EDUCATIONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 305, 3 February 1910, Page 5

EDUCATIONAL.

! BOARDS AND THE CONFERENCE. By Telegraph.—Press Association, Christehurch, Last Night. The North Canterbury Education Ijoard endorsed the Otago Board's resolution regretting that the Department had ignored the boards in calling the conference. It was decided to request the Minister to call an educational conference, to be held in Wellington, each board to send two delegates and to remit the subjects it proposed for discussion to the secretary of the North Canterbury Education Board. THE BUILDING GRANTS QUESTION. ! CJiristchurch, Last Night. The proposed reduction by the Education Department of the building grants' allowed to the different education boards came in for some criticism at a meeting of the North Canterbury Education Board to-day. The chairman moved,and it was agreed: "That this board strongly protests against the serious reductions that have been made in the grant this year, especially as the reduction was made without notice." AUCKLAND'S ATTITUDE. ;;• Auckland, Last Night. At a meeting of the Education Board to-day, the protest of the Otago Board regretting that provision was not made for the representation of education boards by their own members at the forthcoming general education conference, to be held in Wellington, was supported. The chairman said a great injustice had been done to the boards of the dominion in not inviting them.