EDUCATION PROBLEMS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7018, 5 January 1910, Page 2

EDUCATION PROBLEMS

CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE .STATE. CONSTITUTION AND PROGRAMME, Details cl the conference of educational authorities arranged by the Education Department, to bo hold in Wellington on February 10th, 11th, and 12th, were contained in a letter read to the New Zealand Educational Institute’s conference yesterday. The conference will consist of representative teachers and other persons of standing professionally employed in typical education facilities of various forms, and will be expected to devote itself from different points of view to such broad questions as have a direct bearing on the co-ordination - of the several parts of the education system of New "Zealand. The conference will bo constituted of one representative each of the four professorial boards of the four t ,Unive.rsity Colleges and the Director of Canterbury Agricultural College; principals of the four training colleges; six representatives of secondary schools ; four representatives of technical schools; eight representatives of 'public schools (including district high schools) elected by the New Zeland Institute j a representative inspector from each education district; and five inspectors of the Education Department, inclusive of the InspectorGeneral of 'Schools, who will act as chairman of the conference. The business was outlined as follows

Thursday, February 10th—Horning: The work of the primary schools. Afternoon: Relation of primary schools to secondary and technical schools. '■

Friday, February Xlth—Morning: The work of secondary schools and technical schools. Afternoon: The relation of secondary and technical schools to one another, and to the University Colleges. , f s Saturday, February 12th —Morning: The work of the University and University and of the Training Colleges in relation thereto. The Institute was recommended to take steps to nominate _ members as follows: —(a) District High Schools — two representatives (one North Island and one South Island ’representative); (b) primary schools (as distinct from District High Schools): larger schools, exceeding 200 in average attendance—two representatives (one North Island and on South Island); - and smaller schools not exceeding 200 in average attendance—two representatives (one North Island, and one South Island); (o) infant mistresses—two represents tives (one North Island, and one South Island). _ The general conference is to be followed immediately by the periodical conference for the special discussion of training college matters, and by the triennial conference of inspectors of schools. /