CRAMMING IN OUR SCHOOLS.
(P»r Press Association.) AUCKLAND, June 30. There appears to be something approaching "sweating" in some of U\c Auckland schools, judging from discussion by members of the Educational Institute at a meeting ttwlafi on the question of overtime. ; ' Mr Newton moved, and it ysa.% animously carried, "That ing recommends the Institute l'cmi- j miltee to take into consideration [the question of ' overtimeiu outschools, with a view to. lessening! the 'frequent breakdown ot 'teachers." Ml Wells instanced, ilie case of cliilidrcu being detained, in accordance with the practice of overtime, studying geography, bj, gaslight at nve o'clock iu the evening. The ' overtime,' as it is called, is worked in order tliat the scliiioJ in whicli it is practised amy obtain examination re-, suits superior to other schools j,,' which school work is closed ai the prescribed hours.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7861, 1 July 1905, Page 2
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139CRAMMING IN OUR SCHOOLS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7861, 1 July 1905, Page 2
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