TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1952, 8 January 1914, Page 7

TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.

KEFOHM SOUGHT. (By Tolsgroih—Prcsi Asaociatioii.l Auckland, January 7. The Educational .Institute continued its sessions this morning, when it was resolved to strive (1) for tho inauguration of a'G'ouncil of Education, which, under control of Parliament, shall.havo the direction of educational policy and administration with the assistance of local bodies, preferably four education boards, and local committees having no voice'.in the appointment of teachers j (!') for tho placiug.of the. inspectorial and the teaching staffs tinder tho control of that council j (3) for an adcrjuato scale of .salaries for tcaehars and inspectors ; (4) for the provision of a sufficient supply of-trained'teachers; and (o) for the substitution of teachers' efficiency and sorviee-instead of attendance as.the basis of computation of salaries, special attention - to-.be paid to tho salaries'of teachers'-in Grades 3 and 4.

A special meeting of the exec'utiva and '20 representatives of tho district institutes will be held in July next, ivliilo the. n'oxt annual, meeting is duo iri.fuly, 1915. : ■ ■ :'Jhe demand for payment of superannuation allowances on the three best paid years of Service, and tlio rco,tiesfc for-an actuarial report , on tlio cost- of increasing tho allowances to widows from £18 per annum to £26. are renewed, and rogrct is expressed that ■Parliament found it impossible to deal with tho salary question last year. Tho institute urges'that tho new scalo should he.mado to apply for the whole of 1915. "JJufray" purses presented to the Provident Fund totalled £10 18s., but Auckland (£8.5), North Canterbury (£80) and (£27) had made-special ap penis on behnlf of distressed moinbors. .flection of officers resiilM as follmv:—President, Mr. A. Erskine (AYollinglon); vice-president, Mr. T. V. AVells (Auckland); secretary. Mr. H. A. Parkinson; treasurer, Mr. E. U. Just; executive, i\j<~ssrs. Newton (North Liland) and Flamank (South Island), roelnctcl), and Gruiidv (Wellington); '♦Journal" registrar, Ml/. J. Melizies.