AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.
AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION. I ress Association. WELLINGTON, last night. The Agricultural Conference tonight had a discussion on agricultural education, there being a number of representatives of educational institutions present. There was a remit on the order paper from Auckland, expressing the opinion that the interests of agriculture would be greatly promoted by the establishment of technical schools in certain convenient. centres, making agricultural subjects a prominent feature of the curriculum.
Mr. George, Director of Technical Education at Auckland, said agricultural education should be prominent in the education of both town and country teachers. Tlier e ought to be some form of local rating for educational purposes, as that tended to more economical administration. It was suggested that they should establish a school at, say, Hamilton, Waikato, where in conjunction with ordinary secondary education both boys and girls would receive a course of instruction in tlie ordinary activities of the farm. They had come to the conclusion in Auckland that the school garden was a farce, that is, if it was not made a complement to the work inside the school.
Mr. Gray, principal of the Wellington Training College, offered tlie suggestion that agricultural schools should be established close to certain large centres to give town children access to country life.
Mr. J. A. Gilruth said France was now in the forefront in agricultural education. Agriculture had there quadrupled its output in 30 years.
The Minister for Education assured the Conference that the Department was in full sympathy with the desire to extend rural education. Mr. Rennie, instructor for Canterbury, said there was moro difficulty in the South Island than in the North, farmers in the South holding the opinion that they knew all they required. _
The Minister Tfor-Lands said tlie prejudice'of the lifelong farmer to tlie innovation in practical teaching .was the. greatest obstacle they had to deal with.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2147, 1 August 1907, Page 2
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311AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2147, 1 August 1907, Page 2
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