COUNCIL OF EDUCATION

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 227, 19 June 1920, Page 8

COUNCIL OF EDUCATION

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. ' The Council of Education eat again - . on Thursday, the Director of Education (Dr. Anderson) in the chair. The following resolutions were adopted during the day:- . . ..,'■' (15 "That in the opinion of the council, when reforms of any magnitude involving material changes in methods or practices are to bo introduced into the. schools, the system of giving tho , teachers concerned a preparatory course . of training should be continued and extended." '.' , ~ (2) "That it be a • reeommes&ition from the council to the New Zealand University Senate that an honours course be instituted in education and that it include as an essential feature research work in education." (3) "That in the case of boarding schools .where tho salary of a teacher is reduced because board is given, superannuation be assessed on the whole salary and not on the reduced salary. "That in view of the heavy burden imposed in . many cases upon pupilteaohors and probationers by attendance at special classes in drawing, music and science, tho regulations governing the qualifications of students of Division A for admission to training colleges bo revised to provide that these subjects be taken as part of the training college course." • ~,-,'.' 'iThat to provide for the better training of probationers as soon as it. is possible, to replace pupil teachers by assistants (as provided for in column G of part 1 of the fifth schedule of the Act) probationer should be appointed, ns far as possible, to schools within convenient distance of a training-, college ns supernumeraries to tho staff,' with a view to working half-time at these schools and. half-time under a special staff at the Training College." "That in view of the determining influence on secondary school curricula of the senior national scholarship, intermediate certificate, and Public Service entrance, examinations, and of the need for the introduction of symbolic work in mathematics at tho commencement of tho secondary course, tho council urges that in the syllabus of these examinations in place of arithmetic (400 marks) as a compulsory subject, candidates bo given a choice of either: (a) Mathematics including arithmetic, algebra, and geometry as at present defined (600 marks), or (b) arithmetic and algebra as at present defined (400 marks), and that mathematics bo .deleted from tho list of optional subjects." (ah "Tltat Ml time teachers in technical schools be graded for salary purposes, and that in the case of teachers in technical high schools the salaries correspond with those paid in secondary schools." (b) "That the hours of teaching required from a technical school ■ teacher except in the ease- of a manual training teacher bo limited to 25 hours per week." : "That the regulations governing the tenure of free' places in secondary schools bo revised to allow through the presentation of alternative programmes to the Department greater latitude to the principals in the distrimiion of units, as tho present system docs not serve tho best interests of the pupils." "That encouragement be given to Bri- , tish picture films, as the nrescnt preponderance of American films does not encourage morality or the growth of a knowledge of the British Empire.".< SITTINGS COMPLETED. The council completed its sittings yesterday. A large amount of business ivas dealt with during the day, much of it being of a technical nature. ' The'council decided to recommend the disestablishment of the Patea District High School. Several other proposals for the disestablishment of high- schools were held over for inquiry. Tho Minister of Education was advised to establish a district high school at-Ohakune. - A summary of important resolutions passed by tlio council since 1910 and not yet earned into effect by the Department and the Government was placed before members. The resolutions covered a very wide range. Tho council decided to refer tho list to tho : Minister of Education. The council decided that tho salaries of teachers'and inspectors ought to be Taised to such a level as to place the recipients in at least as good a position as they occupied before tho war. THINNESS~DUE ~TO "INDIGESTION i HOW TO OVERCOME BOTH. Dyspeptics and stomach sufferers are almost always weak, thin, and impoverished. That is because they do not get sufficient nourishment from the fowl they ; eat. It 6imply lies in the stomach and forments, causing heartburn, acidity, gas, and other painful and dangerous symptoms. 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