Education Boards' Conference.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7901, 17 August 1905, Page 3

Education Boards' Conference.

o Objection to Restrictions. (Ver Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 16. The North Canterbury Education Hoard has decided to convene a conference of members of Education Hoards, to be held in Wellington on Sept. 11, for the purpose of discussing and giving united expression tu the desirability of alterations and amendments in the administration of the primary education system. In reply to the Board's inquiry as to whether the restrictions placed .on Education Boards regarding the expenditure arc unnecessary and calculated to hamper them in their endeavours to nicet the varying needs ,of their respective districts, the Hike's Bay, Otago, Nelson, South Canterbury, Southland and Wellington Boards have written endorsing the views, of the North Canterbury Board and expressing their willingness to join in any action taken towards the restoration of the powers previously i possessed by Boards. The Wcstland Board replied that as the needs of the district in regard tu now buildings was very small, and had been. uniformly provided by the Department, the Board has no reason to offer objections to existing conditions, tnough the Board could understand that in larger districts the restrictions might prove irksome,