LESS HOME WORK

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 960, 1 May 1930, Page 16

LESS HOME WORK

EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY'S PROBLEMS That political bodi.es and scientific and artistic societies should amalgamate to interchange ideas concerning all spheres of education was stronglyurged at the annual meeting of the Auckland Educational Society last evening. The president, Mr. A. G. Lunn, occupied the chair. It was suggested that in order to vitalise the activities of the society the interest of a greater number of bodies should be stimulated. The subjects should be similar to those treated at the Conference of Education Associations held in London. Miss E. H. Sandford, headmistress of the Diocesan Girls’ High School. in comparing education conditions in England with those in New Zealand, said that the hours of instruction and the length of the terms in the former country were shorter than those in the Dominion. Furthermore, the children were less burdened with homework. She considered that such problems of education should receive the attention of the society. It was decided that the meeting should be adjourned for a fortnight to enable the society to communicate with various educational bodies and that a general meeting of members from such bodies should be held in June.