PRIMARY SCHOOLS

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12606, 17 November 1926, Page 5

PRIMARY SCHOOLS

REVISING CURRICULUM SPECIAL COMMITTEE APPOINTED' A LENGTHY TASK In acoordanoe with' a recommendation made by the Council of Education in July last, the Education Department is setting up a committee consisting of specialist teachers and administrative officers to revise the primary school curriculum. The committee will make investigations with a view to such changes being made in the programme of work for Standards V. and VI. and for the first two years of the secondary school courses as shall secure proper correlation. The following ladies and gentlemen connected with various phases of educational work have been, invited to act as members of the committee:—Mr B. N. T. Blake (headmaster of the Thorndon Normal School), Miss Carnachan. (primary school teacher of Auckland, and a member of the Council of Education), and Miss Kennedy (Auckland Normal School) to represent the primary school teachers. Professor Lawson (Professor of Education at Otago University), to represent the training colleges. Dr J. W. Mcllraith (senior inspector at Napier), and Mr M. McLeod (senior inspector at Christchurch) to represent the inspectors of schools; Mr W. Thomas (principal of the Timaru Boys’ h School) to represent the secondary schools; Mr A. Marshall (late head of the Technical College at Dunedin), to represent the technical schools; Mr T. U. Wells (a member of the Auckland Education Board and formerly a headmaster at Auckland), to represent the education boards; Mr W. Dinwiddie (of Napier), to represent the school committees. The committee’s investigations will extend over several months. It is proposed to call the committee together before the end of this year in order that the members may have a r-rc-liminary discussion and set up *ibcommittees to deal with different paits of the syllabus. Early in the New Year the committee will meet again to d’scuss the finding of the sub-commit-tees, and possibly to make some progress with the preparation of the report.