EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XL, Issue 3208, 17 January 1893, Page 2

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE.

. (|»Y. telegraph.—press. association.) •: ' V Weluxcton, Last Night ■ A; deputation from the New Zealand Educational Institute waited.' ppno ihe Minister for Education to-day." In reply to questions put to' him, Mr Il'oeves said he .would try ; to bring about an annual conjfcreiice of [inspectors, but he did not think the inspectors could bo brought directly tinder the control of the Education Department at pre:ent; that ho still objected to the strict avorago ■ system,, but as the treasury was nmvboirowing'moucy, extra expenditure could not bo incurred at present j'th'at he 'had drafted a' Bill dealing with the question pf- attendance of pupils which he had hoped to pass next se»sion; that, he had no.power .lo prevent Education lioards transferring funds, to building accounts, "As to tlie Coiirt of Appeal for teachers, the Institute should consult tho Boards on tho subject. He did not think tho power should be taken -ifrtna Boards of : fixing salaries;"', lie, thought/soine of the smaller Boards''would have to amalgamate or approach Parliament with tho view of getting more funds; that ho felt inclined to try an experiment of examining for D, and E, by numbers; that ho did not agree with tho Institute in condemning tho tendency of Boards to confine the appointment of teachers of their own districts, He would bring the question of malcibff some provision for the aged and infirm'teachers before the Colonial Treasurer, but lio did not think the freedom of classification desirable at present,