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their delegates to these Conferences ; the following were the 

 resolutions carried on 14th July : 



I. CURRICULUM. 



(1) That the curriculum of every elementary school should 

 include provision for manual training in some one or more of its 

 various forms, among which the following may be named, regard 

 being had to the circumstances and industrial requirements of 

 the districts and to the capacity of the teachers : 



(a) For boys handicraft and gardening. 



(6) For girls needlework, cookery, laundry, housewifery, 

 and gardening, and possibly dairy work, poultry, and bee- 

 keeping. 



(2) That apart from its practical utility, such manual instruc- 

 tion is of high educational value and a necessary factor in evoking 

 mental activity and progress. 



(3) That the teaching of the ordinary subjects should be allied 

 to and correlated with the special subjects ; care, however, being 

 taken that the general character of the ordinary instruction given 

 shall not be impaired. 



(4) That some form of manual training should be given through- 

 out the school life of the child. 



II. TEACHERS AND TRAINING. 



( 1 ) That it is highly desirable that teaching in the ' ' special 

 subjects," permitted by the Board of Education to be taught 

 in public elementary schools, should be given by the permanent 

 staff of the school, as well as by peripatetic teachers. 



(2) That more provision should be made in normal training 

 colleges for the training of teachers in special subjects. 



(3) That teachers qualified for admission to training colleges 

 should be permitted and encouraged by the Board to train 

 partially in agricultural and horticultural colleges and in training 

 schools for teachers of domestic science instead of wholly in the 

 normal training colleges, equivalent grants being paid in respect 

 of such training. 



(4) That local authorities, wherever possible, should arrange 

 such local training classes as will enable existing teachers to 

 qualify to give instruction in nature study, gardening, handicraft, 

 and housecraft, in rural elementary schools. 



(5) That short continuous courses of instruction in " special 

 subjects " should be provided in agricultural and horticultural 

 colleges, farm institutes, schools of domestic science, or other 

 institutions for teachers in elementary schools, leave of absence 

 from school duties, with continuance of salary, being granted by 

 the local Education Authorities to teachers attending, and 



