EDUCATION IN TARANAKI.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 71, 26 March 1915, Page 3

EDUCATION IN TARANAKI.

THE ANNUAL REVIEW. The following is the text of the report of H. Trimble, chairman of the Taranaki Education Board, to the Minister for Education : j "In accordance with the provisions of Section 39 (1) of 'The Education Act, 1914,' the Education Board of Taranaki has the honor to submit the following report of its proceedings for the year 1914 : "At the beginning of the v year the Board comprised the following members: Mr Harold Trimble (chairman), Messrs G. A. Adlam, A. Mel. Bradbury, A. H. Halcombe, W. M'L. Kennedy, It. Masters, A. Morton, H. Rogers, J. Young. At the March meeting, Mr W. L. Kennedy resigned, and at the special election held on the 7th May, li.)ll. Mr Edward Marfell was' elected unopposed. In accordance witln the provisions of 'The Education Act,' the following members retired in July: North Ward: Arthur Herbert Halcombe; East Ward: William Rogers; West Ward : Augustus Mclnnes Bradbury, and at the election held on the 27th July, Messrs Bradbury and Hal- : combe were re-elected for their respective wards, ami -Mr Francis Joseph Mackay was elected a member of the East Ward in the place of Mr William Rogers. At a meeting of the Board held on August 2(5. Mr Harold Trimble was re-elected chairman. "New schools have been erected and opened at Mimi and Waiau, and the Pungareliu and West End schools have been enlarged. New residences have been erected at Pukeho and Ruapuha, and the Lincoln and Warea residences have been enlarged. The Huirangi school and the Oaoiiui residence were destroyed by fire, and were reinstated during the year. At the end of the year there were 100 schools opened, including two halftime schools. Ninety were held in buildings, the property of the Board, and the balance leased to the Board by settlers. Fifty-five of the head teachers had residences attached to their schools, and the others were in receipt of house allowance. The number-of teachers in. the service of the Board was 209, graded as follows :—Sole teachers, 43 males and 9 females; head teachers, 16 females and 31 males; assistants, 69 females and 11 males; pupil teachers, 17 female and 1 male; probationers, 11 females and 1 male. At the annual examination of pupil teachers and probationers, one gained a pass for C examination and 4 for D, and six gained partial passes for D. At the scholarship examination, candidates from the following schools qualified:— Bayly Memorial Scholarship.—New, Plymouth Boys' High School 6; Stratford District High School 1. The scholarship was gained by a candidate from the New Plymouth Boys' High School. Board's Senior Scholarship.—New Plymouth Girls' High School 8; New 1 Plymouth Boys' High School 8, Stratford District High School 7, New Plymouth Technical School 1. The scholarships were granted to four candidates from the New Plymouth Girls' High School, four from the New Plymouth Boys' High School, and three from the Stratford District High School.

The National and Board's Junior Scholarships.—Stratford District High School 10, West End School 6, New Plymouth Boys' High School Inglewood 3, New Plymouth Girls' High School 2, Tariki 2, Frankley 1, Ngaere 1, Norfolk 1, Toko 1, AVhangamomona 1. The National Scholarships were granted to one candidate from the Inglewood school and one from the West End school.

The Board's Junior Scholarships were granted to three candidates from the Stratford District High School, three from West End, two from Tariki, and one each to the Norfolk, Toko, Waitara, Wkaugamomona and New Plymouth Boys' High School. The Taranaki Scholarships were won by Colin James Campbell, of the Stratford District High School and Gordon Mcß. Salt, of the New Plymouth Boys' High School.

The receipts of the Board from all sources, including £2176 14s 9d credit balance from 1913, amounted to £46,110 2s lid, while the expenditure was as follows:—Administration, £3199 ]s Bd, teachers' salaries £27.510 15s lOd, secondary education £I3BO 14s , Bd, manual and technical £3787 Is 7d, buildings £5869 10s lOd, training of teachers £271 3s lOd, leaving a credit of £3791 14s 6d. ■ , I