EDUCATIONAL

Hokitika Guardian, 11 May 1928, Page 4

EDUCATIONAL

By Telegraph—Press Assn., Copyright. WELLINGTON, -May !). A suggestion that junior high secondary and technical schools ; should he combined under one head, with experts in charge of the three separate schools, was made by Air A. AV. Short of Takapuna Grammar School, President of the Secondary Schools Assistant’s Association, in his presidential address to the Association’s conference to-day. Air Short said from his own experience, he thought there was need for care lest the secondary subjects lie taken up too early, at the expense of some of the primary ones. Of the three types of junior high schools in existence, he thought that the type run in conjunction with a

secondary school such ns at Whaiigaroi and WnitaLi would be louiiii ideal, because the syllabus ol jumoi schools could be made to dovetail into that of tbe senior one, and there would lie a complete course mapped out from t lie tiiiie tbe child epic red the former till be lelt tile latter. .11 the principle could be extended to a combination of junior- high, secondary and technical schools under one head with experts in charge of Hie Hirer separate schools, there would be r

system where all the teachers concerned would be in closer touch with each other and would have more direct supervision over the pupils from start to finish of the school _ course. District high schools, if retained should direct attention more to agricultural pursuits or to those suited to the locality than, to purely secomlarv work.

It, was decided to bring the question of increased salaries ol se<<md division teachers under the notice ni the Minister. It was also decided if ask thill in technical there ),o.onc full-time assistant tea ho" L"

every iwmHv-fivo names on the sehno roll op, Afrrrli 1, and that the, 1 niversitv fen of technical teachers . I, paid by the Government. The following remit was carnet unanimously at tlm canfovenee •>< terilay:—•

That, in vmw of the benefits rei rived hv school pupils from the operation of tli'" B'itnnier Time Bill. Hr.s Association is rtromrlv in favour ol extending the operation of legislation and making it permanent.