EDUCATION COUNCIL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 54, 3 July 1915, Page 2

EDUCATION COUNCIL.

Per Press iAssociation. Wellington, July 2. The. Council of Education resumed on Thursday. Dr. W. J. Anderson piesided . The interim report of the committee on the schemes of control of secondary -schools recommended that the council advise the Minister to give notice to the governing bodies of the Christchurch Boys and Girls High Schools and of the Wellington College ana Wellington Girls College to forward schemes in accordance with section 92 of the Act; also that the Minister be advised to adopt the scheme of con- 1 trol of the Gisborne High School as amended by the committee. Mr Pirani, chairman of the Wanganui Girls College Board of Governors, waited on the council to support the objections of the board to the proposed scheme of control suggested by the Department. Mr Hogben proposed: "That the matter be referred to the committee on «chemes of control, with an instruction that the date of election be altered from December 31 to July 31, and that the fees remain as they have been hitherto, and, further, that the question of expulsion be referred to the committee for consideration." The motion was carried. On the motion of Miss Chaplin, it was decided that a recess committee be set up to consider the question ot differentiation in the education of boys and girls. The committee on schemes of control of secondary schools presented its report. The schemes provide the machinery for the election of members of boards, also the courses of study which are to be provided in the schools, the relation of principles and the board with regard to the control and management of schools, and, in some cases, also provision for the election of chairmen for carrying on the business of the boards. The committee recommended that the Minister be advised to approve of the scheme as adopted by the committee. The committee further recommended that some of the members of the governing bodies of girls' .schools should be women. The report wag adopted. Mr C. 11. Upie drew attention to the rgcat numbers of people they passed primary schools before they passed standard VI, many of them after passing standard IV, and he pointed out that many of them wished for further education in the evenings. At present they had to pay for this education, and his idea was that the technical schools should be made free to them. He submitted a motion in the direction he had indicated. Mr G. Hogben pointed out that the same object would be attained by making attendance at continuation schools compulsory under section 124 of the Education Act. Eventually the matter was referred to the recess committee for consideration and report. The following committees were elect-ed:--Agriculture: Messrs Hogben (con. venor), Hanks, Opie, Wells, Fleming, land Franklyn, and Miss Myers. Edification of girls: Mrs Talbot (convenor), :Misses Cruickshank, Myers, Chaplin, Messrs Hogben, Kirk, Fleming, and Caughley. University entrance: Mr Fleming, Professor Brown, Messrs '-Hogben, Campbell, and Caughley. Tests of mentality, medical inspection, etc.: -Miss Myers (convenor), Messrs Hogben, Wells, and Kirk, Mrs Talbot. Miss Chaplin. Attendance at secondary schools: Messrs Kirk (convenor,, [ion. J. G, Aitken, Messrs Banks, Hogben, Opie. and Campbell. Mr Fleming drew attention to the difficulty in obtaining male teachers at present owing to the fact that so many had gone to the war, and it was impossible to obtain substitutes. The council came to no decision on the matter. On the motion of Mr Opie, seconded by the Hon. Mr Aitken, it was resolved : "That this council desires to record its acknowledgment of the valuable services rendered to education by Mr Hogben, the first and the late Director of Education, in the devotion of his life to the building up of the education system of this country. He has put the dominion under a lasting del,i of gratitude. We trust he may long be spared to assist the Council of Kducation to still further advance the interests of education." I The council will meet again early next year.