CO129-596-2 Education Department- annual report 1947-8- comments by Advisory sub-committee on Education in the Colonies 28-6-1949 - 1-2-1950 — Page 6

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Mr Robisan.

We spoke about the points raised by Mr Kirkuess:-

His para 2.

by para

51,

The comment about salaries was

In this cmnexim.

inspired

I think that

Mi Kirkness' formula is very apt since the sub-ettee

undoubtedly perturbed by the situation.

Was

I apologise for this error.

His para 3.

His paras 4-5.

I think

Said

you

you

are able to clarity?

His para b main chee

6. I

в

my

short experience the comments of the of sub-chees have always been passed

officially to quits except in a & fus

cases when

it has been suggested at the cHtee meeting that a semi-official approach might be more tactful.

the obvious man In some of these cases write the letter has been

the E.A.

to ask to

In same

cases too the adviser's expert knowledge has a

M

valuable moderating affect before they get put on paper

the chee's comments

I do not think

the usual procedure

that we shed lightly depart from the

the

ask the

adviser to take up this further burden.

Perhaps Mr Harvey cd indicate his views

this last point?

1.3.Androm.

15/8.

Mr Kirkness

In amplification of Mr Anderson's minute

1 am adding the following comments: Your para.2

You will see that para.51 of the Annual Report does not refer to the salaries of government teachers but to those in Subsidized schools i.e. non-Government schools in receipt of grant. Your para. 4

According to the Digest of Schools and Tupils it would apper that 713 pupils are attending the 3 Training Colleges which is inconsistent with the figures given in Chapter VIII. The figure 713 probably refers to the pupils in the practising schools attached to the Training Colleges, but this should be made clear in the Digest.

Your para. 5

The Sub-Committee at its next meeting will be asked to clarify Linute 4 (v,.