EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 398, 6 January 1909, Page 8

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE.

♦ > SOME IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS

cm TfLioßirn— rKE3B association.) Dunedin, January 5.

:.'''..The'tNew. Zealand .Institute was continued to-day, when the following resolutions were adopted^:—. , ' .(1) That at least one session of. the.annualmeetirig be devoted to. topics connected with the discharge of school duties. (2) That the'mathematical and other, difficult portions; 'in'; Course A -'geography 'he deleted .-from' the. syllabus: or'.;transferred to .Course \B,, and'that ■portion of, Course B be substituted in lieu»thereof.:-(3).,That'the: travelling 'expenses'of the executive, be paid out of the generalyfund.■■'■'(4) /That 'the Minister,' for Education be requested to see that the Education: Act : is. administered :by'boards;'.inac--cordance with the provisions of ; and the, departmental regulations. " (5) That the. .Minister: be' < asked to >/frame. regulations ; so. as'to provide acceptance of the required medical certificate ; on /the first entrance of.,a;teacher into';the' profession.'; '(6) That the .Minister, be respectfully- asked' to formulate' a : tentative. scheme for the promotion of teachers,' such a. scheme to embody the-.prin'ciples-accepted =by /.the institute.af its/meeting.in.l9oß..., (7) That ; the inspectors of the .Dominion ■. should be placed under control."of- the/central; Department' with, respect to the interpretation :of the regulations and the syllabus. (8) That a colonial scale 'of salaries. for . the. inspectorate;, is urgently .'needed;-/;.' ;■• ;• : .' - '/'■;•;'''.. •'.'■,/ •'■' , .' A-motion ,that, rifle, shooting be 'placed on the .syllabus;as an-optional subject .'was'lpsti:'"- ; "■.'.;'■■■■'.'■•."•;.'' :/."-■:',".,/":/' ;'"'/■ .'■