LIGHTING IN SCHOOLS

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30234, 12 September 1963, Page 16

LIGHTING IN SCHOOLS

Dissatisfaction At Standard

The lighting of primary school classrooms would be brought to the notice of the New Zealand Federation of School Committees, the Canterbury School Committees’ Association decided at its meeting last night after a letter on the matter had been received from the Canterbury Education Board. The association had asked the board about the standards required tor classrooms, and received a letter saying that inspections were carried out continuously. The board asked for examples of particularly bad classroom lighting.

The inquiry had begun with Fendailton School, said tfhe Fendalton School delegate (Mr J. S. Whiten), but it was meant as a general inquiry on behalf of all primary schools. Post-primary schools seemed to have a generally high standard of lighting, usually fluorescent tubes. There was no excuse tor the lighting in infant and primary classrooms to be any worse. Fendalton, Opawa, Bumside and Linwood Intermediate Schools were cited for the board as examples of badly-lit schools, and the question was referred to the federation. A motion that school heating systems should be inspected by the Department of Education or the Education Board before each winter was carried.