EDUCATION BOARD.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5282, 28 February 1878, Page 2

EDUCATION BOARD.

The Board of Education ■ met yesterday morning. Present —The. Hon. J. C. Pharazyn \in the chair), Messrs. Beetham, and Bunny, M.H.R. The bank account showed a credit balance of £1723 16s. 4d. An amount of £2591, accruing under the bequest of the late Mr. Bees, was ordered to be paid over to the new Board at Wauganui when elected. In reference to an application from the Karori School Committee for improvements to the school buildings, involving a cost of about £SO, it was agreed that the consideration of the matter should stand over until next Wednesday, when Mr. Toomath, the representative of the district at the Board, would be present. It was also resolved to postpone to the same date the consideration of an offer from Count de Zaba to deliver some lectures on elucation. The con-ideration of letters relative to the classification of schools and the promotion of teachers was also postponed. Amongst the correspondence was the following communication Terrace school, Wellington, February 26, 1878. —To the Chairman of the Board of Education.—Sir, — I am directed by the Wellington Teachers’ Association respectfully to draw your attention to the following resolutions, which were passed unanimously at a geueral meeting of the association, .held in the Thcrndon school, on Saturday, the 2nd inst : 1. That this meeting respectfully suggests to the Board the justice and sound policy of stringently adhering, to the promotion and classification of teachers, on the bases of length of service and literary and professional ability. I am desired by the association to remind you of the fact that in some instances lately this principle has been departed from. I am further directed to state- that the practice recently adopted of appointing strangers, or comparative strangers, to important lucrative posts, is viewed with considerable apprehension by the whole teaching staff, as, if per-, aisted in, it will do away with one of the most powerful incentives to a faithful d'.schaVge of duty, namely, the prospect of promotion. 2. That this meeting regrets the action of the board in going outside the teaching body for departmental officers. I have, &c , J. Young, hon. sec. W.T. Association.” It was agreed that half an acre of land should be purchased at Tawa Elat for school purposes. ■ The following tenders were received for alterations and additions to the Terrace school (of which Mr. Young is the master), which is not large enough to accommodate the number of pupils attending it ; Wilson, £693 ; Williams Brothers, £B3B ; Bussell, £855. For excavations at Terrace school—£so ; Bourke, £65 ; Carswell, £69 ; Powell, £7l ; Neale, £76 ; Dooley, £7O ; Donovan, £143. The tenders were referred to Mr. Toxward, architect to the Board, to be reported on at the meeting of the Board on Wednesday next.