Educational Problems Discussed

Manawatu Times, Volume 70, Issue 110, 11 May 1945, Page 4

Educational Problems Discussed

CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, May ]O. That the Government be urged to adopt more rigorous censorship of films shown in public theatres, with a view to the exclusion of children under 35 years of age from unsuitable programmes, was recommended iu the session committee *s report presented at the annual conference of the New Zealand Educational Institute to-day. The committee also recommended that every child should have a complete medical examination at least once a year and that the Education Depar;rnent should modernise the interior of schools and their fittings and furniture and provide a more pleasant and more hygienic type of shelter and adequate lavatory accommodation. The committee on administration urged the Go\'ornmeut to recognise a high priority claim for education iu allotting men, money and materials immediately after the war over private and business needs. The policy on the consolidation of schools should receive careful attention, it was urged, as the scheme had been in operation long enough for teachers, parents aud pupils to be able to arrive at a valid conclusion as to its success and its effect on the health of the rural children by their removal to urban schools and the social effects of such removals. The effect of the removal of the centre of interest from the community lite and the effect on promotion within the profession byfsuch removals should also be given consideration. The committee asked the department to arrange suitable courses for selected teachers in various aspects of education. The executive was called upon lo urge the provision of adequate facilities for physical education officers. The conference decided that all monetary grants for district high schools should be on the same basis as for secondary schools. The committee on salaries recommended the setting up of a primary schools salary tribunal. The salary scale should be based on the paying of the teacher and not the position. Motor Fatalities During April Six road deaths were reported during April, according to figures released by the Transport Department. Three of these were pedestrians, two being small children. Two of the pedestrian occi dents happened in Auckland and one in Feilding. The other three fatalities involved a motor cyclist whose machine left the road near Dunedin, an occupant of a lorry who tried to stop a runaway trailer near Nelson, and a cyclist in the Manawatu district. There were eleven deaths on the road during April, 3944, 14 in April, 1943, and 20 in April, 1942. TRY ZANN AT OUR EXPENSE. 9d. stamps hrings generous Jim! package of ZANN pile treatment. Wimple, easy relief. Zann Pty., Box 952 S (B. M. Appleton, 154 Featheiatou Street)! Wellington. __