SCHOOL BOOKS.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 August 1916, Page 6

SCHOOL BOOKS.

UNIFORM SET ADOPTED. The chairman of the Taranaki Education Board (Mr. R. Masters) and Messrs A. B. Chappell and E. L. Di::on, members of the Board who were appointed a committee to consider the question oi uniform school books, reported to Wednesday's meeting of the Board that they had conferred with the inspectors and with a member of the Educational liistitui,e, and recommended—(l) That the Alexandra Readers (11cDouoaH) be the authorised general reading boo!:; (2) Geographical Readers as per last circular of the Board, the schools recently r.nder the Wanganui Board to eontiiu:e as at present, intro'dnei!i<j those .iow authorised as may be convenient; (3) Arithmetic, the Dominion arithmetic; (A 4) History, the Board list to be "otained, but the schools recently under the Wanganui Board to continue as a - . ,To:».nt, introducing tliose now authorised as may be convenient; (.")) Geography.. Pacific Geographies; (li) Supplementary Readers, as per circular of'the Board: (7) Copy Books, McDougal'l's Semi-Vortical. General recommendations.—(a) That the Board express its opinion in favor ol the general inadvkability of frequently changing the authorised class books, especially the readers; (b) that a set of the authorised readers be placed in each schooi, for the teachers' use, and be regarded as part of the school furniture; (c) that the attention of the teachers he called to the regulation concerning the grant for supplying children with free books as may be required. The chairman considered tliir. was a very important question. It was desirable to have a uniform set of books, and it was also desirable not to change too often, this being a source of expense to parents who shifted throughout Taranaki. The change would come into effect at the end of the yeai. Seconded by Mr. K. Dixon and carried.