EDUCATION PROGRESS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18191, 15 February 1929, Page 3

EDUCATION PROGRESS.

DOMINION UP TO DATE. Several phases of education activity m New South W ales were discussed by Air C. \V. Garrard ,senior inspector os schools in Auckland, who returned by tlie Niagara from Sydney, where lie represented tlie Dominion at the conference ol the Australian and New Zealand Association of inspectors of Schools. A comparison with Australia satisfies Mr Garrard that the recently-revised pirmai v school syllabus m New Zealand is up-to-date and fully in accordance with modern educational requirements, giving freedom to the teacher not hitherto afforded. He 'is convinced that New Zealand is more liberal than New South Wales in the provision it makes for pupils to enter secondary schools, for whereas the New Zealand qualification is a Standard VI. proficiency certificate, in New South Whiles pupils are allotted to high schools in results of competitive examination. On tiic other hand, provision lor instruction in commercial and domestic arts is more liberal in Syd“l was impressed with the \vork done at Carl:lie-ford Rural School,” said Air Garrard. “This is one cf twelve such nchools established in rural areas to provide differentiated courses of instruction for country pupils. It consists of a primary school with classes up to Standard IV., and a secondary department for 155 pupils drawn from nor to that adopted at Ala.tama.ta Junior! High School. (’0111*80? of work, hov ever, are more diversified, consisting of domest-ir: science, besides a general and cultural course. The .school has a definite rural bias. There is liberal staffing ami a good area of school ground is available, horticultural, and general general experiments being of many use-