BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2897, 7 February 1891, Page 2

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

+ Br I'KLEGiurn— own cokui; i'Ondkxt). ArcKi.ASii. L u,t \iati!.. At tti<> l>mrd of l',.ln'Mti'>i> i.'ie foileindidat's havo ti i a noioi;, 'te.l Joseph lj oher. ii'.miua.tfd by one e .oimtttee : >b \V. C.ur, nominal. I hy foi IVtour committ u e<; Ale.vmdor lirint, !■ ■ ::i i tin Led by t w.;n ty-, ii i l '- co. 11 mi L: e> s: -1 oseeh I! reenu'o'.d (informal), i.i>nliii !'•■'! by one committee ; OliarVs .l-.r'lae, u<i'.Led b;■ ne C'HMinit-Ricii-ir.i MottU (; fiiwiiriiv•miiMt'.tl by tiirt.'o ; -Mr M. Motion, u.naina.'.ed bv thirtv-scvou c unmif ; •) a". Mnir, ii->us:n iLiul by six e-'iiiuuttees ; John lj. L'.it.tsisou, uoaiiu Ued bvoni; committee ; Ji.-lwi H. Upton,nominated bv three committees. Mi;>«rs Monk ami <r: i iirvood li a\ fivithdr.iwii from Liu*, l' aiir.a. The tli.linn ei's report *t;o "ii fn.it tciui"vs hart liuon iiivknd fur inijir o . .le nts to Iho te ichs'r's dwelling. liioiiit>e, K n. TiiM ch'iinvi in of tliu TamiV: «Committee wrote a> [■ <11 nws The i; -le.niitee ot tinTun ihore T.s'ric, School heeiiy claim a juni-.r schol o'-hip, node.' i.i .ss !>., on behalf of Maud ,M iri"U Ci.i aford, she st'indmn. tir.it in the list oi .viicccssful candi'J-vteM ia schools unJoe 100 av<>r :ic>* :«o •oidnnc:- will X >. Auuk I-nd Mi Juc itiou 1 'Pi:-: cl li in \vi.rnf lii'il Iv ina: coutrarv to Ui'- n't,'illations.

The, annual r"p itof t!i ■ in-p-'oi«»rs pre rt-iitcti lit. t'-R Aitcid.oni !-'. • I of Iv.inc :- lion this nft"vn .iiii st.V-e* tii.it -eaoo s '.vfjifi rjvamineti in stioirjai-'l -• rind 2al inspecti'd. Thfi per cetitnt.f |im-:& in the Ktaiidarif;-: is 4"».2 and the per cent:i?i> i,f failures 1P.7. nuinbia ; are, allno-a. iilsntical '.villi last year. Furry-two s«lni.<U ai d rojjort.ee a-', unsatisfnot-,,] y p tor, or ha'!. as aßiiint-t thirteen so rc|<-i.t:ni in 1 »S0; lionet it appears ibnut SO per omit., ot the pclloiars who oncht to have p i;sed I'rom tho lower to the higher standards did not pa?.*, and that about S-l per cout. of the. schools examined an? varying from satisfactory to evcellßiit. Tho inspectors said, "We attribute tho poor results iu sianu schools reported "uusatisfaetarv" to the frequent ciuuiKe of washers. While this is perhaps unavoidable wo cannot refrain from expressing an opinion that it militates urcatly auainst tho success of the schools. At Hunlly there were presented ]."U, and passed 53 ; at Hamilton KasD l'Jn presnnind and .">7 passed : at Hamilton West 148 presented and :■>:> pussnd ; at (Jauibridee 204 presented and Do passed ; at Cambridge West .$8 presented and 43 pa«sed.