EDUCATION BOARD.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1219, 30 August 1911, Page 3

EDUCATION BOARD.

«• ■ MONTHLY MEETING. The monthly mcotinj; of the Wellington Education Board was held yi>st«id;t.v, there being present: The clninnan (Mr. Robert Leo), and .Messrs. J. Kebbell, A. W. Hogg, M.1 , ., A. U. Vile, Win. Allan, J. G. W. Aitken, W. U. Field, M.1 , ., and 11. I'reomui. The statement of finances disclosed a debit balance of ,£575 6s. .]tl., a material reduction on the debit balance of .£1719 15s. 2d., which was shown in the July statement. The resignation?; of the following teachers was accepted:—ll i.-s M'Kinnon, assistant, Levin; Mis- .Ainsworth, sole teacher: Rakanui, Miss Look, sole teacher, Waagachu; Miss .Silvester, a.-si.'t-ant teacher, Slianinnj Miss E. Lindup, sole teacher, Whakapmi Aided Seiiuol. A memorandum from the Education iJopartraent cm-eyed the intimation that the lx>ard's proposal to transfer to Otaki tho gTant of £15 for tho improvement of the Makma re.=Hea:e had been approved. It was also intimated that the sum of J330 authorised in April last for the improvem ;nt of certain teachers' residences had been increased to ,£155 for tho addition of washhoufes to the residenc-os at Pttkebi, Oharui, Mangatainoka, Cross Creek, and Manakau.

The bjaid's inspectors were instructed to report upon the matter of an aided school at Manuhara, and a grant of £b authorised to be paid to Mr. Grubner for the. use of his lioufc. , An application from the residents on the Gird.vood Instate for a grant for an aided school was approved. On tho recommendation of the inspectors it was decided to close the small school at Ngahauranga, and transfer the children to the roll of the Kaiwarra school, about a mile and a half aloir a good road. It was decided to make reicwed anplication to the Education Eepaitment for a grant for two class rooms, to be erected on tho new school site at Wadestown, to buifd? > con g«tion at the present It was, agreed that members of the board, with the board's clerk of works, should visit Plimnerton and finally report upon one of two sites which "were • ?w i° 6uitable f °r the new school in that locality. A HELPING HAND. FOR UNCEBTIFICATED TEACHERS. lii connection with the board's suggestions for assisting uncertificaltd teachers to qualify for future advancement in their profession, there was received the following circular from the Education Department :— "In response to requests made from various quarters it has been decided to place a small sum on tho Estimates for the purpose or assisting nncertific-iied teachers hi outlying districts to obtain el 1h" w C n 10D - The amount allocatpendcd_ subject to the following condi-

|^°^TothL^ h S^ provision is already made ton, I"if l ' he ? stilblis l"nent and maintenance of a system of tuition by correspondence applicable to the cases of teachers, who are 100 remote from any conudiyid al subjects are not such as could be dealt with collectively'" After discussing certain technical points, the circular continued•lt is not intended that any portion hJt Sr f Sh ,°" kl bc ex P«"icd on the tuition of pupil teacbers or probationers in actual service, in whose case the provisions for fuilion otherwise made must be taken to suihec. nor chn anv facilities oircred be permitted to extend to persons, ex-pupil teachers, or others who aw already qualified to enter a training co logo ,mless it is clearly shown to tho satisfaction of- the board and the Minister that circumstances over which the application has no control make it imP.?,S e for hira to lipcomc a shul™t Iho classes are to be strictly for the Ixmeut of teachers who are workin" to obtain a certificate, but teachers in Native .schools are not to be excluded." Referring to the correspondence classes the board is urged to exercise the greatest c , ar ?, ,at an F' arrangements adopted shall be efficient. Obviously clas=cs of the kind would require the closest supervision that could be given by tho board's ?. ffic . e . rs ' and tlle Department reserved to itselt the right at any time to require evidence of the continued utility of the classes. Correspondence classes could not be recognised with respect to subjects involving practical work, except by way of discretion. "Tho grant, it is further to l>e understood, is simply tentative and temporary, and may at any time give way to other arrangements that may bo made for similar work in connection with the training colleges, which are naturally to be regarded as the best sources of instruction."