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NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
By His Honor's Command,
THOMAS WILLIAM MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.
VOL. X.] TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1863. [No. XXI.
REPORT
of the
EDUCATION COMMISSION,
1863.
Report of the Commission appointed to enquire into the Existing System of Education in the Province, to report as to Future Requirements and as to the best provision for the Establishment and Maintenance of Schools.
The Commissioners appointed to enquire into and report upon the state of education in the province of Canterbury have the honor to submit the following report:—
The first steps taken by the commission were to examine the reports presented from time to time by the Inspector of Schools, and such other documents relating to the state of education in the province as were immediately available.
The information obtained from these sources was of a very incomplete nature, owing to the fact that the machinery hitherto employed has been of so complicated a character as to make it impossible to gather from any one source a definite or satisfactory knowledge of any branch of the subject.
It must be understood, however, that this observation refers more especially to matters connected with the general administration of schools. So far as regards the subjects taught in the schools, the method of teaching, the proficiency of scholars, and other points peculiarly within the province of the Inspector, the commission desire to acknowledge the valuable assistance they have received from the reports as well as from the personal explanations made by that officer, and they take this opportunity of recording the high opinion they entertain of the zeal and diligence with which he discharges the duties of his office.
With a view to making themselves acquainted with the facts relating to the schools already established upon which the records available were not conclusive, the Commission adopted two modes of enquiry. In the first place they drew up a set of printed questions which they addressed to the teachers of the various schools receiving Government aid, and secondly, in order to gain any information which could not be conveniently conveyed in the form of answers to these questions, they made personal visits to the schools, which afforded them opportunities of making themselves familiar with the particular circumstances of each school, as well as of hearing and considering any remarks or suggestions of the masters.
With a view of obtaining information as to the requirements of the province generally, they addressed another circular of questions to persons whom they believed to be interested in the cause of popular education. This circular was compiled not in the expectation that any one person would
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1863, No 21
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- THOMAS WILLIAM MAUDE, Provincial Secretary