OUTLOOK FOR YOUNG TEACHERS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 493, 28 April 1909, Page 6

OUTLOOK FOR YOUNG TEACHERS.

■;;>■ - • AND THEIR TRAINING. BY:THE HON; iTOWLDS.^ . ■'.. '■: (BY ■ SBMsattiftt—rttttSs ieHOCUTION.) -~■■;! : . "'-I. ■' Durtedin, April 27. ■ . '. ■Tlio new'; • • Teaches Training • College, in ■; which there'aro ; about lOOifittdents/was, ofil- ~ daily'opened by tho Minister , , for Education, .tliis oftornoon.'ii*i ■■'•ifi./'-y■ ■'..■i'rx ; .li v ■'*, ■. i' in'tlie <souT6e o^jh^jspeech, ■ emphasisod tlio^inp<)rt a A<».' of ;trauung,.ool-. leges, and went.,<%&>. give..particulars or , votes for training collegeß, montionine that since 1903 the vpte has luercascd from £8000 to £32,000.' ■ thopresont rogulations it was contemplated, that.each training college should have 100 studeuts in attendance. Allowances end': other inducements offered to students at:training.colleges .were'bow. far . more liberal than these which were offereMo; students' anywhere else in the world.'. At the., end> of 1008 there wero in all .four colleges mi. the Dominion,', and 288 •. students, of'.-whom; 77 wero men-and 211 women.. Towards this, number Wellington contributed, 80,-Duuedin 80, Chfistchurch 78,: and' Auckland 60. Tho; amount .'granted for buildings specially intended for. training' oollegea since the mcep- ;..» tion :of:tho scheme ,of 1904 had been nearly ; £25,000,■ comprising.over.£9ooo each to '.Atick., land: and. Duuedin, and nearly £6000 toWol-. ; .- lingtoii. The .amount , expended on.training, colleges during ;tlie past■ financiar yeiir ■ (ex-. elusive . of.. that spent on buildings) was £25 721. : This total/ provides not only for the ;,■ offlcient training of over'2Bo teachers, but for the instruction, of about 1600 children in at--: tendance at.tho practising schools.. ■■ : 'Tho Minister went on' to say that as'the....-. iiewj Act comes into' operation, mere: adult- ■'■■ trained teachers will bo required -nrschools..-. In fact, during' the next few years ■ from , ;. 700 to 760 moTo teachers at least, will bo.re- i quired. It'is, therefoM,"desirable that-tho-number of students!in each college should be not less'than tho 100 limit now fixed, rThe ! - number of students' trained''during.the.'past five vears was 1001,. 76; m. 1905, 221; in 1906, 261; in inO7i 253; in IDOB, 288j total,. . 1101. Of tlieso 842 i were, females and 259 ( In conclusion, s tho Ministor said i— suggest that tho training.colleges might act•: as- centres : for: collecting and ( distnbu,tuiE ,' amongst schools sets of ilhistrativo material. . for object lessons—tnatonal that would show tho 'natural <: products , .' and manufactured, articles of our own and other, countries. ■~ - -