Sir W. Hart Dyke explained on Tuesday the principles of
the New Education Code. Instead of abandoning the pupil. teacher system, the object had been to strengthen it ; to dblige managers to keep the pupil-teachers under an efficient course of instruction; to strengthen the periodical tests to which they should be subjected; and to make it necessary for pupil-teachers who dO not promise well to take up some other means of' earning their livelihood. The standard is also to be materially raised in future for all certificated teachers. Especially, unfit teachers are to have the oppor- tunity of withdrawal opened to them, so that their place may be filled by a higher class of teachers. Then there is to be a considerable enlargement of the non-compulsory subjects or extra subjects, so as to give a larger field of choice to the teachers and learners. A complete syllabus for elementary science is offered, and another for history; while in English five courses are to be given. In geography, there is to be an original course and two alternative courses ; and there are to be optional courses in German, navigation, shorthand, book- keeping, and cookery, besides physical training. On the whole, the object has been to give a much more elastic system of education, outside the obligatory subjects.
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