Educational Television

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31114, 18 July 1966, Page 10

Educational Television

The facilities for producing educational television programmes were available in New Zealand and pressure should be exerted on the Government to do something about such programmes, Mr A. S. M. Hely, secretary of the’ National Council of Adult Education, told the annual meeting of the New Zealand Workers’ Educational Association on Saturday. Mr Hely said that he thought that the broadcasting people in New Zealand were sympathetic towards a connected series of educational programmes supported by student participation. This had been tried in England and there was a possibility of experiments being carried out along these lines. Classes could be organised by adult education organisations to cater for interest aroused by television programmes, he said. Mr D. Hannay (Auckland) said that he thought there would be little headway until centres had two channels, one commercial and one national. The meeting passed a resolution expressing its disappointment to the Minister of Broadcasting at the slow development of educational television in New Zealand. Officers elected to the national executive of the W.E.A. were: President, Mr A. A. Dingwall (Christchurch); North Island vice-president, Mr H. T. Robinson (Wellington), South Island vice-presi-dent. Mr L. J. McKay (Dunedin); honorary treasurer, Mr R. S. W. May (Wellington). They were all re-elected.