MANUAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1675, 6 April 1904, Page 9 (Supplement)

MANUAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

ITS PROGRESS IN .WELLINGTON

Some particulars of the progress of manual and technical education are given in the annual 1 , report of the chairman of the Wellington Education Board. Air] Bradey mentions that a year ago the I Technical School was placed under the I control of the Associated Board. For 1 the three months of the year during j which the Technical School remained under the Education Board’s management, the receipts were £450 15s sd, and the expenditure £744 15s 6d. The grants received by the Board, ais controlling authority, during the nine months' of the year, and handed over to the Associated Board, amounted to £IBSO 5s lid. The cost of technical 1 , education to the Board has been £'14,385 18s 4d during the years from 1886 to 1903, the receipts having been £21,349 6s 3d and the ex-: penditure £35,635 4s 7d. _ During the past year, manual in-tnir- ; tion was given in sixty-three schools, the 1 subjects taken up embracing: —Si icklay- • ing, paper-weaving and plaiting, drawing j in chalk, freewill drawing. bi-mhi.iyjug. t paper-folding, <i■ • ignuig. in colour. 1 !-•: - ] per, mode Wing in plasticine, modelling ] ill carton, bru-h-dra u mg. ~.. ee-we;.'• mg. j froearin and black oth d draw ing, eh- j mentarv de-ign am) colour work, rot-1 i • w/ ( , g irdeii: 1 * c -w i m!ii ing, cieiueiilu l v j agriculture, .slaving, mat-weaving, geoim:ii real drawing, basket-weaving, paper-

cutting and mounting, and cookery. Tho present year Should see this work taken up in almost every school under the Board’s control. Tho cookery classes were controlled by tho Technical School until the end of June, when tho Board took over the management. The city classes were removed to the Newtown School, where a room was fitted up for the purpose, the cost of such fittings, £lll 13s, being defrayed by the Government. Tho teacher, Alias Ivey, having obtained six months’ leave of absence, her position was filled by Aliss Alanning. The cost of the classes will be covered by capitation. Tho Wairarapa classes continue under the instruction of Alias Alillington. The lessons for tho first half year are given at Alasterton, Clareviille, Feathers!on, Greytown and Carterton, and for the second half year at Eketahuna, Alangatainoka, Hukanui. Scarborough and Pahiatua.