EDUCATION COMMISSION.
1 CENTRALISATION' OF SCHOOLS. I I [ [by telegraph.—PßESS ASSOCIATION.] Inveroabgiix, Thursday. j The Education Commission sat at Inver- . cargill to-day. ■ ' I J. CroseleySmith, representative South' > land Education Board, gave evidence; thai he did not think further power cciulld ;be ' wisely given to education boards, while . all their money was being derived , fron 3 consolidated revenue. He a'dvocated th< ' use of conveyances, to allow of the cen traliaation of schools, and substitution 0: naturu study for some of the subjects;ii the syllabus. • •,* A ' number of teabhers, , and the South land Education: Board's inspector, ;Mr Henry, were heard, and all were more o less in favour Of adoption of some sphem of centralisation, ana one teacher ex pressed the view that the present syllabu enjoined methods o;E teaching, and pre scribed matter that could., reasonably b prescribed only under, ideal conditions & which did hot obtain. 9 Two teachers expressed the opinion tha s there would bo no objection to the im r portation of male teachers in moderat numbers. / The Prime Minister has extended th " Commission's term until July 25, when * its import is due.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15025, 21 June 1912, Page 5
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185EDUCATION COMMISSION. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15025, 21 June 1912, Page 5
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