EDUCATION BOARD.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 11098, 17 October 1901, Page 2

EDUCATION BOARD.

a Meeting df %he Jfortb Canterbury &b<&£6n Bolrd held f<m&&> ■&* fi. W. PmmaZA w» ii tie «&al*,.**d. M*e4» Jennie, T. W. Adams, and ©»lai*l were sim present. The Ttspatt of tike Bml&ngft Cotnfloitte*, which contained a number of minor details, tros Adopted. The Appomtmente Committee reported that tie following resignations had been received fcbd a«bepfcfed • —Grfeendale side, Miss A. Robson, mistress, sole charge; Southbrook, Miss £. Smmons, assistant mistress; Mandeville Plains, Miss E. Wilkinson, toistrees. Tb« Bakaia South Cofemittee asked frhetiet the average (150) did not entitie th«m to thfe services of andther pTipil te&cher. Tb&f were to be informed that a Second pupil teacher was ndt allowed nntil the average reached 171. The diertsey and Hororata Committeee asked that as tine average for tie last two 4 u * I * e ' rß reached 41, a mistress be appointed. It was decided to advertise botiiappoJnttnents. The Rangiora and Burnhttto- Committees asked that the salaries of tlie teachers for December quarter be paid on the June a-Ver-age, owing to tie attendance being reduced by bad weather and influenza epidemic. It -was decided to reply that the Committee could not recommend the Board to accede to the request, seeing that the Board's revenue for saJaries was based oh the average attendance for each, quarter. Tfc* letter from the North Canterbury Association of teachers, re colonial scale of staff salaries was referred to the inspectors for an expression of their opinion on the points raised. Witli reference to altera-. tions in Gammack scholarship regulations, the Committee stated *that in, the absence of the inspectors' reply to the Board's request for tiieir epiniorf on some, of the suggested alterations, the Committee had to report that they were not in a poei : tion to make a final recommendation as to details. But the matter had been so fax considered as to enable the Committee to recommend the Board to offer for competiticn—tvfo scholarships, 6f the value of £25 or £45, according to wheUier the winners were obliged to live away from home or not, open to those candidates Only who did not qualify for a junior scholarship given by the JjW Zealand University, but who obtained credit in the examination. It was also decided to retain section 10 of the present regulations,, and to make such addition to tibis and the preceding section as would recognise the course for Bachelor of Science in Engineering. It was pointed out that the amendments proposed in the Hon. Mr HalMones's Bill, dealing with Education Board elections, did not contemplate any alteration in the Wording prescribed for the voting pa.pers, which at present, in one respect, were in conflict with fcbe Act. The report was Adopted. Tjie Normal School Committee reported that nn application ihad - been received from Agricultural College, Lincoln, asking that their classes in manual instruction (woodwork) might be refcognised by the Department. It wae decided t6 mate application to tibe Department for the desired recognition. A memorandum had been received from the Department stating th&t «. recommendation from one of tha Board's inspectors would, for the present, be accepted by the Minister ac sufficient proof of the Competency of teachers for whose recognition application is made. The report was adopted. -■ ; The Asbbnrton technical class centre notified the. appointment of a. Committee toco* operate with the Board in the formation of manual and technical instruction classes. The Board accepted the Committee, and the appointment of a teachfer was left to the Bchool Committee. ." • The Hampetead School Committee asked that Mr Sandford'e services might be placed at their disposal on the evening of Friday, the 18th inst., in connection with their. Hoko Exhibition. The request was granted. . After considering the letter from the West, Christchuroh! School Committee, asking, the Board to apply to tine Government for the September quarter's grants to be based on the June quarter's average, on account of the decrease in attendance caused by sickness, the Board decided to request the Department to adopt $he suggestion, j ' /t Reporte.froin the.Auckland,- and., Otago 5 ' Boards, on the recommendations of the Royal Commission on the colonial scale, were referred to a Special' Committee.