COUNCIL OF EDUCATION.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 September 1916, Page 8

COUNCIL OF EDUCATION.

further RECOMENDATIOXS.

By Telegraph.—Press Association,

Wellington, Last Night. The Council of Education adopted the following recommendations:—That in order to secure satisfactory inspection of secondary schools, district high schools and technical high schools, additional inspectors, with special qualifications for various branches, should be appointed; that a chief inspector of secondary education should be appointed, with general control of the inspection referred to, Tho Council also 'recommended that, without prejudice to the general question as to tho basis on which marks for various subjects in university entrance scholarship examinations are allotted, marks for history and for each science in this examination be raised from COO to 750. i ■ The Council devoted much time to the consideration of the courses of secondary education required to meet the need.' of post-primary school pupils, the following recommendations being adopted:—First, a. general secondary course, with some degree of option, three to five years; secondly, a vocational course in agriculture for three years; thirdly, a vocational course, in home science for girls for three years; fourthly, a vocational course in commerce for three years: fifthly, a mechanical course, namely, a vocational course i» engineering and kindred branches. It was also recommended that a certificate of proficiency of a somewhat higher standard than at present (taking in particular better security for good knowledge of English), be the principal qualification for admission to the secondary course. The Council was guided by the policy that all children, who show at least average ability in Standard VI. should be eligible for some form of free secondary instruction.