FARMERS AND EDUCATION

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2809, 29 June 1916, Page 8

FARMERS AND EDUCATION

The following remits will bo submitted to the Dominion Conference of the New Zealand Fanners' Union, which is to open in Wellington on July ?5-.— ' Bookkeeping in Scnools—"That elementary bookkeeping, based on rural operations, bo. made a compulsory subject of'the school syllabus for country schools, the subject being allowed to remain optional lor other schools." (Wellington.)

Bookkeeping.—"That the time has arrived when ihe educational syllabus should be amended so that a method of bookkeeping suitable for farmers'-, pur- | poses could bs taught in the primary .schools of tlie Dominion." (Marlborough.) . Agricultural Education—"That ; tbe Board, of Agriculture be urged to vigor; ously push on the development of agricultural education, as on in a large measure the future pi'osperity of the Dominion." (Wellington.) Rural Schools.—"That this conference is of opinion that at tho present tinio too little attention is being given by tho Education Boards to primary education in outlying districts, also that the preservation of a sound constitution in a child should bo the board's first consideration, .and to that end the boards be urged tc provide ample and sanitary accommodation for all children attending country schools, and. that the Minister of Education lie asked to increase the subsidy for the conveyance of children to school in the outlying districts; affd in; lieu of employing uncertificated teachers, they provide a conveyance where roads permit to take tho children to largerstaffed schools."- (Southland.). . ■ ■

Rural Schools.—"That this, union strongly protests against the unfair treatment that is being levied oil country districts in not providing fair and proper accommodation for the pionoor settlers' children." (Pelorus.)

■ Aided. Schools.—'"'That this union considers the time has come when more consideration should 'be given to aided schools, in-rtho v forin of a : higher capitation:" (l'elorus.) -