EDUCATION MATTERS
(Peb United Press Association.) CHRISTGHURCH, August 1. At a meeting of the Christohurch School Committees' Association the following resolution was carried:—"That, in view of the altered conditions of traffic generally, the committee recommends the Education Department to introduce a provision in the syllabus for the teaching of children in the elementary rules governing safety in the usa of streets and footpaths." Tho following remits wero adopted for the forthcoming conference of school committees associations in Wellington "That the Government be asked to do all in its power to facilitate the holding of open-air classes m connection with schools." "That with a view to promoting tho general efficiency of primary education in the dominion, tho Government be urged to increase the annual education grant to at least £3,000,000. "That 110 concessions or subsidies be granted to any private schools." /I liat if any educational legislation in that direction is contemplated tho conferenoe strongly protests against any system of centralisation or other alteration of the Education Act, whereby the present functions of school committees will be curtailed." "That a federation of school committees' associations he formed ,to bo calWl * the Federated School Committees' Associations of New Zealand,"
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17693, 2 August 1919, Page 9
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197EDUCATION MATTERS Otago Daily Times, Issue 17693, 2 August 1919, Page 9
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