BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 248, 22 October 1887, Page 3

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Tin-5 ordinary meeting of the members of the above body was held at. 2 p.m. yesterday in I the Victoria Arcade. Present—Messrs Luko (Chairman), Lennox, Upton, Clark' Can1, Cooper, and Udy. j AITUC.VJL'IOX FOIi AN ASSfSTAXT INSI'EO- ' tor.- Tho Visiting Cominitteo of the | Training College submitted ;i rcpfu-i; ,-]io\v- ' ing an analysis of Inspoctors'diai'ie-ri :■—-In i 11886, Saturdays, Sunday--*, and holidays | i amounted to I'IS, and the working days j I 217. hi 1887, from January to Sir,>tcmlx:i\ : ' 273, of which 110 wcro Saturdays. Sunday.;, j j and holidays, and 155 working diiy.-;. Tho i report recommended that Sir .1.. B. j Heriofc, of the W'aiotahi School, should j be appointed as an assistant. i.'i>pcu- j j tor ah n salary of ,£250 pff annum; iaud travelling ■ expense?. Tlui report j (also contained a tabulated -statement; i .of the schools visited and amount of work i ! done by the inspectors.—Tho Sec-rctary I read a Ftatement which showed that 152 '.schools had been examined and 107 mii spected, while over 90 remained unattended jto.—\The Chairman moved that f.lio report ibo adopted, and Mr He riot appointed. — i | .Mr Carr moved as an amend men"; that the , \ assistant inspector be nob appointed, as the j ! office was unnecessary. Ho admitted that j I last week he had made a mistake of 20 days j j while quoting from the Inspectors' diaries. ; That tt-as owiny to the fact that .some of1 ! the school? \v?v<> examined on Saturdays, I ! a fact, which he had not previously known. : iMr Carr quoted from the Inspector's report, j Ito support his contention that an as? is fan!; l i inspector was no!, required. For 1886. in I the North circuit, lie found 217 working j I days, 104 Saturdays and Sundays, and 44 i (holidays; Central, 227 days' work, 104; I Saturdays and Sundays, and 34 holidays ; I South, 237 working days,lo4 Saturdays and J Sundays, and 24 holidays. The time taken j by teachers' examination was as follows :— j Mr O'Sullivan (North) 38 days, Mr Good-j win (Central) 12 days, and Mr Fidler j (South) 13 clays : total, 63 days j He pointed out that, the figures for 1086, • I when considered, showed four days' work in j ! each seven for one inspector, four and one- . third for tho second, and four and a-half for j the third, which showed that the present inspectors were certainly not overworked. —Mr Cooper said that while sympathising j greatly with Mi1 Carr's opinions, he could j i not .shut, his eyes to the fact that no matter j what the inspectors had done in (hoj past, it was impossible for them to catch up with the work for this year. He was j very dissatisfied that such was the case. | , They found from the figures before thorn ! thai 96 schools still required examining, j while 141 schools had never been inspected. ! ; Thai', work could not possibly be caught up j within the remaining' months of this yen-. : If an assistant inspector were not ap- ; pointed, irrent injustice would be done •; to t!ie" schools not attended to. Mr;. Cooper also said that while Wipporfin"1 ; the recommendation of the Committee, he : would favour an inquiry into the causes which bad resulted in this deadlock, and 'if any of the inspectors wore;, unequal to the work, then they j ' must, bo removed, whoever they wore. - ; Mr Upton said that in North Canterbury j eael) inspector examined 50 per cent, mure ; children than those in Auckland. Of course tho schools were more numerous in Auckland, and consequently time might bo i lost, in travelling. But he did not. think \ thar woni'l account for the difference. lie j . thought education was already posting too j much' wiMiont appointing another iiisp.-M-- ' . tor. He would vote against the report. -'; Mr Ckrk favoured tho expenditure merely in order to catch up with the work, and j make a thorough inquiry afterwards.—Ah1 Udv <'oustdered it a very serious matter to ■go on increasing tho burdens of the people j in this niannei-. -The Chairman said that, j they wore in the unpleasant position that: they must appoint, tho assistant hi- | spector for this year at any rate.- _ The | fact, was that (he examination of fh*;! Auckland district was more thorough than j in some? other districts. The report was then adopted, Messrs Luke, Clark. Cooper, j and Lennox voting for it, and | Messw Carr, Udy and Upton against,; it.-Mr Carr proposed that a_ city I teacher sbonld be appointed assistant inspector. -— Mr Cooper supported the amendment, and suggested thatj Mr Hartfeon should be ottered tho , tempornry appcintment. —Mr Lennox had no objection to the change of names.—Tho Chairman objected strongly to the change. He did nob like to interfere with a city school. The amendment was lost, and Mr Heriob was? accordingly appointed. Painting Elleksue School Bctlpixo.— Tho tender of Me.«svs Rogers and Ireland I for painting the above school building (t"5 12s 6fl) was accepted. Tlie architect's csti- • mate was..CIS. T.VK.vur. -~The Committee wrote protest- { inf»againstti)eehangeofreading-b00k.3 Re- -, solvzd that Committee cannot alter previous j resolution. ~..-! Weixkslky-strkkt S<'HOOl,.—Appllcation . wits maae to have the .school re-painted. — i Kescdved vl;at tenders bo called for the work, j and that the Committee be asked to con- l tribute towards the cost. Nkwtox School.—A letter was received : from the architect stating that in some; instances the specifications had not been j carried out —Referred to the Training Col- | leo-e Visiting Committee. i "Arria-AN'D City.--A letter was read from the above Committee drawing attention _io j *il>e necessity for deducting from the salaries [ o*teachers the time they were absent from : the school on tho ground of ill-health. - Abe mattW was referred to the Training College and Veiling Committee. A nu Tiber of country applications were dealt with .and the Board transacted some business in committee.