EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 January 1917, Page 4

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE.

ADDITIONAL RESOLUTIONS By Telegraph.—Preis Associitipn. / Wellington, Last Nigllt.' 1 The Educational Conference to-dty passed motions that no class should contain moro than forty pupils, aid that appointments of teachers shonld'n made bv the Education Department. [ The f ollowing additional remits 4d' recommendations were passed:—"Tl»t, with regard to grading, in order to remove certain numerous cases of anomalies, it is urgently necessary to Cfp» struct a scale of salaries, based on . ciency and service, and not as at fifesent, on average attendance, the Institute to take initial steps and suljSit a scale to the authorities." "That'the Education Act be so amended as to flupower the teachers in education district to elect, a member to reprfiient them on the Education Board of that district." '-That, in calculating the average attendance for the purpose of ■ staffing, no attendance of less tha# 00 per cent, of the roll number be token into account, and that this averagt.of AO per pent, be also applied iraiesttowt* iiig salaries." 'That the war ment of .Sause 2 of the r&nlatioN-, relating to the Reduction of Jtaff* of schools throng!) ♦filing attendance, is far too drastic, and shou)d be ®inert iat ely revoked or amended." >■ A further resolution pointed out tin dangers to be feared from putting into force the powers possessed hv the Mln- \ i'ter to reduce staffs, which "would mean that things would be redueed to a state of chaos. Tf there were tftohera available to fill'up gaps, theyJlhouldhave them: "! not : then they sWjlld device means and endeavor to procted u at present.