TEACHERS IN CONFERENCE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1638, 3 January 1913, Page 6

TEACHERS IN CONFERENCE.

THE QUESTION OF PLAY. ■ (By Telegrapli-Pre33 Association.) . . New Plymouth, January 2, : . Tho Educational Conference was. continued to-day.. .Witli „very- slight, amendment, the -conference adopted tho draft .of,.tne'--proposed 'constitution-' of district institutes of .the New, Zealand Educational .Institute as -recommended, by 'tho executive. . '"'•I A 1 long '.discussion' ensued on tho question of . salaries, the opinion beinit gonerally expressed that ..-tho" - institute had made snfßciently : strong 'representations to the :Goyer;itrient"<m: the'inatttlr.; It was resolved that'the ■ executive -be- instructed to draw up a scheme-of salaries, tb submit the same to the district institutes, an'd on receipt of their criticisms to lay the Scheme before the Minister. . The following remit-from Auckland carriedln 'order to facilitate tho working of our schools it is: desirable that 'the .'Education Act,; and the 1 , regulations should be so amended that (1)' all : calculations for 'tho 'payment of funds, teachers' salaries, staffing of sohools,'etc., c.t present Sosed on tho avorago daily attendance eliall thereafter be based on the working Toll" number (the suggested definition of the working roll number for each quarter is tho total number of pupils on the roll who have attended tio fewer than half the number: of--times tho school has been open).- (2). The present ;:capitatioii system for manual work im primary schools shall be discontinued in favour of definite allowances for stationery, etc. _ ' Other recommendations;. were earned that the salaries of pupil teachers, and probationers bo; placed on an-equal foo-i----fne with thoso paid .to cadcts in other Government Departments,; and; that' i;icreas»s should bo given in other grades. Mr. W. H. Newton; of Auckland, moved • "That the institute ; 'ogoin; repeats|its reciuest for legislation providing for the promotion of teachers on a ( defimto plan.'