CONFERENCE OF SCHOOL INSPECTORS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11565, 31 January 1901, Page 6

CONFERENCE OF SCHOOL INSPECTORS.

I [BY telegraph.— ASSOCIATION.] , > 1 | _ Wellington, Wednesday ! | The School Inspectors' Conference continued - ; | its sittings to-day, at the Education Board's offices It was resolved that the scheme of V' • | applied grammar include the following •— '"V Structure of simple, compound, and' easy V. complex sentences treated by way of analy- : J : sis and of synthesis; ' (2) recognition of ■ I parts .of speech m such sentences with a ] knowledge of their functions, (3) exercises ' , I ?J- endm S of sentences and clauses, and in .the. conversion of phrases, clauses, and sentences into equivalent constructions:'' •> , m such inflections of -words as are neces-f ': sary for_ the purposes of: composition: (5) " practice m correcting wrong sentence forms, with special reference at lower stages to I common colloquial errors.. "'-' UW motion by Mr. Hill (Hawke's Bay) | that the syllabus of instruction be differen- • ■ tiated for the colony was lost It was resolved that the syllabus of in- \ | struction be differentiated for large n a j small schools, and that the number of sub-'- ! jects be determined by the class of school, ; | the class to be determined by the numerical; J strength of the staff. : ■ | I It was resolved that the second paragraph | of standard regulation No. 2, the whole of ; :: | regulations 3, 4, and 7, and, regulation 6*. ' | from the second line to the end, be can- ': celled, and tha* the following be substi- ' I tuted :— Classification of school shall be j mrde by the head teacher, who shall have | full discretion to arrange his pupils in dif- ■ ! ferent classes for different subjects, accord- . j ing to their ability and proficiency with rej spect to the several ; subjects, and to group | two or more classes for instruction in one S subject. This discretion he must exercise '"-''■'■■ j toi the satisfaction of the inspector, who ."""'' j will regard as an element of weakness any j undue complexity in classification of pupils. j As a general rule pupils should be classified j according to their capacity and attainment in English and arithmetic respectively, " classification in English being determined by proficiency in English, and classification in arithmetic by proficiency in arithmetic. | It was resolved that the following be subI stituted for standard regulations 11 and 12: —The head teacher shall hold periodic examinations of his school, and shall enter in j a book provided for the purpose the results | gained by each pupil in each" subject. He ' = ■ shall also preserve for the information of the inspector a copy of the questions, and the writteD answers of the pupils. Before ' the inspector's annual visit for examination » the head teacher shall prepare class lists, which shall contain jhe names and ages of . all pupils on the school roll, with the number of half-days on which each pupil has : : attended the school since last annual exami- - : nation by the inspector, and the length of time the pupil his been in the class in . ".= which he is placed. The class in which a i?M pupil is placed for English shall determine . • the list on which his name shall appear. ' lln general the pupil shall be expected to - ' pass through one class in each subject in . » a year, and the head teacher shall, by,? underlining in red ink the the figures opposite the name of any pupil, indicate the - ."< V subjects in which such child has not passed ■ the standard higher than that passed at the inspector's, previous- examination. The following resolutions were also carried :—" That geography be deleted from • ■ the pass subjects for certificate of proficiency ; that when a child leaves one school for another, the head teacher shall furnish him with a written statement show- > ing (1) the class or classes in which he is placed for English and arithmetic, (2) the date of the last inspector's examination, and (3) -the number of half-day attendances he has made since that "examination; . that to qualify for examination in any class a pupil must have been taught continuously , in such class for three months immediately preceding the examination, or, if he has attended a school for a less period, daring the period since his admission. ' • '.'■■ :.\ ;■.':■■:[]