CORRESPONDENCE CLASSES

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7848, 10 July 1911, Page 9

CORRESPONDENCE CLASSES

PRESS ASSOCIATION. CHRISTCHURCH, July S.' MV C. H. Opie, chairman of the JNonth Canterbury Board of Education, *\vas asked by a reporter whether that .board contemplated adopting the suggestion of the Otago Board that correspondence classes should bo established for tbo purpose of enabling back-blocks teachers to qualify for certificates. Mr Opie replied that overtures bad boon made to the North Canterbury Board by the Otago Flducation Board "with a view to getting its support and bringing tho matter before tho Education Department, While cordially supporting the movement, the North Canterbury Board found tliat it was not in tho same position as Otago iu this some of the teachers were iu inaccessible localities from which they could not easily get into town. In Canterbury, however, nearly all tbo teachers could visit tho centre on Saturdays, very fow indeed being so situated that they could not get into town. Tho North Canterbury Board, liad already intimated to its teachers that it was willing to help them to obtain certificates by means of the classes at present available, and for this i-eaeou tho North Canterbury Board did not favour the starting of correspondence classes iu its district.