SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS.
ANNUAL CONFERENCE. (Pk* Ukitkd Press Association ) mi v CHRISTCHURCH, May' 24. The New Zealand Secondary School leachers Conference passed the following resolutions: — 1S i n tho - national interest that the holding of national scholarships and other pnvJeges directly involving demands upon the State purse shall be con,.ned to schools 17 "' 0 ° f Prlmary and secondary . V 3. 'nt l ' o national interest and highly desirable that a serious effort should be made to lower tho age of transfer from the primary to secondary schools, in accordance with the practice of tho most advanced countries and tho opinion of educational reformers; that an important means to this end is the gradual reduction of the size of classes in the primary schools to a maximum of 30, and that the conference oiler its hearty support to the efforts of the New Zealand Educational Institute to secure this reform wliieh would in the conferences opinion, be of very great educational advantage." "That the conference is of opinion that all exemptions from r-chool attendance until the ag r - of 14- years should, as soon as possible, be withdrawn, and that the compulsory limit of full-time school attendance should in the near future bo raised to 15 years, without exemptions." "That the ever-increasing development of clerical and routmo work is a serious hindrance to principals and other teachers in the discharge of their more important i tj' / definite clerical assistance should be provided m all secondary schools to do tho work. " That the conference requests the EduS rtn it nt \° i akp f stc PS forthwith to strengthen the study of English grammar, > n . primary schools' curriculum." • thc r conference would favour the institution, after the war, of a probationary ? tOS 011 , First appointment to the staffs of secondary schools, such candidates to receive confirmation of their appointments only after a satisfactory report bjfl tho school principal and the department s inspector as to their practical work in teaching.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19180525.2.75
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 17324, 25 May 1918, Page 10
Word Count
327SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 17324, 25 May 1918, Page 10
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.