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21monitors and pupil teachers (old scheme) had failed, that thesetwo classes had for some time supplied practically no candidatessuitable for entrance to the men's Colleges, and that even in thecase of the women's Colleges they supplied only a minority of theentrants. For this reason the supply for many years past hadto be drawn almost entirely from those known as candidates fortraining, i.e., from private students whose general education wasoften defective and who had not undergone any preliminary test'or training in teaching. The result was a shortage and povertyof material-particularly amongst the men candidates-whichmade itself evident afterwards in the work of the training courseand in the comparatively large number of failures at the annualexamination. This would be alarming enough in normal conditions,but the position was rendered more acute owing to theneed not alone for an increased supply of teachers, but for ahigher standard of education consequent on the operation of theSchool Attendance Act and the possible extension of the age limitfor compulsory attendance to 16 years." Preparatoru College Scheme.-To meet these various needs itwas decided to depart from the old system of recruitment whichhad proved such a failure, and to set up a number of PreparatoryColleges which would provide for clever boys and girls desirousof becoming teachers and for other clever boys and girls with agood knowledge of Irish, a sound secondary education on Irishlines under highly qualified professors, with the advantages of acollective school life lived in an atmosphere of Gaelic tradition.It was provided that in these Colleges Irish should be not alonethe medium of instruction, but should also be the home language.The establishment of these Collegeswas a matter of considerable-diffieulty,as it was desired that, with the exception of two Collegesto be established in Dublin, they should be situated in the Gaeltacht,where the language and tradition of Gaelic Ireland are stilla living force. The initial difficulties have now been bridged overto a large extent, and the Department was in a position to putseveral of these Colleges in operation during the past year.Particulars in regard to the Colleges actually in operation aregiven in the Appendices to this Report.The competition for entrance to these Colleges is very keen, asmay be seen from the numbers competing for the comparativelysmall number of places at the 1926 and 1927 examinations-1,946in 1926 and 1,295 in 1927. It is not, of course, possible at presentto estimate the measure of success which will attend this experiment,but the students admitted for 1926-27 show much promise,and under the direction and instruction of highly-qualified staffsworking under the most favourable conditions should at theend of a four-years' course have attained the aim, viz., athoroughly sound secondary education, given through the mediumof the Irish language. It is hoped that when all these Colleges
22are in full working order there will be about 650 students inresidence, turning out about 150 entrants annually to the TrainingColleges proper.It may be noted that while the Scheme has so far been a completesuccess in its' main object, viz., the securing of a largenumber of boys and girls who are highly qualified in Irishand able to do all their Secondary work in other subjects throughthe medium of that language, it has not drawn on the Gaeltachtfor these pupils to as great an extent as had been expected, sinceso far more than three-quarters of the successful candidates havebeen from districts outside the Gaeltacht.The following is a table showing the numbers being admittedthis year (1927) from (a) the Gaeltacht and from (b) the non-Gaeltacht :-From From TotalFor Catholic Colleges _Ton- to beGaeltacht Gaeltacht admitted-----Boys 16 42 58Girls 13 51 64For College for Protestant Students .. 14 14TOTALS .. 29 IQ7 !36Pupil-TeacherScheme.It was further indicated in the last report that it was proposedto supplement the Preparatory College Scheme by a revisedpupil-teacher scheme. which would enable us to draw pupilteachersnot merely from day secondary schools, but also fromsecondary boarding schools. and to provide them with an educationfor two years in a secondary school which would approximateto some extent to the final two years in the PreparatcryCollege.Under the new Pupil-Teacher Scheme boys and girls who passthe Secondary School Intermediate Certificate Examination withHonours in Irish are eligible for appointment as pupil-teachers.The number of such appointments is limited and candidates areselected in order of merit. The course for pupil-teachership extendsover a period of two years, during which time the pupilteacherattends a secondary school in preparation for the LeavingCertificate Examination. During the second period of the coursepupil-teachers are vcquired to do practical teaching for not morethan three hours pen week.Pupil-teachers ,re appointed to specially selected secondaryschools where the instruction is given as far as possible through
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75fee-paying pupils up to the limit
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77An analysis of the organisation a
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79Professor Nils Lithberg, Ph.D, (P
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85Irish Schools had obtained result
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89Training in girls' schools is lim
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91school conditions to modern ideas
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95Expenditure, 1926Rents, Rates Edu
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97Messrs. R. Collins, H. R. Stewart
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101(e)SCALES OF_SALARIES OF TEACHER
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10721.CLASSIFICATION, ACCORDING TO
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111CONVENTAND MONASTERYSCHOOLS.24.
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119PREPARATORY COLLEGES FOR THE YEA
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12140. STUDENTS I.' TRAINING--SESSl
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127IRISH PRIZES TO STUDENTS IN TRA.
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131TEACHERS' PENSIONS AND GRATUITIE
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133APPEND IX Ill.SECONDARY EDUCATIO
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170APPENDIX IV.TECHNICAL INSTRUCTIO
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