TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1508, 2 August 1912, Page 5

TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.

. $ ANIMAL REPORT. The Annual' report of the Management Committee of (hp Wellington brunch of the Now Zealand Educational Institute, to bo rriid ata tho annual general mooting : lliis evening, 1 states that "tho year has been on the' whole one of satisfactory progress. It is worlliy of note that for tho' lirst lime for many vcars the New Zealand Conference endorsed the objections of tliia i insiilufo to centralisation of (his insectstorate, but again threw out with practical , unanimity our remit against a Dominion i classification and promotion scheme for teachers. .Moreover, at. a recent meeting o\iv own in.-titnte declared in general terms that it wasMn favour of a local scheme of this character. The matter will come ii]) for consideration again later, and it b.'hoves members to give their careful consideration to this important queslion." The present roll number (331) shows ail increase of 38 on that of last year. There are, however, Mill about lIUII eligible teachers who'have not joined. About onehalf of (ho-o entered the board's tervice during the year. The whole of tlic schools in Grade 111 contain only one teacher ! who is not a member, while one school in Gr'ado X has on its stall' live nonmembers, and four other schcal.s hava thivl' each. • The iinances jiro reported to be in a, •satisfactory condition. The, Wairarnp.i, branch reports a year of progress witli increased roil and good attcn'dauco at meetings, and its finances are in a satis, factory state. The committee desires'again ■to express its indebtedness to members of ; the board's office st.'ifi for the cordial as. sistance ot all times rendeivJ to tho of. fleers of the ins'-itllto. The order papo- for the annual meet- • inif this evening includes the following topics:—Consideration of the annual report and balance-sheet, election of officers.. for ensuing year, and n notice of motion asking the executive r.f (he JT.Z.K.T. to take into eonsidmtiou th« matter of teachers' salaries.