EDUCATION BOARD.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1930, 12 November 1906, Page 4

EDUCATION BOARD.

(Wairoa Guardian.) For runny years tho l’ovorty Bay people have urged for a separate education district. The Hawlco a Bay education district is a very extensive ono. As was stated at last mooung ox tho Board, Mr Hill is worked to death. Ho is so full of onthusinam for liis work, and so determined to xintil his duties to tlio letter, that } IG does full justice to even tho most isolatott portion of tho district that comes within his range But even Mr Bill cannot perform impossibilities. For instance, notice was given by tho Board that ho would visit Wairoa to inspect tho local schools on September 17th. Mr Hill has boon coming “ noxt week ever sinco. It stands to reason that this indecision hampers tho teachers m their work. Olrldren have to bo kept up to tho standard in tho year s work, aud carried on in new subjects.. Ihe proposal by the Board to appoint an Assistant Inspector is fully justine . Tho salary mentioned is £3OO per annum, but this, is, presumably, exclusive of travelling expenses. Since tho Board, however, recognise that another Inspector is required, for it is pretty well known that the members are generally in favor of the pro. posal, surely they will consider tlio advisability of stationing him iu Gisborne. In such a case the Wairoa district would probably come within his area, as tho Chief Inspector has a very largo number of schools to visit in tho southern portion of the Educa» tion Board district. Tho innovation would certainly facilitate inspection, and keep the children up-to-date. . . Certainly, next to . formin g tho Poverty Bay district into a separate Education Board district, the appointment of an assistant-inspector to bo resident in Gisborne, would improve the present situation. M!r Hill is ono of the best inspectors in the colony, and the teachers under his control would be sorry to lose his supervision, but if matters are readjusted by the appointment of an assistant, it will givo the chief inspector moro time to devote to the broader scheme of his work, and relieve him of much of the worrisome details which underlie , the 8) stem. The present state of things certainly requires remedying, and the matter is to bo brought up at the next Education Board conference. The Education Department has hitherto been slow to move, hut the new Minister, Mr Fowlds, has progressive instincts, and appears ready to adopt any improvements which ho buds upon consideration are required.