WELLINGTON TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW ZEALAND MAIL. Sir, —As some of the remarks made by me on Saturday appear to be almost without meaning, as condensed in your report of the Teachers’ Association meeting, I hope you will allow me a line or two in explanation. I said that in the matter of committees I thought it would not be right if we were altogether to ignore the experience of the Anglo-Saxon race. In Britain schools were managed by local committees, and in America there were frequently two committees for a school—one to look after
the teaching, and the other to attend to the building and furniture. . And, in calling attention to a paragraph in the Premier’s letter .to Mr. Macandrew, I pointed out that the present boards would have the management of the schools until Pebruaiy, when “ elected boards with a small nominee element ” were to take their place, and that as the Premier had distinctly stated that education would be under the Minister of Justice, the teachers had better work with the Government, and not desire “a supreme head,” as one member was anxious to have, for no other meaning could be attached to such a recjuest than the having a distinct portfolio for education. —I am, &c., J. L. Sinclair. Taita, May 15.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 245, 20 May 1876, Page 19
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