TRAINING THE YOUNG.
DELIBERATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE. [Per Press Association.] Auckland, January 6. At the Education Institute Conference to-day a - remit approving of consolidation of schools as recommended by the Education Commission was adopted. It was pointed out that the amalgamation of three schools of 50 pupils under one headmaster would effect a saving in salaries alone of L 270. The conference carried a resolution that the time has arrived when all Junior National and Education Board Junior Scholarships should be abolished and the money saved spent in paying lodging epenses.of those highest on tiie list for the junior free places examination who required to live away from home in order to attend secondary school. It was decided to hold future congresses at Wellington during the Parliamentary session, on the ground that members of Parliament would he more alert to the requirements of the profession while attending Parliament. The Congress discussed the executive’s proposal that the Institute devote an effort to securing the following reforms: (at Inauguration of a Council of Exdncatibn, which, under the, control of Parliament, shall have the direction of educational policy and administration ; (h) the placing of the inspectiona! and teaching staffs under the control of a central authority such as'ihfe Council (c) an adeService Commissioner; (h) an adequate scale of salaries for teachers and- inspectors; (d) provision for a sufficient supply of trained teachers; ■(e) substitution of some hotter basis than attendance' for the computation of salaries.
The secretary, Mr Parkinson, Wellington, claimed'that a really national system of education was impossible not possible for the appointment of teachers to. he carried out to the host a dvaotsgq ■. hy v .Edpp.ationw-Bqa rds. He estimated that, by “central isatiou>.£2o,000 would he,saved im administration. The scheme would also break do win the harrier between thg:,-,teachers of different parts , of New Zealand. Mr H. Young said* the Soutlildnd branch held it to he too drastic to talk about abolishing Education Boards. He believed four or five should lie retained. The discussion is proceeding.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5, 6 January 1914, Page 6
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334TRAINING THE YOUNG. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5, 6 January 1914, Page 6
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