TARANAKI TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.
A meeting of the Taranaki Teachers* institute was held in the Education Board's offices 011 Saturday afternoon.
There was a large attendance 01 members. Mr J, W. Mail, president, was 111 the chair.
l'iv« new members were elect,cdy bringing tile total up to i--, or 'Jo pel* tent, of tin; teachers in tile district. This is the second largest percentage in the Doniiujou. it was decided tu hold tlu: teachers picnic tliis season at the North Egmont Mountain House on some Saturday in, February. The actual date will be lixexd by the executive. The trip will be made from Inglcwood. It was also decided to ask the inspectors to replace the history reader, "Xlie .Struggle for Freedom," now used in the schools, by a more suitable one, it being too diliicult. A resolution was carried that the delegates to the animal conference of the New Zealand Educational Institute should be allowed a free hand Willi regard to the remits from llie Institute. (Some discussion took place on tlio decision of Lhe Education Hoard that the summer holidays for l!jl)S-!J shonilu only be for live weeks. Mr Sandford, speaking as an outsider, pointed out that the primary and secondary schools should have." the same holidays at the same time. There was a general feeling amongst both teachers and parents that this should be so. It might be only a snial mattei 1 , but it was one of the pin-pricks that worried, and teachers did not want worries.
Another teacher pointed out that High (School pupils had thirteen weeks' holiday during the year, and tlu: primary school pupils only seven weeks. Other speakers pointed out thai a hardship was imposed on teachers wliu had to lose part of their holidays through the examinations for leathers being held during the summer holidays. Xhey were penalised for trying io improve themselves and so also improvetheir pupils. It was decided to ask the Board to re-consider its decision to grant six weeks instead of live, for the following reasons:—(l)- That the examinations for tcachep are held late in January also in June (forty-two of the teachers in the Institute are going up tliis year); (2) six weeks are given in nearly every o:her district in the Dominion.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 289, 1 December 1908, Page 4
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375TARANAKI TEACHERS' INSTITUTE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 289, 1 December 1908, Page 4
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