THE EDUCATION BILL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 81, 27 July 1914, Page 6

THE EDUCATION BILL.

At a meeting of the, Taranaki Teachers' Institute on Saturday the following resolutions were carried unanimously : —That this meeting expresses its appreciation generally of the provisions of the Education Bill, especially in regard to the forward move in connection with salaries, the establishment of a Council of Education, the enlargement of the education districts, the staffing of schools and the transfer of teachers, but points out that there are anomalies still existing, such as payment on attendance, appointment of teachers, and the absence of an\ provision for transfer expenses or for a Dominion scale of sick pay, the removal of which anomalies would make the Bill even more valuable to tin cause of education. That the attention of the Minister be called to the small increase of salary in schools with an average attendanceof from 81 to 120. Mr Mellroy read a telegram Irum the secretary of the Wairarapa branch of the Institute, asking the meeting to urge the provision of house allowance for male first assistants. A resolution was passed accordingly. Copies of these resolutions will be sent to the M's.P. for Taranaki and the executive of the New Zealand In stitute, witli the request that they be laid before the Education Committee of the House. .