EDUCATION POLICY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 244, 27 July 1937, Page 7

EDUCATION POLICY.

EFFECT OF RECENT CONFERENCE POSSIBILITY OF CHANGES. (Per Press Association.; WELLINGTON, July 26. The view that the New Education Fellowship Conference will be reflected in the Dominion’s education system was expressed by the Acting-Prime Minister (the Hon. P. Fraser), who is also Minister for Education, when the delegates were entertained at morning tea by the Government at Parliament House. The guests, who numbered 550, included representatives of the teaching profession and education boards, and representative citizens. In saying farewell to the delegates, Mr Fraser said the matters discussed and the aspects placed before the public would undoubtedly bear fruit in the future of education in New Zealand. The keynote of all the lectures was that it was necessary to secure education to maintain the sacred heritage of democracy. The lecturers had had w’ide experience in different parts of the world, and were unanimous in pointing out the advantages of the democratic sysL em as seen in the British Commonwealth, and particularly New Zealand. “Their predominant message is that we must educate our people to take the full advantage of the democratic system, to preserve its privileges, and to defend it in every possible ivay,” he said. Replying, Mr Zilliacus (Finland) paid a tribute to the kindliness of New Zealanders, and said New Zealand was a country where the conception of democracy was taken seriously. Mr Zilliacus added that the delegates had appreciated the generous support given the confeernce by the press, and he said, “we extend our envious congratulations to the people of New Zealand on the high quality of their newspapers.”