TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3063, 26 April 1917, Page 5

TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION

IN PRIMARY' SCHOOLS. ■ The progress of the branches of education classified under the general. name of technical instruction is illustrated by the following extract from the annual re- , port of the Wellington Education Board: The following table shows in detail the .subjects of manual and technical instruction undertaken in school classes; , and tho'number of pupils under instruction: Subject. :;■■; : 'v No."of Pupils. Agriculture ...:...........i.... 1J656. Botany '..........:„....;....;; ..;.;.■ ■ 58 ': Chemistry . ...............V : tS3 ' Cookery and Domestic Economy , 1,2 a Dressmaking „.....:... 85 Handwork 18,058 . Laundrywork .......: 360 Needlework 1 (sole teacher echools . . ' where special"instructress ia.'' . .._ engaged) .....:. 315 Physical Measurements ...." 796 Physical Science ...................... 31 Physiology and 1 Eirst Aid ..... '293 Swimming and Life-Saving i..... 1,194 Woodwork ....;...........: v I>37i By the 1 erection of small laundry-Tooms • instruction in laundrywork was extended to live new. laundry. centres. : ■ rThe full rural course was undertaken at su of the nine district high scnools • teh average attendance totalling 2U pupils. It is satisfactory to note that in the simple nature study and practical gardening programme of the smaller and in the more, advanced progTqmme of ■the larger country schools steady pro°resa is. Tecorded T)y.both'inspectors and instructors. It is not Jess , pleasant to note, also, the increasing number of echoohi at which the shelter belt, the trim hedge, : the garden, and the lawn not only proclaim the taste and skill of teacher, children, and committee, but also assist in developing the artistic eenee. in others. The board, has for two years endeavoured to assist/ by the offer of hedge and'sheltgr shrubs, those committees who would/undertake (0 prepare the ground and plant and protect the trees. Quite a largo number of schools have benefited by this offer. The board. Tcishes to commend highly the efforts of instructors, teachers, and committees to develop in tho child a Teal love of the plant and its country home, and an interest in iie life habits, and to develop a love of the country life.