THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12551, 3 January 1903, Page 8

THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE

IPsY" CoBBEJPOiroEin'T W'\~ I'' NAMEE, January & Ms&ftl The twentietfrannuafcraeeting of the Edurational Institute of New Zealand com-, fit £ mencod this Morning. After the presiden-' |j# tial address ty Mi G. ¥. Murray, the dejeWtl W«' were welcomed by Dr flidey, Inspector ,f>S( * Hill,' and->a representative of the Napier S?V Borough Gounod. SP' 1 The folbmng renriVwere then passed"— ftj'i i«That the'inspectors be placed under the Jg? control of ther Education Department, and $fi '. that it is'desriable that schools should be S : A " classified, and that teachers' salaries should 3? depend oil'the classification of the schooli jjft *o s which they are attached and not on the jf <-. average attendance " |£ Tho afternoon sitting was entirely taken *Jl ' i up with the question of the classification, &> of teachers- The_ remits (a) "That m the jfc ' opinion of this institute tho timo has ar ij ( > nved when the Education Department shall issue no more E certificates," and (b) "that \ ihe department be requested to approach tho t i university with a view of getting it to cons'r duct all teaohers' and civil service examma tions, and t that tho matriculation civil ser %-<■ vice and junior scholarships" were with { drawn in favour of tho North Canterbury remit—"That tho proposed scheme of clas l\ sifioation be " An animated dis

fSfi; ''• p sussibn;followed, when the following amend%s?■£; nent'g'weremoved in subcession:—(l)'"That 'inade in' the mode I 'and it be in", the. way of making M£; v 'four.'clauses—A,' B,: 0; and- D-instead •of pvf ii. /thStfivß—A^ 1 8, Pi'.D,:B;—now in operation.' -and B!,to>be as at.present, .0 of' the. Miv|. ! :iame as that proposed for grade B, |tey;.;;and "D .the' fame state' as that' proposed'for a|r; ; ;vO,''.and'.that. there be four-grades in each ',(2).'';'!.Tliat this;'institute suggests ■ii ifrfe: divisioninto;-three classes, three grades in Sfe'jiacK.class.". (3) "That therß.be one.certifiand thaiTuniyersify and other successes |g£Hliej endorseVLupon, it." :H) "That'there/ be; :^'^-°- u ' ; - 61 ?^^ v ' s ' onß ' each sub--«S? : "division:to' show.advance in'scholastic' and MipeaoWn'g.''attainments; , .V (5) "That''this-in-sE^j:Jtitute._recommends that only two classes gfeiiS^.'certificate's be'issued, and that urovisionIfe/M'made'for endorsing further qualifications fP^i?"" - !*! 1 "" l?I" Tliat.there.be three cer-|fep;i&ates-;A toinclude graduates. B the prefpfjcipnt C : : certificates, find 0 to .include the fe^-present ;D certificates." ' (7) "That.the words the literary attainSgffoihents;; required for'thn .lowest-or- 0 grade, stage higher tlian that specified for p:^!; ; ,*|i?.'. iiiniof civil.,service, or for matricuh-§|j;rt.ti6n.'-":'Nos.' 6 and 7 amendments (comformed the final resolution df the in|p£stitnte.:. The amendments combined were 1 moved by Southland delegates. Jfey/f'AAt the. evening' session the following reand;' resolutions were. passed :—" That gfy'lthe.'' endorsements on certificates grade Ti proposed classification bo records |"yonly...qf .sych success as may be'achieved in any subject.'on subjects Sfe|;jat-'a' ; ; degree 'examination' of, the New ZeaUniversity, or an "quivalent examinaho ; instituted by the department. {;^:vf and' that six: such endorsements 'should the A grade." ."' ••' ■' &££&■ "I™*t-hii" meeting nrotests.mo=fc strongly, r*..^ : i:;against'tlie inclusion of such penalty as that ?£sT.in- regulation 42 in the proposed. regulation,' twice a year a teacher mav be: |pi;.''degraded;by.an inspector's report." "That iff;:jthe:institute recommend that tha proposed fc<;"regulatiqn makine it imperative on a teacher p|';?jfo':.show, his ability to take charge, of a &;:: school of 150 before obtaining the one grade ■fAiftbe deleted." "That no one be allowed to iSjgK, sit': for a teacher's examination until at||£vi;tiining the ag9 of 18. and that,no certificate granted to a candidate:until the age.of been reached." "That the primary, ■pjs&scibol' teachers in each education district ;||if ! vshall 'be; granted the. power of electing; to'. Education Board .ot .that district one such member not to be a teacher •kM:'.in'that,.board'p employ.'' "That the Edneafegtion' Department be .asked to provide that m'P'in' the''calculation of tho average attendance' sJJiof a.'school all half-days' on which the at:.fiKtehdaribe falls below two-thirds of the roll :*:i.vjfiiumber shall be thrown out of the calcvila:"'4:'tion;'.' "That the resolutions-bearing upon fi^S'lne; proposed.new regulations for teachers' passed by the institute be forl© 1 ;? .warded, without .delay, to the department,"