TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 79, 7 April 1915, Page 2

TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION FORMED. United Prrsh Association^ Christchurch, April G. At a meeting held ou Saturday a X,MV Zealand Technical School Teacher’s Association was formed, with power to register under the Teachers’ Court of Appeal. Fourteen delegates were present, all the technical day schools except at Dunedin and Wel--1 lington being represented. 'lhe constitution adopted provides that members must belong to a local association and must be engaged twenty hours at least in teaching or supervising or giving instructions under the manual and technical regulations. The executive consists of a president, vice-president, secretary, and tiea[surer, and four others, at least two Inf whom must be women. Not more than one director can have a seat on the executive. The annual general meeting will take place in January of each year. Each association is allowed one vote for every four members. The objects include the promotion of exchanges of teaching schemes and the bringing together of teachers of the same subjects at different technical schools. Officers were, elected :—President, Mr T. E. Newton. M.A. (Christchurch’) ; vice-president, Mr A. I). Treadwell, A. 8., T.C.C. (Auckland); secretary, Mr 0. J. Park (Christchurch) ; executive, Misses Wilton, M.A. (Invercargill), Little (Dunedin), Messrs R. Thompson (Auckland), W. A. Armour, M.A.. M.Sc (Wanganui); auditor, Mr N. Goldsbury, A.T.A.N.Z. (Christchurch).

Tt was decided to endeavour to arrange a conference of secondary school teachers in connection with the forthcoming election of the Council of Education.