TECHNICAL SCHOOLS

Grey River Argus, 11 September 1930, Page 4

TECHNICAL SCHOOLS

ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE. (Per Press Association.) I WELLINGTON, September 10. I The Technical School Conference passed resolutions: (I) That • Conference believed that local p / primary councils should have pov r to make appointment- to staffs, and that if any national appointments committee is instituted, its function should be to furnish information and recommendations regarding each of the list of applicants, from which the local council should make a final choice. (2) That the general adoption of the separate intermediate schools of the Kowhai type, will not provide courses for pupils, equivalent to what is now given in Technical High Schools, with a resultant educational los 4 s on the technical side of the community. (3) That the benefits now conferred on the pupils of Technical High Schools are too valuable to be lost. The Conference is of opinion that the principle of consolidation is in the best interests of education, and will be of assistance to Technical education where District High Schools have definite technical courses.