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units. Of these boards 63 had not prevrously offered the Technical Course. The Department has been greatly encour- aged by the applications of tradesmen who have been accepted for training as voca- tional teachers at the Ontario College of Edu- cation during the winter session of 1961-62. A plan to provide an adequate supply'of com- mercial teachers is now under consrderatton. I am confident that we shall be able to staff our schools adequately as the plan develops. The new system presents a blueprint for three alternate paths which students may fol- low in preparing themselves for rewarding careers, The wider selection of courses Will provide for greater flexibility and will allow students to acquire new skills, and to make best use of their talents and inclinations. A study of the plan will reveal that, where boards elect to institute the three Programmes. the following advantages are apparent: 1. The new plan will provide an incentive for more pupils to complete their high school training. This will result in a much higher proportion of persons being prepared by the time they leave school, either to proceed to more advanced training or to enter upon solid careers in business and industry. 2. The FiveYear Programme in all three Branches will provide access to higher educa- tion after Grade 13. Graduates from the Busi- ness and Commerce Branch as well as those from the Engineering, Technology and Trades Branch will have opportunities for university education equal to those from the Arts and Science Branch. 3. The Fourâ€"Year Programme will permit the average pupil to remain in school profitâ€" ably, and will provide him with a real sense of achievement and a better chance of secur- ing employment upon graduation. 4. The One (or Two)- Programme will en- able pupils of limited ability, who formerly dropped out of school early. to obtain an education more suited to their capacities and, in addition. to acquire a service trade or skill. 5. The Business and Commerce Branch and the Engineering, Technology and Trades Branch will gain the prestige they deserve as more good pupils proceed through their Programmes to Grade 13 and to institutions of higher education. No Branch of a school should have more than its share of below-average pupils. 6. Successful pupils will be able to transfer freely from one Branch to another at the end of Grade 9 and may, under certain conditions, transfer in higher grades as well without the loss of a year. 7. The plan places emphasis on a business course tor boys which will have sufficient academic content and yet, at the same time, 20 will train them more directly for employmem ranging from clerical occupations to junior m. ecutive positions. ‘ 8. In some schools it will be possible 10 present an attractive course combining bust. ness and technical education. This should prove remunerative to its graduates. 9. In many parts of Ontario full technical and vocational training will, for the first time, be readily available to our young people, 10. The humanities will retain their custtn'nnry honoured place in our educational programme but technological and trade education “in re. ceive proper emphasis for the first time. 11. Courses will be' fitted, as far as pug. sible, to the needs of pupils. The demantu 11m pupils fit themselves into courses is t‘ be avoided. 12. The plan is designed to meet the Am. lenge facing Canadian business and mummy and simultaneously to facilitate the man nm gainful employment of our future Cltizen~ A comprehensive brochure outlining ti . .Ie tails of the new plan will be issued by tlw. :Je partment of Education in January 1962. English Classes for Indian Chili FORT PROVIDENCE Women’s In» it; :I in the Northwest Territories is st. a new project. For some time the}, been quite concerned about the numb. natives not knowing English. Children St: to school have to take two years in GI" for that reason. One of the Women’s Ins members has now offered to teach Basic ‘ lish to a class of five-yearâ€"olds for two I F: a day. The principal of the school is mo ’t- thusiastic about this, has given a room to .s purpose and will help in every way possible “The big job will be to get all the yv sters to the class,” writes the secretary. I: Lamoureux, “but the school is aware ol w'te problem and is working on it." The Wow 5 Institute will be sponsoring the class and it have to raise money for equipment that = 'v‘ be needed and which the school cannot suPl - Another item of interest from this repw *9 the comment that for the first time the \\- - *- en’s Institute will be meeting at the horn ‘ an Indian member. This family have inv- acquired a house under the building 131'0‘5 “l of the Department of Northern Affairsâ€"’ 10 more tent” â€" and their hostess seemed w pleased and proud that she could now en'ur» tain her Institute. Another encouraging deveIOpment is reput- ed from Inuvik Women‘s Institute where mnn' native women attended one of their town classes in making parkas. They are now hoping to get an Eskimo woman to teach the uni class in making rnukluks. T :.,n.lr:E r r: râ€"tujfi .,‘ HOME AND {JOUNTRY