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TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

TARANAKI SCHOOLS. PROGRESS OF W.ORK. Progress reports dealing with the work in the various technical schools were received at yesterday’s meeting of tbe Taranaki Education Board, as follows: New Plymouth Technical College.—The principal (Mr. A. L. Moore) reported that twelve pupils had been enrolled in the day classes making the total 202. There were eight in residence at the hostel. In order to provide more flat space for drill i and parades he proposed to level the small circular grass plot at the rear of the school. The effect of the newly issued instructions regarding the suspension of the compulsory clauses and the limitation of class numbers was that the enrolments for evening classes was forty as against 142 for last year. The principal thought it was going to be difficult to carry them on. However he was endeavoring to obtain the co-opera-tion of employers with regard to the attendance of their apprentices. Arising out of the report the following recommendations from the manual and technical committee were adopted.: That the chairman of the committee be empowered to deal with the matter of a storeroom for timber and a plumbing room and the disposal of the lathes in the woodwork room and the providing of a mitre cutting machine and a mortising machine for the Technical College. That Mr. Trimble report on the question of levelling the ground at the rear of the college. That the secretary be instructed to obtain reports from, the principals of technical colleges and high schools as to how the department’s circular suspending the operation of the compulsory attendance regulations is affecting the classes under their jurisdiction, and all information so gathered be forwarded to the department in support of the board's resolution that the circular be withdrawn. Stratford Technical High School. —The director (Mr. A. H. R. Amess) referred to the effort made by the business men of tbe town, which resulted in the raising of £BOO for the laying out of the school grounds. The advisory board proposed first of all to construct a path leading from the road to the school, so that during the winter months the pupils would have a good access to the building. The work of the school had gone on as usual, the number on the roll being 187 with an average attendance of 171. An application had been made for a permanent instructor in agriculture, who would be attached to the staff of the school. The plan, of the ground improvements, as forwarded by the school advisory board, was approved, and a resolution was also carried congratulating the Stratford Retailers’ Association on their efforts in raising the money. With respect to an application made by Mr. Amess for science apparatus, it was decided to apply to the department for a grant. Hawera Technical School. —The headmaster (Mr. A. Gray) stated that the roll number was 201, with an attendance of 198. So far no evening classes had been started, as there were no desks left in the old school. A number of items were needed for the engineering room and laboratory. AGRICULTURAL INSTRUCTION. Mr. H. C. Johnson, agricultural instructor, reported on the work carried out during March:— On account of having to carry out, temporarily, more work at the Stratford Technical High School, I have had less time for visiting country schools. Altogether, I visited 23 schools, and in each case endeavored to place the work on as definite a basis as possible without interfering with the aims and ideas of the teachers when the work is already on a highly satisfactory basis. Instruction in rural science has begun at l Stratford, Inglewood and New Plymouth centres. At Stratford on. each Tuesday the pupils from the schools on the East Road attend. So far 53 have attended, being pupils from Toko, Douglas, Kiore, Raupuha and Huiakama. At the same centre on alternate Wednesdays the pupils from the following schools attend: Ngaere, Cardiff, Pembroke, Midhirst, Denbigh and Radnor. These classes I handle myself, while I have arranged for Mr. Syme to attend to those at Inglewood and New Plymouth. The work is progressing quite satisfactorily at these centres.

Regular instruction has been given at Stratford Technical High School in chemistry, physics, agriculture and dairy science. The classes are keen and some really good work is being carried out. The report referred to other school activities in agricultural matters, including the competition for the potato shield, the exhibits for which were judged at Eltham; the Ngaere School show, which was very successful from an educational viewpoint; and the Taranaki Agricultural Show, in which sixty pupils from various schools competed in the cow-judging competition. The report added that much of the credit in the primary schools was due to Mr. Syme, who gave much time and energy to this special work. Dealing with the work in primary schools, Mr. Syme reported:—During the month 29 schools have been visited and in most cases a good start has now been made with both indoor and practical work. With Mr. Glasson, I have completed the inspection of the boys’ and girls’ agricultural plots in the northern and coastal districts. The manual training classes at Inglewood and New Plymouth centres have commenced again and I tun. now occupied with these classes at Inglewood on alternate Wednesdays and at New Plymouth on Fridays. At the beginning of the month, I gave instruction in cow-judging to the pupils in a few primary schools, one result of which was a large increase in the number of competitors in the junior cowjudging competitions at the New Plymouth show. The regular instruction in agriculture and dairy science at the Stratford Technical High School has been continued throughout the past month. The work at the New Plymouth Technical College with the boys taking the agricultural course has been greatly interfered with. t ov ' g to the number of other classes of )his school that I have had to handle at the same time. However, alterations to the time-table are now, I think, being made, following the suggestion that I should spend two days a week at this school. This will greatly reduce the time available for country schools.

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Taranaki Daily News, 13 April 1922, Page 2

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TECHNICAL EDUCATION. Taranaki Daily News, 13 April 1922, Page 2

TECHNICAL EDUCATION. Taranaki Daily News, 13 April 1922, Page 2

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