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The remaining part of the grant will be paid to the headmaster of the school wherein the pupil will have been taught or, in the case of an aided school, to the manager.
Provided that, in the latter case, if the headmaster be a certificated teacher of hygiene, he shall have half of the sum allotted to the manager; and one-third, one- fourth, or one-fifth of the share allotted to the teacher of the pupil or pupils, accord- ing as the latter teacher holds a second class, a first class or an honour certificate respectively.
REPORT of the Director of Public Instruction.
The scheme divides itself into two parts:-
(1) The teaching of the school teachers and examination of them for certificates. The chief expense in connection with this would be the purchase of the wall diagrams, books, &c. I have excluded the models, items I. and II. in Annexure A to Dr. Lorans' report: I understand that these are very elaborate things and would be very costly if they could be got at all; and I can get no idea of the probable cost: and I have excluded some of the elementary hygiene books already purchased by my Department when the subject was first under consideration. ascertain the other prices, I estimate that the cost in England would be about £6, As far as I can or, say, Rs. 100.
I would suggest, from a teacher's point of view, that the syllabus of lectures which is given in considerable detail, be printed for circulation among those who attend. This is an expenditure that would be borne by the Storekeeper-General's Department.
If it were possible to have a little book on hygiene with special reference to this country it would no doubt be very useful. But this would probably be an expen- sive item and is, of course, not essential to the scheme.
To carry out the scheme which is proposed in the report, and which seems to me to be a very valuable one, I can foresee no other items of expenditure.
understand that the Medical Department would have
I would suggest, and
no objection, that the lectures be thrown open as well to such of the teachers in the higher grade schools of the Colony as may care to avail themselves of them.
If it is decided to start the scheme I think that a circular may be sent to teachers putting the outlines of it and its objects before them and asking for applications; and these could be dealt with, by making a selection or otherwise, according to the number received. There is one class of teachers, namely, the students at the two training schools, whose attendance at the course of lectures may be made compulsory.
If the scheme proves successful the subject may later on be added, either as optional or compulsory, to those of the teachers' certificate examinations.
(2) The teaching of the school children by the teachers who have obtained certificates.
This part of the scheme would not of course be begun, or the expenses con- nected with it have to be provided, for some time to come. And at the same time
it is extremely difficult to form any estimate of what the expenditure under this head would be, as it will depend in the first place on the way in which the matter is taken up by the teachers and secondly on the success that they have with the pupils. After consultation with Dr. Lorans and Dr. Crétin I propose that courses of lessons be given in Standards IV., V., and VI., the course in each standard to be complete in itself; and that result grants of 4, 6, and 8 rupees, respectively, be paid for passes in these standards. Basing my estimation on the passes now obtained in optional subjects and taking account of the fact that hygiene will only be taught by specially qualified teachers, I suppose that 1,000 at the most will pass per annum when the scheme is in full swing earning an average result payment of Rs. 5, thus making the expenditure Rs. 5,000 a year in result grants.
The examinations would have to be conducted by special examiners, some of the qualified teachers being appointed for this purpose. A further sum of Rs. 200 may be required for this purpose.
It would be desirable to have the examinations controlled by the Medical Department, for instance by re-examining a few of the corrected papers occasionally. This I understand could be done by officers of that Department without further expense to Government.
The question of grants and the suggestions in the report about the distribution
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of the grants, which I think are good in principle, and other details of the scheme would, I am of opinion, be matters for the consideration of the Committee of Primary Instruction.
If the scheme meets with success among the teachers of the Schools for the Higher Education of Girls the subject may later on be added to the optional subjects for these schools. This would involve no great increase of expenditure: it would only have the effect of making the certificates and especially the honours certificates more easily obtained, supposing the present arrangements for award of certificates to continue to exist. And in this way a knowledge of the subject would be usefully disseminated among another class of people.
In conclusion I may say that although I have estimated the expenses connected with the teaching in the primary schools at about Rs. 5,200 roughly when the scheme is in full swing, yet it is probable that very much less than this, perhaps half of it, will be sufficient for some years after the scheme is started.
September 23, 1904.
W. T. A. EMTAGE,
APPENDIX III. (1.)
Director of Public Instruction.
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.
HYGIENE EXAMINATION.
Saturday, September 29, 1906.
From 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
1. Give a list of the various kinds of structures of which the body is composed
and enumerate the organs to be found in the Thorax.
In which
2. Give a brief description and diagram of the heart and circulation. 3. What is meant by nitrogenous and non-nitrogenous foods. division do proteids and carbohydrates belong? Give an example of each.
4. What diseases are carried by milk and how would you prevent them?
What is a wind and how is it caused?
5.
6. A room with no ventilation, contains 60,000 cubic feet of air. It is occu-
pied by 83 people for 1 hours. How many cubic feet of carbonic acid gas will
be present in each 1,000 cubic feet of air at the end of this time?
7. What are the sources of drinking water and what amounts should be
allowed for the various domestic purposes?
8. State what you know of plague and how it is carried?
(2.)
Saturday, September 29, 1906.
From 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
1. What kind of glands are formed in the skin and what organs are situated
in the abdomen?
2. Explain the terms, state what changes are effected in the air by respiration.
'Tidal air," "Reserve air," and
Residual air," and
3. What is the digestive action on proteids, starch, and fat in the small intes- tines and how are they absorbed?
4.
What is the structure of an egg, and what food substances does it contain? 5. How are clouds formed?
6. Mount Ophir is 4,186 feet high. If the barometer stands at 30 12 inches
and the temperature is 82° F. at Malacca, what will be the reading of the barometer
and the temperature (in degrees centigrade), at the top of the hill?
7. What diseases may be due to an impure water supply and what domestic
means of purifying the water are available?
8.
State all you know about the malarial parasite.
What measures would you adopt to prevent the spread of this disease?