EDUCATIONAL. GISBORNE, Dec. 19. At a civic reception this morning, the lion. C. J. Parr, Minister of Education. made an important statement in regard to scomlaiy education. ’lhe Minister said that New Zealand was ahead of any country in the Empire in the provision for post primary education. The High Schools had heroine the people’s schools. Over 29,999 children were in these secondary schools and it was necessary to take stock to see how "e stood, in regard to the Senate, by matriculation examinations, as covered by the teaching of high school, as only one in twelve pupils went on to the University, and the Professors University examination was not Enright 'objective. It gave the bias tlie wrong way. There was a serious overlapping between the secondary and technical schools. It would do good to review the position, lie had asked Mr Frank Tate. Director of Education m Yictorin. the strongest Educationalist in Australia who was visiting New Zealand in February to give Government a report on tlie whole subject.
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 December 1924, Page 3
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