THE EDUCATION COMMISSION.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1471, 20 June 1912, Page 4

THE EDUCATION COMMISSION.

HKISHKD ;AT DUXLPIN ' .. Dunedin, Juno 19. THe] t^EAusation^onimission.% continued 'its sittingsKltb-day:# ; i n"' ; "V Abraham/Biirnett, s hbad;".teacher, Kakanui, 1 urged'tho! ,: adyantago of establishing •cottage"' connection with coun'h'j7;;bchools.' ;. Ho. q!>jecred to. females lay 4ng>givenicharge bf. schools of. from 36 : tosSo,/pui)ilssin' > iprei'erencß... to men, who •haditb;.'snpp6rt,'"Wives and. Were ..expected "to tho.i'cra'illes' full.''r.*- ...; . v ICJamcs' iilitchell.-.jnember of' the Olasto 'Board- ofvEdueatioii, cl'eatly favoured the "Otag'oi'.'scheiue* for,.-, the appointment of 'teachers..'Which hod' been .mainly founded tendered by the whole inspectorate, and -haii; worked well siul given .■satisfaction:!'"'He■!maintained that (he only, ivsy to meet the',unrest among "teachers?regarding, salaries' would, be to "ive.' a fixectfsalary 5 in' accord 'with merit and 'eitgth" of'service, the same as doniiuaWother.'branches'of the Civil Service. ■? Mi*-; Kelsoy;':-'president of the Kindergartens Association,"emphasised. the need for' 1 the extension, of the true principles of ■Froelwlismj through all standards of the public' school,course. v . Children should be ■ retained'-im,the., kindergartens till six vears'old,'"thence passing to the standards. '■ : -It'was agreed..to take Dr. Trub.v Kings evidence'/atV)Vellington. The Commission will leave for hivercargill this alter-