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PARENTS V. HO KEEP' CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL The necessity for parents to ensure the regular attendance , at schoo! of theif Children was emphasised by the principal of Horowhenua College, Mr. N. • A. Byrne, when presenting his repoft on the occasion of the prize-giving ceremony, held ifi the assembly liafi yesterday afternoon. Regular attendance was neG'es^sary if any progf ess Was to' he' made in the pupil's education. There was a tendency in some cases foi* parents to allow absence for trivial reasons. An ^immense amount of public money was expend'ed on edm cation, with the result th'a't the youth of New Zealand had facilities for free education unsurpassed in any other country. Th'ese oppofcuniti'es carried a eorresponding obligation. * "The a'cceptance of the right to free education implies the acceptance of the duty to make the moSt of It — to justify in service and diligence the money spent by the country. A high percentage of absence points to appathy ofi ,he part of a certain proportion of the popuiation, and' the failure of some parents to realise their obligations both to the State and to their children," concluded Mr. Byrne. ■
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Chronicle (Levin), 13 December 1946, Page 4
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192TAKER TO TASK Chronicle (Levin), 13 December 1946, Page 4
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