EDUCATION.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 5669, 17 August 1905, Page 7

EDUCATION.

PRESS ASSOCIATION. CHRISTCHURCH, August 16. The North Canterbury Education Board has decided to convene a conference of members of Education Boards 1 to be held at Wellington on September 11th for the purpose of discussing and giving united expression to the desirability of alterations and amendments in the administration of the primary education system. In reply to the Board’s inquiry whether the restrictions placed on Education Boards regarding the .expenditure of building grant are unnecessary and calculated to hamper them in endeavours to meet the varying needs of their respective districts, the Hawke’s Bay, Otago, Nelson, South Canterbury Southland, and Wellington Boards have written endorsing the views of the North Canterbury Board, and expressing willingness to join the Board in any action taken towards restoration of the powers previously possessed by Boards. The Westland Board replied that as the needs of the.district in regard to new build--1 ings wore very small, and had been uniformly provided by the Department, the 1 Board had no reason to offer objections to existing conditions, though the Board could understand that in larger districts restrictions might prove irksome.