EDUCATION COUNCIL

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 227, 20 June 1921, Page 5

EDUCATION COUNCIL

VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS

TRAINING OF TEACHERS / At a sitting of the Council of Education last'week several resolutions were, carried relative to the training of teachers. H was decided that the Department be urged to arrange teachers’ refresher schools of all kinds, but with special reference to the needs of technical and manual training teAchers, and that the Department be recommended to provide boarding and to make an allowance to tenchors in regular attendance sufficient to cover travelling expenses. Tn order to secure a better supply of trained teachers in technical subjects. It was recommended that the payment of full-time student teachers in technical schools be made equal to fhaf: of probationers in primary schools, and that the payment to part-time student, teachers be considerably increased.

In view of tho announcement made by the Minister regarding the training of secondary teachers, the committee had no recommendation to make on the subject. The. council recorded its opinion that the State should train its own teachers, end with a view to ensuring this in every ca«“. it recommended that the training colleges should have correspondence branches especially for the tuition and training of nncertificated teachers. It was also affirmed that experts, in the training college centres from Hme to time as opportunity offers should visit the districts served hr the training college centre and deliver addresses to teachers. Touching another matter, the council affirmed that it was desirable that experimental ‘.schools of remodelled primary nnd noat-primarv types should be established in a. selected centre. The following motions bearing on examinations were adopted:— That in the opinion of the council steps should be taken in the direction "f: (1) Lessening the requirements ■ for the intermediate examination; (2) making more .adeouate provision for the teaching of (n) New Zealand history, (b) social and industrial history.

That ns the examination requirements for sirls in secondary Schools are too great l'»cnuse of th’ heavy domestic science syllabus for binior H-de nlac" pnnils, the council consider that stens »bculd be 'taken in the direction of lightenin’’ this svllnbus ami nt the same time n.akln” it useful and nractical. That in the oninion of the council the practice of including que'tions on history and ceogrnpliy in th" matriculation English panqr I>e nholi'hed, ex"ont hs extra questions for medical candidates.

That the council roc"mmend to tho UnifVersif;’ S°nnfe: (hl That tho matriculation 'examination be waived, in the case of students desirons of obtainin'- a degree, where such students nre over th“ ago of 30 -y«nr-> and bn’-» shnwn such chili tv ns will im-fifv J.he-r being cxnniined in the subje'-ts reouired for the degree sought: (,b) thn+ with respect to pupils in sc p oiidn’-v schools th" ncci-edit-!ng system 1-e I’flcnled "cnerallv in lieu of Hi" ma+riciilnf'on examination. Th.nl with the tccchine of historv end civics th" olemenfcry nrin'-inlos of "copnniics he- taught in the secondary ecbools.

That with a view to "nsurin- that the Reef: ii«" bo made of oil "’-n’lchl" school time, the snl jccts of shorthand and fyncwritHig should not b" taken until fbe third vo'.r of tho nund’s enH-v of lb" secondary school: M That H-o council Impresses on the Univer-"’lv Senate tho ppppasifv of seeing that the interests of candidates who hav» »"< r«r matriculation nnd kindred ex-nmin-tio-s nr" nrnperb- safei-iiardr-d. and with this ahrnef: (b) that /be ('xamin.'’ , io" pnnors of all each candidates should Lo returned hv th" examiners to th" S-mnl". ('■) Hint n central cmnmilteo cf the Senate 1>- located in Widlin-'ton to review lb" n>nrks of anr <-:indid"t"= who mnv 1 id' Hint im cremin-Hon nnn»rs • <’"-'r-'V"d until nt least 01'0 ninntll offer I’l' 'thrial publico!i'>r> the candidates’ mark--.