ORGANISING TEACHERS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 15 September 1921, Page 5

ORGANISING TEACHERS

GOOD WORK DONE

The splendid work being accom plished by the four organising teacSs working m the Taranaki educational district was favourably commented on at yesterday's.meeting of. the tion Board. In the*course of tSeir report_the teachers' selection commit- __...„!*. a rf ßolution "that the Department be informed that in the opinion of this board the number of organising teachers in the Taranaki disZith %)t m,"l m.um '<*«* can be done with if the efficiency of the small schools is to be maintained, but it is possible that if no material change in the teaching staff occurs in the-mean-time by the end of 1922 it may appear 4 x reduction can be made. . A further resolution stated "that the board is not of the opinion that it is m the interests of education that the control of the organising teachers should be placed in the hands of the a ,*_lc Ser^ce Commissioner." The Department proposed to reduce I the number of organising teachers in | the Taranaki district from foUr to one, and to this several board members took exception. *»u«r» uJ?^. cfe irm«n '.(Mr P. J. H. White* nas of the opinion that the control and continuance of the system of organising teachers was essential.' This perhaps was one of the finest things done by the Education DepartS j llffifa^v*^ Eh? from^i' ■' Wh° W™__vis I help from the four organising teach-. fW.; V. a!_ the first and foremost function of those interested in educaSL^'^o^.^. 9- wh «re many of these uncertificated teachers had charge. By the appointment of thTse ' organising teachers 1 the standard S | teaching m these back-block districts1 «?LT?? d *° _" de«ree exceeding alii expectations Any step such as pro- ' posed would put back the cause of education in New Zealand. ; ot the system to the Dnmimnn ' amounted to about £15,5)0 ins^S and travelling expenses, but the money ! was being spent in the best nossible SSi DT rtment proposed to r2| duce the number" of organising teach- £ s »*** Taranaki district froir^ to one. Mr White said he would sooner see a -curtailment in any other direction than this. All the men J_ cJ e*{.T*:T. gre\t ■york»- "otwithstand- , ing that they had to travel in all sorts of weather. He honed the mat * w_ ™? ld y *v taken UP °y tne mem- ! ™ for the district, f _£-+?• *J aßter?* M.P., said that! when the Hon. J. Hanah brought in ; the zt was welcomed by the . teachers, who would regret any interference with the present system. Set-! tnct had written to the board con- '■ pratulatmg them uoon the success of, the scheme. ■ Further, he must confess' that the information received from '■ very helpful m the administration of, educational matters. Mr S, G. Smith, M.p.. thoneht that the system was one of the heat'reform .' of recent years in connection with; education.—News - *> .