EDUCATION

Hokitika Guardian, 30 July 1930, Page 5

EDUCATION

UNIFICATION OF CONTROL. 1

'Minister replies to criticism >

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, July 28, The .Minister for Education • {the Hon. H. Atniore) to-day commented jon they report of the- remarks of the chairman (Mr A l . Burns) at. a special meeting of t)ie Auckland Education Board held last week to consider the education . report, in which it was stated that the proposed change in administration “had been decided solely on the advice of Mr T. B. Strong, Director for Education, who tried to do the same thing three years ago,” and ‘‘that lie knew the report had been written by two members of the staff of the Education .Department.” • • b ’

The Minister said he had taken the earliest opportunity, of telegraphing to ■ Mr Burns, informing him that the report. was not written by any members . of '.the. Education Department, nor had the ;proposed change in administration been decided'pn/the adyica, of . the director. •; ;“Voluminous-'ev.idence was ' received hjr’the Committee,” said Mr ; : ‘:‘a^ : this ahd ''personal investig'ations by l the Committee enabled 1 it -to the unanimous conelu- , sfens; reebrdeclan the' recommendations

fl(W:jbe^or& J the, public;* 1 ; V' ; : ,i-ilr i Atjnorpel'addetl'ihat‘: hundreds 6f speeches he hod delivered throughout the Dominion, months before the Education Committee was set up he had personally advocated unification of control and many other reforms, and the Committee had unanimously ar-ti; rived at its conclusions upon the weight of evidence. The members of the new Boards that would'be formed ; would hold more dignified and . useful positions as they would control the three places of education. 'V