"TOO MANY REGULATIONS"

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 26, 31 January 1924, Page 9

"TOO MANY REGULATIONS"

EDUCATION BOARD'S PROTEST.

Recent regulations issued by the' Education Department in regard" to the duties of teachers were criticised at yesterday s meeting of the Wellington Education Board, and the view was expressed that before the regulations were put info actual operation the opinions of teachers should be obtained.'. The? chairman (Mr. E.'P. Rishworth) stated that some of the regulations were quite unworkable, and he thought that that would be the general opinion of-the teaching profession. He quoted one regulation, and said that the effect would hf that a, man or woman in a country district who came four or five miles to see the teacher about his or her children could not see the teacher if he of' she happened to be engaged in takinc a class at the time. That regulation seemed to him to be absurd In fact it appeared that the regulations were made by officials of the Department who had no knowledge of. local conditions Ilia regulations were ill-considered, andshould be gone into again more careMr. G. T. London said that the Depart, ment was making a mistake if it thought that ,t could turn out teachers' O f one type. _ There would always be differences in human nature, and n o reeuK toon would alter that. If a refVm^wt needed it mrght be made in tn e direc t.on of relieving the headmasters of minor clerical work, which could" be verv well .carried out by less efficient persons 7 Mr. W. T Grundy said that it dirl seem that trfere were" more r gu ations than were necessary. The Department had made a mistake in issuing §, e reflations without consulting ~£ho«n d would, be affected by thfm He b P heved the Department wished to do iC right thing but. the trouble ■ was £? they were doing it in the wrong wav Mr. T. Moss said that he agreed that some form of protest should be made and he moved that before bringing the regulations into effect the Govenfmon? should submit them to the T«Si e ™S statute for an opinion. Tne • . should also be expressed that the De pnrtment was issuing regulations without proper consideration, and that such re gulations would have the effect of de atroying the initiative of the teachers This was seconded by Mr. D M'Cal i lum, and carried.