EDUCATION IN WELLINGTON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13709, 27 March 1908, Page 5

EDUCATION IN WELLINGTON.

A YEAR'S STATISTICS. IST TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wkm-fngtox, Thursday. In* their annual report to the Wellington Education Board this afternoon, the .inspectors of schools stale that in the Wellington education district, there are now 150 schools, four more than in 1906. • The total numbers attending the schools show an increase of 127 children on the roll, but a decrease of 275 in the number present at the time of the inspectors' annual visit. The rate of increase has been maintained for the past few yearn The inspectors recommend that provision should be made for residences for the lower-grade country schools, and they regard the past year as quite exceptional in matters* of sickness, whicfy has affected both children ami teachers. The schools are classified as follow : —Satisfactory to good, 117; fair, 31; inferior, 11. . ' f 'v..'".'.-"'' V v In conclusion, after dealing with progress in the various subjects of the syllabus, the inspectors stated that they were impressed by the difficulties under which the teachers labour. The importance of education demanded that its efficient direction and . management should be in the hands not only of highly-trained experts and specialists, but, of men of high ideals, and endowed with exceptional parts and qualifications.