CITY SCHOOLS' COMMITTEE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11059, 10 May 1899, Page 6

CITY SCHOOLS' COMMITTEE.

The ordinary meeting of tin Auckland City Schools Committee was held at the Wolloslcystreet schoolroom last evening, Mr. G. Squirrel, chairman, presiding. There were also present: Messrs. J. McLeod, L. H. Holloway, A. Rosser, G. Powley, J. Ratty, Drs. King and Walker. * Technical Education: The Chairman ennounced that mi accordance with the resolution earned a. the annual mectiug ol householders, urging the introduction of technical education, he had written the Government on 1 10 question, and had been informed in r>lv that it was hoped that a Bill in the dilution of technical education would lie introduced during the coming session of Parliament Galleries: It was decided to call the attention of the Hoard of Education to the i usuitability Of the arrangement of the V.bries and desks for the iufant classes in the fiernsford s root and Nelson-stroot schools, «ad i 0 111-go that they be so improved as to rlnco them on a footing with the gallery » llw ncllesley-street pchool. y 11,0 . Inspection of Schools: The reports of tho inspectors on tho inspection of iho perm ford-street, Nelson-street, and Chapel.,trctl schools were read, and in all cases the discipline of the pupils and the method rnd vo'fs y a,ilac t or y traCl,inS "" °" U ' 9 wbpl ° animations, which had been raised at the an' nual meeting of householders, when it wa< on 8?? that an amendment should he made on the present system so as to allow of merit certificates being obtained by pupils f or InT subject or subjects in which thev JbUined a suflicient number of marks. .\fi„ | , n C isti as applies to the natin. h, '-"""ration Act inspectors of pupils in sWIarTTTT 6 should be amended so as to allow if i lp " teachers promoting punils when fi,t ° i ° lc^ higher standards in tlio «imn ™ section quoted provides for tho 1 "I**1 ** MlO of pupils to standards 1 and ? „ , ° motion fully urges upon the Minister iortdS' o '' to move !>t T nwt C,^™ng.^ l^ o . ,w lico si&w-bS 2 '*- detrimental to true as to be fully urges upon the Ministerfor Ed? P6ct ' reduce it by (a) the nl,™ , • lo history as I cli, subS -°- f Bn « ,i ' h »«le for a knowledgefeoTt 0 by means of a- historical reader- (b) fhn' tiro abolition of tho hidm/l f' t]| ? on ' subject of geosranhv nTi branoho ? ° f tho questions, which we consider aTbeyoSdT scope of primary school education." **