EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 13675, 8 May 1912, Page 3

EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS.

ALTERATIONS SUGGESTED BY NEW MINISTER. (Per United Press Association.) , (Tib’L'TCliUlliTl, Alay 7. ! Hon. J. A. liana.i passed through Christchurch this morning. Sj caking of his wmk since he Io i’: other, he said lucre were many direction:, in which inquiries would have to be pro-.eeiited in the public interest. ’I he main question was whethc ' tiie State was getting value for the money spent on education. That covered . the question of ettle ienev. He wanted to know if a higher standard of efficiency ; could ha secured by better co-ordination 1 and administration powers of the Kdnca-' lion Hoard and other local bodies, and | their finance and if possible, overlapping j might profitably be inquired into as well , as improvement to the syllabus and the! extension of agricultural instruction. Air. llanau mentioned also the teaching methods and standards of the secondary schools, the promotion of teachers, the centralisation of rural schools, scholarship, and a system of superannuation, as proper questions tor further inquiry. Mr. Italian did not mention spec! (iealiy the question of selling up an F. ducat ion Coin-| mission, but appeared to have, that possibility in mind.