RURAL EDUCATION

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 29, 2 February 1917, Page 2

RURAL EDUCATION

BURSARIES APPROVED BY THE BOARD. Agricultural bursaries, the regulations in connection with which were gazetted a. few days ago, were mentioned at the meeting of the Education Board to-day. Mr. T. Moss expressed pleasure at the fact that such bursaries had been established, and said that: they would enable the colleges to go in more for this class of work. His opinion was that the technical schools were to a great extent training the boys and girls for city life. Mr. W. H. Field, 31.P., also spoke strongly in favour of tho bursaries, which, he said, would encourage the State farms to do more practical work in the way of agricultural education. ■ Mr. T. Fleming, Chief Inspector of Schools, explained that the bursaries are for two years of training at State farms, and fairly liberal allowances were to be made. The conditions laid down were that the boys passed the matriculation examination or obtained certain certificates. When the board had laid down a course of agriculture at tho District High Schools the term was for two years, whereas the bursaries would encourage a third year. It had bean. said that the rural course was at a dead end and required encouragement. The bursaries were tho beginning of that encouragement. The board unanimously passed a resolution approving of the bursaries.