ABSTRACT
The profound change in education, which the Minutes of 1846 made possible, could only take place by degrees. The first year's crop of apprentices was only eight, five boys and three girls, and these would not be ready for several years to take up their work. To speed up the process of providing certificated teachers for the schools, the Committee of Council admitted three classes to their examinations: students in college who had completed a course of at least one year; teachers who had been trained in the past; and those in charge of schools who had never been trained.
