WRITING IN SCHOOLS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19512, 16 December 1926, Page 16

WRITING IN SCHOOLS.

iCURSIVE OR SCRIPT STYLE. EDUCATION BQARD DISCUSSION. Th& ertl'oroament of, a definite type of writing for pupils in the upper standards at schools was urged, by jlv. G. Brownlee at a meeting of the Auvskland Education Board yesterday. Ma*. Brownlee said he thought that the department should state definitely whether cursive or script .waiting should be ftsed. 111 his opinion the board should recommend that only cursive writing should be taught, m Standard? IV., V. and VI. Airs. N. IS, Ferner said that script writing tad keen adopted in many English. schools The Chairman, Air. A. Bums: I think that the board .could instruct its teachei:» one way o.r the. other. The banks will cot take signatures in script, but some of; the cursive writing would be better called "eußi&d" writing. -It was. suggested that the board had previously made a recommendation to the department, that cutfsive writing should bo taught. The, secretary said that a letter had been sent in- May, 1925. and the, department. had replied that the question was being referred to the Educational Institute, inspectors and mveral business authorities. That was the last the board heard of it. Mr. Burns: .1 -think that we should ask. the department to expedite its reply. We must, not rush them too much, though. • This course was ,adopted.