the same school, unless he failed altogether or passed in only one subject in such standard. (5.) The children shall be advanced, as a rule, not less than one standard in twelve months. All exceptions should be specially notified and explained to the inspector, who will determine whether the explanation justifies the exception. (6.) Special Subjects : -- A grant of one shilling or sixpence for children attending otherwise than under an order of detention, will be made for each child attending the school according to the average number of such children in attendance during the year— (i.) For recitation. Pro (ii.) For elementary geography or grammar. s. d. VII. With respect to so much of the grant as is payable for the discipline and organization of the school, if the inspector reports that the discipline and organization are satisfactory, the managers may at the end of the year claim :(a.) For each child attending under an order of detention according to the average number of such children in attendance throughout the year (b.) For each child attending otherwise than under an order of detention according to the average number of such children in attendance throughout the year Calculation of Attendance. 4 0 2 0 VIII. For obtaining the grant for attendance under Rule V. and Rule VII., the average number is found by adding together the attendances of all the children for any period, and dividing the sum by the number of times the school has been open for daily instruction for the same period; the quotient being the average number in attendance. But in calculating the average number for obtaining the grant for proficiency under Rule VI. the managers will not be at liberty to include the attendances of any child in any quarterly period who has not made at least 40 attendances in such quarterly period. Any number of attendances less than 40 must be excluded from the computation. IX. The attendance of a child at the school on any day shall not be reckoned unless such attendance includes three hours of secular instruction. X. If some unforeseen cause (such as a continued epidemic) make it impossible for the inspector to visit the school for the purpose of making his annual report thereon, such sum, not exceeding the sum payable according to the rates hereinbefore recommended, shall be payable to the managers for the proficiency of the children, and for the discipline and organization of the school, as under the circumstances the Secretary of State may deem just. XI. The school must be efficient. A school or class is regarded as satisfying this rule, unless the inspector at his annual visit report the school or class to be inefficient, and state the ground of such judgment. In this case formal warning must be given that the grant may be withheld under this rule at the next annual inspection, if the inspector again report the school or class to be inefficient. If the inspector at his next annual visit again report the school or class to be inefficient, and give just grounds for his judgment, the grant may be withheld under the provisions of this rule, XII. The recommendations made by the Secretary of State on the 9th August 1881 are hereby withdrawn, and the above substituted for them. HENRY MATTHEWS. Home Office, Whitehall, April 18th, 1891. |