EDUCATION AIMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 707, 5 January 1910, Page 6

EDUCATION AIMS.

; :. ::ii£POETANT, CONFERENCE ~; y: ■ ;-.'.: ! AJiRANGEp.:.: ; ..; -;■- \\ : ;;;; SXTBJEgTS TOE DISCUSSION.,. , ;\. ' -.In puisaaiice of ,'the desire of .leading educationist; in ; ; New'.! Zealand. for a representative* . conference bri; '•the;;, subject - ; of the ;co-ordination '■ of , soveral '• parts •.of bur':- education -system, ■ the.VMimster for ; Education has : arranged *a. programme of topics .for"discdssion-at ; : a'rmeeting of representative ; school .teachers, ;and educationists 'enga'ged'.'in ..other :.branches of public''.instruction, to be\' held' in•'.Wellirigton: on •February 10, ; 11,' and 12 iiext. The conference will be representative of ihe , professorial .'boards of "the four university v colleges; ! the Director,: of . Canter- , bury Agricultural College; , the Principals of the four "training- colleges; six representatives of i'secondary, schools; ■ four ; representatives "of .technical schools; .eight representatives of public schools (inelud- , ing.. district Ugh schools), elected by the New, Zealand', institute; -a'. , representative inspector from \each -education . district, and iiyo inspectors of the c Edncation Department, inclusive :-of; thev ; Inspector-. General of Schools (Mry'G. Hogben),' who will:.aot'as,:chairman of,;-the conference. The programme is outlinedi as fdllbws:—'. 'j-hursday, I'ebiuary'lO.-T-Morning: The work , of the primary schools;' , Afternoon: llelation of 'primary, schools;to. secondary and -technical schools.'.... ■■ , v. ; '•'•'■-' ". ■.•■'

' Friday, .February. ■ 11.—Morning': /•■ The work 'of secondary, schools and technical schools. (Afternoon:'-' The :. of secondary/and technical /schools to one another,- and to the University Colleges; ■-.;• Saturday, ..February 12.—Morning: The work,- of the ' and University Colleges', and;: of ,'the. Training' Colleges in relation-thereto.■'.'■:■•*,;■''•//. 'i;; •..-.

The Institute was-recommended, to take steps to: nominate/ member's 'tis ■'. follows :— Cμ)-. District .High - Schools: : ; Two representatives (one .North Island,; and one South Island;.representative).-./. , ■ ■ .. (b) Primary- Schools (as distinct, from District : High , Schools)::- l(i) larger . schools, exceeding ■' 200 in! average attendance—two representatives''(one .North -Island, and one "South Island): /(ii) Smaller schools.i not. exceeding. 200 in average attendance— two/representatives' (one; North Island,: and/one South Island). '.':'■■■:'■ ■■ '■ (c) ■' Infant-mistresses—two: representatives (one North Island,: and' one South Island)./ ; . .•.'//•■' "--"'-.'. ■'.;■',■■■ ' : ': -.■".■'

The general is to be followed immediately.;!);?'the periodical conference for tho special' discussion' of training collogo matters,/and by the. triennial conference of inspectors'of. schools. ■'■,'•' •