BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LVII, Issue 6509, 6 January 1882, Page 3

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

■ s> SOUTH OANIERBUBY. The following business was transacted after the lunoheon adjournment s WAIMATB. In accordance with notice given at a previous meeting by Mr Wakefield, lAv Barker, in the absence of Mr Wakefield, moved that a resolution passed some months ago, on the motion of Mr Steward, to plaoe £SOO to a separate account for the erection of new buildings at Waimate, be rescinded. The Chairman stated that the reason the motion was brought forward by Mr Wakefield was that to " ear-mark" a oertain sum for a particular work whiob could not be carried out for a year, was a mistake. The money was wanted for immediate purposes too much to allow of its lying idle so long. He had no doubt, that if the motion were rescinded, the Board would make the grant next year. Mr Steward, who was now present, said be would offer no obstructive opposition to the motion, but he must point out that if it had not been for his making and pressing the application, the Board would probably not have received the sum specified. He would not oppose the rescinding of the motion, bnt in order to ensure the fair treatment of Waimate next year, by a Board which might he very differently composed to the present one, he wished a sort of record of the circumstances to be kept, and he moved as an amendment—" That as the sum of £SOO voted for the Waimate school building fund is not immediately required, the resolution directing its being placed to a separate account in the bank be rescinded, and that in lieu thereof it be resolved that the Board's officers be directed to open a separate account in the Board's books, under the heading 'Waimate School Building Fund Account,' and that the said sum of £SOO be credited thereto, and that on this being done the said sum of £SOO be set free, to be applied to other purposes, with the understanding that it shall be replaoed out of next year's vote." The amendment, seconded by Mr Goldsmith, was carried. SOHOIABBHIPfI. The report of £he Committee appointed to consider the regulations for the granting of the Board's scholarships was received end read. The Chairman explained what were considered unsatisfactory features in the present system, and pointed out that some alteration was really necessary in the system. The next scholarship examinations would take plaoe in a couple of months, and it was important to deoide whether any new regulations should be made to apply to these, or to postpone their application till next year. ' Mr Steward said that for several reasons it would be inadvisable to bring new regulations into force so shortly before an examination, and if they were not brought into foroe at once, the t-oinmittee's recommendations might be further considered than dealing with them now would allow. The great fault of the present system was, that under it the parents often received the money, and no part of it was spent upon advancing the child's education, the child being allowed to remain at the primary school, where, if higher education was imported, the teacher received no remuneration for the extra work. After a long discussion, it was decided to allow the old regulations to remain in foroe for the next examina* ion, with the modification mentioned in the following resolution proposed by Mr Steward, and carried, the modification being suggested by the Chairman to remove to same extent the defects of the present system—" That pending an entire revision of the scholarship regulations to be made at next meeting of the Board, the following regulation be adopted in reference to the scholarships to be awarded in March, 1882:—That the holders of scholarships in Classes A and B shall devote one-half of the scholarship money to the payment of the public school teaoher under whom they study during the year, as required by the Act (provided they do not attend a High Sohool), and that holders of scholarships in Classes G and I> shall continue their eduoation at a High Sohool." Mr Barker gave notice that he would move at next meeting, when the scholarships regulations came up for revision, that Class D scholarships be thrown open to all comers. ACCOUNTS. Acoounts were passed for payment, and the Board adjourned.