EDUCATION INQUIRY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 285, 29 May 1912, Page 5

EDUCATION INQUIRY

THE ROYAL COMMISSION. REPORT DUE NEXT MONTH. The order of reference of the Royal Commission to enquire into the education administration of the Dominion is as follows: 1. The cost of State education in respect to primary, manual, technical and secondary; and its relation to efficiency. 2. The administration of the central department. 3. The powei;s and rights possessed respectively by Education Boards and other local educational authorities, and whether they should be extended. ,

4. The expenditure on manual and technical instruction, and the question of local responsibility in regard to providing portion of funds therefor. 5. The amalgamation of local government or controlling bodies. 6. Overlapping and duplication.

7. The finance of education boards, •high school and manual and technical governing bodies. 8, Agricultural instruction and rural courses.

0. In what respects school instruction can be improved and made of more practical value in equipping pupils for their future careers.

10. 'Scholarships and free places: What changes, if any, should be mad'e in this connection ?

41. And, generally, in what respects improvements can be made to secure higher efficiency, better administration, and co-ordination and the securing of greater value for the annual expenditure on the branches of education above referred to. The Commission is authorised and! empowered to conduct enquiries at Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland, and) is to report not later than June 25 next. THE COMMISSION. Mr. Mark Cohen is editor of the Dunedin Star, and has for many years made a close study of the education question. Mr. Davidson is headmaster of the Mornington School, and has been president of the New Zealand Educational Institute. •

. Mr. J. R. Kirk has for long been a •member of the Gisborne High School Board, and connected with school committee work in that district. Mr. Poland is member for ©hinemuri, and> an ex-teacher. Mr. J. C. Thomson is also an ex-teacher and ia member for Wallace.

Mr. Pirani is chairman of the Wanga* nui Education Board, and has for many years taken a prominent part in education matters.

Mr. Wells takes a great interest in technical education a.nd university work. He is headmaster of one of the largest schools in Auckland.