A MINISTER’S DUTY
MR ATMORE DEFINES HIS SPHERE. WELLINGTON, February 1. The executive of the New Zealand Educational Institute had its first interview with the new Minister for Education (the Hon. Mr Atmore) to-day. The principal .speakers were the president of the Institute (Mr A. J. C. Hall) and the vice-presidents (Messrs J. G. ’Poison and F. L. Combs.) Mr Hall said that the Institute, which represented the primary school teachers throughout the Dominion, were very anxious to ascertain the mind of the Department With regard to the reorganisation of the education system “It is the mind of the Government, not the mind of the Department,” said Mr Atmore, in the course of liis reply. A Minister should not he an expert, he added. He represents the people who pay exports to advise him. Other question raised were concerned with salaries of headmasters, the matter of a new salary basis, the coin•dex. conflicting. and excessive mass or Departmental regulations, and vocational guidance. Tim Minister promised sympathetic consideration of the questions submitted, and indicated that/he would make a. statement on the subject of reorganisation in the near future.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 February 1929, Page 8
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187A MINISTER’S DUTY Hokitika Guardian, 4 February 1929, Page 8
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