Scholarships. In 1847 the Rev. R. R. Rawle, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, was appointed Principal, and under his guidance until 1864 the usefulness of the College, from an educational point of view, was largely increased. The Rev. Mr. Rawle resigned in 1864 and was succeeded as Principal by the Rev. W. T. Webb, who had been a student at the College under Mr. Rawle. Mr. Webb was Principal for twenty years, and during that time a long roll of students was added to the Matriculation list. In 1875, through the influence and energy of Bishop Mitchinson, the College was affiliated to the University of Durham, and from that date to the present time the course of study in any branch pursued is that directed by the Senate at Durham, and all students at Codrington College are admissible to all degrees, licences, and academical ranks in the several Faculties of the University. From 1830 to the present time 393 students have matriculated at Codrington College, and old Codringtonians are to be found in every profession in the West Indian colonies. The staff at the College at the present time consists of a Principal and two Professors. The College is in no way under the control of the Government, but is under a local Trust Council and Executive Board the Trustees being the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. The usefulness of the college has in recent years been limited by the depreciation in the value of the estates caused by the depression prevailing in the sugar market. The number of students at the college at the close of 1901 was twelve; there have been as many as twenty-one in residence at the same time. Four scholarships of the annual value of £40 each are provided by the Government, tenable at Codrington College for a period of two years. Candidates for these scholarships must be under twenty years of age, natives, or the sons of natives of Barbados, or of persons domiciled in the island, and have resided therein for at least ten years. The examination of candidates is conducted by the College authorities in accordance with the regulations framed by the Education Board, and the Board elect to the scholarships according to the report of the examiners. These scholarships were established in 1850. Besides the scholarships tenable at Codrington College there are four scholarships termed the Barbados Scholarships-one awarded annually and tenable for four years at an English University, or at an Agricultural or Technical College in Europe or America to be approved by the Education Board. Each of these scholarships is of the annual value of £175; they were established by the Education Act of 1878. The conditions as to age and birth are the same as those for the scholarships at Codrington College, and the standard of proficiency is such as prevails at the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge in respect of examinations for open scholarships and exhibitions. The examination questions are set by examiners appointed by the Cambridge Syndicate each year on the application of the Education Board, and forwarded to them. The papers are returned to the Syndicate, and on the receipt of their report the scholarship is awarded to the candidate who stands highest in order of merit, if in the opinion of the examiners he is deemed eligible for election. The roll of Barbados scholars is a credit to the Colony, and these scholarships have been a great incentive to sound learning. The scholarships which used to be granted from the funds of Codrington College have of recent years ceased owing to the loss of trust moneys. It is hoped that with the promise of better times for the sugar industry some of these scholarships will be revived. VI.-REFORMATORIES AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS. There is a Reformatory entirely under Government control, to which youthful offenders are sent and detained according to the term of sentence pronounced on them. The boys in this institution undergo strict discipline, are taught the three R's, and work on the land connected with the institution. There is no such institution existing for girls, but an Act has been recently passed by the Legislature for establishing one. This Act will not, however, be put into operation unless and until the finances of the Colony are equal to the necessary expenditure. There is no provision made for the education of deaf, dumb, blind or defective children. There are two orphan homes supported entirely by the subscriptions of charitable persons. There is no provision for technical or industrial schools, but the time is not far distant when it is likely that the subject of technical and industrial education will have to be seriously considered by the Government. May, 1902. J. E. REECE, Inspector of Schools. J. A. CARRINGTON, Assistant Inspector of Schools. Note. The following is taken from Colonial Reports-Annual, No. 368, Barbados. Report for 1901-1902: "During the year the lectures to the teachers of the Elementary Schools inaugurated by the Imperial Commission of Agriculture have been continued, and for the first time prizes were given by the Imperial Department of Agriculture at the local show for peasants, to pupils from these schools for the best exhibits of the commoner vegetables growing in pots, boxes, etc. This is a step in the right direction, and cannot fail to be of the highest value in inculcating the best methods of growing plants, and the main principles which underlie the practice of agriculture. Thirty-four teachers have received certificates as being competent to give instruction in agriculture. "It is intended to hold annual exhibitions of plain needlework and to give money prizes to successful competitors with a view to encourage the acquisition of a good knowledge of this useful branch of school work by the girls in the Elementary Schools. The necessary grant of money has been made by the Legislature. "The question of starting an industrial school for the purpose of teaching useful handicrafts to lads has been under consideration. Suitable buildings for the purpose exist, and a scheme for teaching carpentry, plumbing, masonry, and smithwork, etc., has been worked out. It is hoped that when the circumstances of the Colony improve and money becomes available this important matter will be taken up." APPENDIX A. CODE OF REGULATIONS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. I. GENERAL REGULATIONS. 1. CONDITIONS TO BE OBSERVED. 1. The conditions on which the Education Board will grant aid to any new school, or continue aiding schools which are already on their list, are as follows: [For the conditions see p. 48 above, Section II. Primary Education.] 2. TYPES OF SCHOOLS. 2. The types of Elementary Schools aided by the Board will be as follows :(a.) Boys', taught by a master; (b.) Girls', taught by a mistress; (c.) Primary Mixed (Boys and Girls), taught by a master; tional circumstances, by a mistress. under excep 3. The type of an aided school must not be changed without the sanction of the Education Board. Each change will be considered on its merit. In the event of the Education Board requiring the types of schools to be changed to boys' and girls' schools, the Education Board will, for a period of one year from date of change of type, so arrange the grant to the schools as to cause as little loss of income as possible to those teachers affected by the change, provided the average attendance and the efficiency of the schools be maintained. If upon the change of the type of a school the service of an uncertificated mistress be retained either as head teacher or assistant, the Education Board will so divide the premium grant between the head teacher and assistant as to them shall seem proper. 3. AVERAGE ATTENDANCE. 4. Elementary Schools already in receipt of aid will be allowed to continue on the list, so long as the average attendance does not fall below thirty in any school. 4. AGE OF ADMITTANCE, ETC. 5. Children under the age of seven years will not be admitted into a Primary School unless they have passed Standard II. 6. Children over the age of seven and not over the age of eleven who have never attended a Public Elementary School may be received into a Primary School, if they can read an easy passage to the satisfaction of the Inspector. Any child over the age of eleven and not over the age of fifteen may be received into a Primary School. 7. No child can be retained in an Elementary School after he has passed Standard VII., nor after the end of the month in which he attains the age of sixteen. Any pupil, who has not attained his or her sixteenth birthday, may, with the approval of the Supervising Minister and the Inspector, if of the same sex as the principal teacher, be retained in any public Elementary School; provided that the attendance of such pupil shall not be recorded in the attendance register, nor allowed in any way to affect the Government. grant to the school. 8. Children may be admitted into Infant or Combined Schools, and included in the returns of average attendance between the ages of four and eleven years. No child shall be allowed to remain in an Infant School after he has passed Standard II., except under the provision of Rule 38, nor after the end of the month in which he attains the age of twelve years. No girl shall be allowed to remain in a Combined School taught by a master after she is twelve years of age if, in the opinion of the Inspector, she can attend a Girls' School. Similarly, no boy shall be permitted to remain in a Combined School taught by a mistress after he is nine years old. 5. SCHOOL HOURS, DISCIPLINE, ETC. 9. In Elementary Schools aided by the Education Board, work shall be begun not earlier than 6.30 a.m., nor later than 10 o'clock, and shall cease at 4 p.m. One hour shall be allowed for the recess, which shall fall between 1 and 2 p.m. The teacher must be present at least 15 minutes before the time for beginning work; and should, so far as it is practicable, exercise a general supervision of the pupils during the time allowed as the mid-day recess. 10. The Managers will be expected in every case, as far as lies in their power, to make provision for the adequate accommodation of the pupils attending the school in their respective district. Ordinarily, six square feet will be regarded as the superficial area necessary for each child in an Infant School, and eight square feet in a Combined or Primary School. The teacher shall not be allowed to admit more children than can conveniently be accommodated, if such children can find accommodation in other aided schools in the neighbourhood. The Education Board will not grant any money for the enlargement of a school if the children can find accommodation in other aided schools in the neighbourhood. 11. It shall be the duty of the teachers to give particular attention to the ventilation and cleanliness of their school-rooms and the premises connected therewith. 12. The teachers shall practise such methods for maintaining discipline in their schools as would be exercised by a kind and judicious parent in his family; and shall avoid corporal punishment in all cases where good order can be preserved by milder measures. If a pupil's misconduct appears to call for his expulsion from the school, the case must be brought before the School Managers and settled by them, and they shall refer the proceedings to the Education Board for confirmation or otherwise. 13. The Board will not retain a school on the aided list so long as the teacher then in charge of it is retained in his or her position, if they have reason to be dissatisfied with its general condition as reported by the Inspector, or in the event of immorality or grave impropriety of conduct on the part of the teacher coming to their knowledge, or in case of serious disproportion being reported to them after a premium examination between the amount earned by passes and that earned by the attendance of children. II. SALARY GRANT TO TEACHERS. 1. FIXED ALLOWANCE. 14. The teacher of every Elementary School, which maintains the required average attendance, will receive from the Board a fixed quarterly allowance, in consideration of such required average attendance, at the following rate : 15. In every Elementary School receiving aid, a capitation allowance will be paid at the following rates per quarter to the teacher on so much of the average attendance as is in excess of the required average :— cents. 24. 18. 12. To teachers hereafter appointed, the capitation allowance for each child over 100 in average attendance will be two-thirds the above rate in each type of school. 16. The capitation allowance may be increased if the Inspectors report to the Education Board that the average attendance of the schools had been seriously lessened by rain, or epidemic sickness. 17. To the grants afore-mentioned will be added the amounts earned as examination premiums at the last preceding examination and the certificate bonus to which the teacher is entitled. 18. By the Education Act Amendment Act, 1897, the grant for Elemen tary Education is limited to £11,000. To keep the expenditure within this limit a deduction will be made from the premium grants whenever this is necessary. 19. For any breach of the regulations, for neglect of duty, or for lack of discipline, the grant to the teacher will be subject to a deduction proportioned to the gravity of the fault. 20. The grant to teachers of every Elementary School will be paid monthly to the Supervising Minister, or to one of the Managers, if circumstances require it. Changes, resignations, or dismissals of teachers during the quarter will be dealt with on their several merits. 21. Female teachers hereafter appointed shall receive only three-fourths of the amount of salary which would be paid to a male teacher in a similar position. 22. No head teacher, notwithstanding the foregoing rules, shall receive a smaller salary than the maximum grant to an assistant. III. PREMIUM GRANTS. I. GENERAL REGULATIONS. 23. Every Elementary School on the aided list shall be examined once in each year by the Inspector, the Assistant Inspector, or the Inspectors' Assistant-at least a week's notice being given to the Supervising Minister that he may apprise the teacher and notify the same to the Managers. 24. Every child shall be eligible to participate in the premium examination of any school, provided his name has been on the books of that school, and no other, for at least twenty-two weeks immediately previous to the |