THE CONTROL OF EDUCATION

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22376, 13 April 1938, Page 21 (Supplement)

THE CONTROL OF EDUCATION

NEW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SUGGESTED

OPINION OF PRINCIPALS OP SECONDARY SCHOOLS

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WELLINGTON, April 12.

Dissatisfaction with the system by which the principal administrative bffices in the department are filled was expressed by the New Zealand Secondary Schools Principals’ Association in evidence on the Education Amendment Bill to the Education Committee of the House of Representatives today. The association suggested an alteration in the administration of the Education Department by the institution of an executive council consisting of (a) the Minister for Education as president; (b) the Director of Education, selected from an open field from candidates within the British Empire; (c) an Assistant Director, similarly selected for the administration of primary schools; (d) another Assistant Director similarly selected for the administration of post-primary schools; (e) a Secretary of Education similarly selected, with special knowledge of education, finance, school buildings, grounds, etc.; Cf) an additional ofiScer, whose special province would be intermediate schools. The association believed that teachers’ training colleges should be attached to university colleges, but that their control should be largely in the hands of the central Department of Education.