EDUCATING THE CHILD.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 May 1922, Page 5

EDUCATING THE CHILD.

FILLING AN EXISTING GAP. J UNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. At the women teachers’ conference to’*'' day, Mr. Caughley, Director of Education) gave an address on the subject of junior high schools. He said the idea was to take children after the fourth standard, and draft them to a junior high seiiool, which would be the connecting link between the primary school aas the high school proper. By this means a child entering a* high school would take new subjects gradually. About three-fifths of the time would be devoted to the usual primary school curriculum and the other two* fifths to special subjects, such as, in thi case of girls, domestic science and otheC similar subjects. Half the staff would be composed of men and half of women of equal status. Women would be teaching girls in the higher standards as well as iu the lower. Gne of these schools was to be opened in Auckland, where there was a building available, in- July, and two others would be opened in January. By that time he hoped teachers of all grade* would have discussed the scheme, a copy; of which would soon be in the hand* of all teachers. The united counsel of all teaching associations would help to make for the success of the scheme. Th< first schools would be experimental, hot? he hoped they would soon be universal. They would be under a proper which would successfully carry out that work of education without the hiatus present existing between primary am^ A secondary schools.