✨ Education Report and Returns
NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
(PROVINCE OF NELSON).
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereunto annexed, 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,
ALFRED GREENFIELD, Chief Clerk.
VOL. X. NELSON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER, 26, 1862. No. 22.
Provincial Secretary's Office, Nelson,
November 26, 1862.
HIS Honor the Superintendent directs the publication of the following Report and Returns for general information.
ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Chief Clerk.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
To DONALD SINCLAIR, Esq., Chairman of the Central Board of Education, Nelson.
SIR—In laying before the Board my Annual Report of the general state and progress of the Provincial Schools under my inspection, I propose confining my remarks upon them to a comparison between the results obtained this year and those of 1861. In my last Report I gave a summary of the gradual advance and improvement of our schools for the five preceding years; during which time what is now commonly spoken of as the "Nelson Scheme of Education" has been in operation. The last of those years, as giving the latest and most satisfactory results, affords a convenient starting point from which to reckon our progress in future.
In presenting the quarterly returns for the half-year ending June 30th, I have already pointed out that for the first time there is an apparent decrease of numbers as compared with the corresponding quarters of the preceding year, owing to the temporary suspension of the Collingwood and Motupipi schools, and the want of returns for the last quarter from Stoke; but even after making allowance for these deficiencies, the rate of increase during the past year is considerably below the average. The numbers for comparison in the two years 1861 and 1862 are therefore nearly the same, being 1,672 and 1,657. The number of children above and below nine years of age is, as before, nearly equal; and the proportion above 12 years old shows a slight tendency to increase. But I cannot say that the average amount of instruction given in the schools, taken generally, shows the same upward tendency. The number of readers and writers marked "good" has decreased; and although the columns for arithmetic show some improvement, there is still much to be done before they can be looked upon as satisfactory. More attention has,
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Nelson Provincial Gazette 1862, No 22
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🏘️ Publication of Report and Returns for general information
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government26 November 1862
Provincial Secretary, Education, Report, Returns, Nelson
- Alfred Greenfield, Chief Clerk
🎓 Annual Report of the Inspector of Public Schools
🎓 Education, Culture & ScienceEducation, Schools, Annual Report, Nelson, Statistics
- Donald Sinclair (Esquire), Chairman of the Central Board of Education