SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19203, 17 December 1925, Page 8

SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

THE AUCKLAND ASSOCIATION MANY REMITS DISCUSSED, The quarterly meeting of the Primary Schools Committees' Association was held hist, evening, the president, .Mr. 11. 11. Wat kins, presiding over a largo attendance. The executive reported that as a result of the recent entertainment in the Town Hall the funds of the association would benefit to the extent of about £6O. The headmasters of the schools assisting were specially thanked. The New Lynn School Committee submitted a remit, asking that when the Education Board erected new schools the grant should lie made sufficiently large to put the grounds into reasonable order. Tho remit was adopted unanimously. 'i ho Grey Lvnn Committee's remit asking that committees should be supplied free of cost with copies' of all official publications issued by the Department of Education was carried. The City District Schools' Committee asked the association to protest against cidldten of two different standards being put together in one class under one teacher, as being unfair to both the children and the teacher. This gave rise to considerable discussion, some delegates alleging that it was being done in order to save expense. The remit was referred to Mr. Brownlee for further inquiry and to report at next meeting. Tho Walton School Committee's request that the smaller country schools should receive the same amount of free clinical attention as the town schools gave rise to some discussion. The committee stated Hi at in reply to the board's request for a room to lie Used as a surgery it had arranged for one, but had heard nothing further in reply. The matter was referred to the executive with jiower to act. Regarding the association's request for the standardisation of school boolcs the director of education, Mr. J. Canghley, wrote, stating the association had at>pnrent.lv acted without knowledge of the position. The various lists of school books for 1925 was gazetted on September 4. 1924. 'thai showed that apart from the school journal, which was supplied free, and sunnlemenfary readers, supplied free, the otilv reading books in use were two kinds of small primer used in preparatory classes. Standardising would therefore not affect renders. For English, history, geography, arithmetic and copybooks only one book was authorised. There was thus«one complete standardisation with respect to those books, and ! no other text-books were required.