MASS IMMIGRATION
WOULD AFFECT EDUCATION “Speaking purely as an educational administrator I cannot see how mass immigration involving children 'could be achieved within the next few years'*without a reduction in the standard of education that is offered to the children already in New Zealand,” said the Director of Education, Dr. C. E. Beeby, in evidence before the Parliamentary Committee on Population. “If any immigration programme were to create a demand for a great increase in the number of teachers it would be necessary to give the education authorities at least four or five years’ notice,” he said. It appeared that any immigration policy involving the entrance of great numbers of children into New Zealand put into operation only by adopting some, or all, of the following measures:— (a) Stepping up the school building programme at the expense of other building programmes. (b) Increasing the size of classes. (c) Adopting lower standards of accommodation for schools. (d) Using untrained or partially trained teachers. (e) Reducing the length of the school life of the average child.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 95, 5 July 1946, Page 5
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174MASS IMMIGRATION Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 95, 5 July 1946, Page 5
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