Special Scholarships for Teachers 

## ARTICLE V 

SECTION 1827 . Scholarships for Teachers Receiving Instruction in Special Classes . — The Director of Education shall maintain in the city of Manila or elsewhere in the Philippine Islands special classes to give superior instruction to teachers; and from tim e to time as the means therefor shall be made available by appropriation, he shall, subject to conditions prescribed by the Secretary of Public Instruction, appoint deserving teachers from the public schools to receive the benefit of instruction therein. 

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Appointments hereunder shall be equitably distributed among the provinces, account being taken of the number of pupils in their respective public schools during the term next preceding that during which the selection is made, but so far as practicable at l east one scholarship shall be assigned to each province. 

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The division superintendents of schools of the provinces from which the appointments are to be made shall select, from among the teachers in their provinces who have served for a period of not less than one year, those who possess the best qualifications t o receive the instruction in question and shall recommend them to the Director of Education for appointment accordingly. 

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SECTION 1828 . Contract to be Entered into by Appointees . — All teachers appointed hereunder shall sign a contract by which they shall bind themselves to serve, upon the completion of the special and proper course or courses of study, as municipal or Insula r teachers in any of the municipalities of the province of their origin and faithfully to discharge the duties of the office for the salary which may be fixed by competent authority during a period of time equal to that employed by them in study under the privileges hereof; but with the approval of the Director of Education the performance of such service may be postponed, in the case of a teacher who desires to complete his education at his own expense, during the period requisite for such purpose. 

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SECTION 1829 . Travel Expenses, Subsistence En Route, and Monthly Stipend.  — Teachers selected shall be entitled to travel and subsistence expenses 

