THE EDUCATION COMMISSION
TARANAKI RECOMMENDATIONS. ;
At .a sitting of the Education Cora\ission at Wanganui on Wednesday ' 'lorance Antony Tyrer, headmaster of die Stratford District High School, submitted recommendations of the Taranaki District Educational Institute as follows: (1) That probationers should bo appointed for throe years, and their salaries considerably increased; (2) that education boards should be allowed to appoint male assistants to schools of grade 4; (3) that a Dominion scale of salaries for inspectors be instituted; (4) that the number of education boards in the Dominion be reduced to four; (5) that there should be more continuity between the primary and secondary education, and that there should be a definite syllabus for secondary schools; (6) that i all lessons in woodwork and cookery. should bo postponed till pupils have passed Standard VI.; (0) that no reduction should he made in the salaries of teachers under 21 years of age, who have secured teachers' certificates, provided they have done the necessary training; (7) that the syllabus be made more definite in respect to English, and that arithmetic : be more evenly distri- ] buted throughout tho standards; (8) \ that the salaries of teachers are inadequate; (!)) that, considering the importance of the work and the skill and knewledge required, the teaching profession was inadequately remunerated. It was also submitted that, where possible, small country schools should be closed and children conveyed to a central school. Mr. Tyrer considered there was insufficient connection between the Education Department and education boards. The Department should appoint two inspectors—one for each island who should travel through the various districts, visit the schools, confer with [ district inspectors and report to the De- I partment, a copy of the reports being I sent to the education board concerned.) These inspectors would gradually improve the whole of the districts. Competitive examinations should be maintained and scholarships granted. A grading system could not work satisfactorily in a small district. Education board districts should be as nearly uniform in size as possible. Salaries of secondary school teachers should he in- ] creased, the minimum being £2OO. The I period devoted to rural education should / be extended. The education boards ? should provide scholarships (tenable for ' two years), open for competition amongstudents'who had been for two years in regular attendance at rural, classes. The standard of examination should be similar to that of the Civil Service junior examination. Agriculture, dairying, etc., should be compulsory. Senior scholarships should he provided by the Education Department, and these should be of similar value to the senior Na- | tional scholarships. The standard of qualification for appointment as a pupil I' teaqher should be raised, and no candidate who had not passed an examination for at least a senior free .place should ( be eligible. .'
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 320, 9 July 1912, Page 6
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454THE EDUCATION COMMISSION Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 320, 9 July 1912, Page 6
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