EDUCATIONAL WORK.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 3, 15 October 1940, Page 3

EDUCATIONAL WORK.

IN THE CITY MUSEUMS. OFFICERS PERMANENTLY APPOINTED. (Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, October 14. Professor Sir Thomas Hunter (president of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research) said to-day that the council had beenr very pleased to learn that the Minister for Education (the Hon. H. G. R. Mason) had decided to make permanent the positions of educational officers in the four principal museums. He was sure that the Carnegie Corporation;, which provided rather more than half the money for the three-year experiment in educational work in museums, would he delighted to know that the venture had justified itself so completely.

The educational officers, Sir Thomas explained, conducted classes for school children in museums, and also prepared for circulation among schools cases containing museum material. The scheme had proved very popular with both children and teachers, and the museum authorities had not only welcomed it hut had done a great deal to ensure its success. As the education officers were members of the staffs of training colleges, they had the assistance of training college students, who, in turn, got valuable training in. the use. of museum facilities. The Government was to be congratulated on making it possible for the work to go on.