UNIVERSITY COMMISSION

Evening Star, Issue 19006, 30 July 1925, Page 9

UNIVERSITY COMMISSION

HIGHER EDUCATION IN SECONDARY CENTRES [Pkb United Pjiess Association.] WELLINGTON, July 30. At tlio sitting of the University Cammission to-day Mr Cresswoll, head master of Wellington College, said the actiediting system was preferable to matriculation. The President of tlio Secondary Schools’ Association (Mr J. Murrav), in a plea for means to extend higher education to tho larger secondary centres, in such towns as Palmerston North, Wanganui, Timarn, and Invercargill, said that good tutorial work was* done under the W.E.A. scheme, hnt a short course of lectures by members of the stall's of the university colleges would stimulate graduates, and act as refresher courses. Under existing conditions the stall's of the colleges could probably not undertake this work, but if a director wore placed iu charge in each- district the prestige of university work would be behind tho work (done. Although the percentage of trained teachers was increasing, it was not vet sufficiently high. At present voutiiful trainees were faced with the difficulty of determining tho relative importance of tho professional and academic rides of their work. Secondary trainees found it almost impossible to do justice to both parts of the work, and for this reason the training of r,ho young secondary teacher should come after completion of the degree course. Mr Murray recommended recognition hy (he Senate of practical work clone iu tho. laboratories of schools after duo inspect ion, accepting the schools’ certiricat.es Students could then take science as a degree subject.