TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11763, 29 July 1916, Page 7

TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.

ANNUAL MEETING,

The thirty-fourth annual meeting of the North Canterbury Educational Institute was held this morning at the formal School, Mr W. N, Seay presiding. There was a representative attendance. Tho annual report was adopted on the motion of the chairman, who said that the institute had secured a high position in the educational sphere, and had been of great service to the teach' crs, many reforms having been secured Thrf grading of teachers had been £ scared', and although there might be Ecmo anomalies, these would be remedied in time. A promotion scheme was now to be sought for. Mr Seay recommended all teachers to join the institute, and he suggested various methods by which to make the institute increasingly attractive to teachers. The matter of sick pay had engaged their attention, and in tho best interests of the teachers it was necetJ-tary-to have a Dominion scale of sick pay. ' Cases had arisen where the wife and family of a sick teacher had to be supported by his fellow teachers, j t was usually the hard working and conscientious teachers who broke down, owing to the ill-ventilated schoolrooms and arduous work. Teachers should rf.ceivo as a matter of justice at least the same treatment regarding sick pay as did the civir servants. ; The balance-sheet was adopted on tha motion of Mr J. J- Adams. On the motion of Mr A. F. Barrell. the report of the; sub-committee on prctposed change in the constitution was adopted, the chief recommendation being that the Management Commi*eo should consist of twelve members instead of nineteen. Tha election of officers resulted aa follows President, Mr J. E. Purchase; vice-presidents, Miss A. VKing and Mr "W. N. Seay; secretary. Mr A. F. Barrell; treasurer, *Mr J. .« Adams; assistant secretary and roporter, Mr D. Shirlaw; auditor, Mr JVosa; oommittee, Misses E. Chaplm, A Spence and M. Smith, a-nd Messrs D Sinclair, F. T. Evans, T. S. Foster. J V. M'Gregor, E. Just, P. Menaies. R A. Malcolm, M- Lynskey and rPenlington. The C.D.C. wrote requesting teachers to notify the C.D.C. of any cases coming under notice of dependents oi soldiers not receiving allowances mie. It was agreed on tho motion or Mr F T. Evans that it be a recommendation to the incoming committee to consider the advisability of altering the curricui-jm in primary schools, after the war is ended. Mr Evans deprecated the idea that the primary system of education should overemphasise the material side of lif«. j Oil the motion of Mr J. MLeod. i» j was agreed that the teachers at primary schools should have the right to eleot representatives on the Education. Board* . , t +i lo . Some discussion took place on tne grading system of teachers recently adopted, protests being raised especially against the regulation requiring names of other teachers to be given when appeals were being sent. It was decided to ask Mr J. Caughley to meet .the members of the institute and explain the new system. It was also decided to protest against the need o! mentioning other teachers' names, and further, to ask that teachers should bo informed of tho .marks obtained by them. |