EDUCATION COMMISSION.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 176, 10 July 1912, Page 2

EDUCATION COMMISSION.

Wellington. July 9. I At the Education Commission Miss ;if dyer, headmistress, speaking on i hel.a’f of the Women Teachers’ As- . suciation. suggested certain modifications in the present system in the I interests of girls. Separate schodis for boys and girls was an ideal me: hod. The Hon. J. Ba.v. M.L.C.. said that in manual and technical classes the syllabus was too wide. He considered that they should specialise more. * The Director <jf Technical Educa-’ tion at Nelson. Mr. A.'A. Hinty. urged the desirability of more unij f< rmity ip technical school "Work and ■ r,f doing away with overlapping." i J. H. M orboys. headmaster cf the Kiiim nic school, in a statement made on behalf cf the Wellington branch cf the Educational Institute, urged | the desirability of amalgamating j small country schools. | C. Watson, headmaster of Tc Aro I school, speaking for the institute, i claimed that it. waS very desirable Ito establish a Dominion Council of j Education, whose functions should be strictly advisory and net admiiris- ! I rativc. i Evidence on behalf .of the (free j kindergarten schools of the city was j given by Mrs. T. H. Gill and Miss Freeman. They said that more subj stantial assistance ought to be given them. ’ Mr. R. T. Fleming, Chief Inspector of Schools who had given j cnee the previous day. explained 1 that he had been misreported in ! connection with his statement as to i salaries. What he had said was i that, as a general rule, the salaries ’ paid to teachers were inadequate.