EDUCATION BOARDS.
■ CHANGE. IN -REPRESENTATION SUGGESTED. ■ (Pltß United Puesh -Association.! ' WELLINGTON, June 20. The proposed change in ' the present method of apportioning-seats on • education boards, which, according to the Education Department, has been . found inequitable, was discussed by tho Wellington Education Board to-day. A letter from -the -Department stated that the Minister was considering the question of amending the Act in several directions, but before proceeding further it wished each board to consider the proposals so far as they affected its district, and tho .Minister would then consider, any suggestions received' Within a/ month' from date. The general effects of the proposals wblil.d bo toTeduce the 'number of”/members in most of tho district,iV.'.to/‘giv;o"thb!'rur'al'.‘districts a better representation, and to apportion representation more equitably. ■. 1 1 After t.ho board had ascertained from tho Department that it was hoped tho matter would he pushed through this session, a discussion on the proposal took place, during which members expressed disapproval of the .suggested change. • 1 '
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18894, 21 June 1923, Page 8
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